Men’s Air Force A2 Flight Bomber Leather Jacket

The a2 flight jacket is the Air Force pattern, and the shirt-style collar is how you tell it apart from the Navy G-1 at a glance. No shearling, no fur — just a flat collar that sits like a shirt.

Cowhide, and what that means for you

Real cowhide leather. A cowhide leather bomber jacket starts stiffer than lambskin and stays tougher for years — it breaks in around your shoulders over a season instead of feeling soft on day one. If you want a jacket that outlives the decade, this is the hide for it.

Soft viscose lining, YKK zipper closure, rib-knitted cuffs and hem to seal the ends. Four pockets, two outside and two inside.

Why this shape stuck around

The A-2 was issued to USAAF crews in the forties and the pattern barely changed afterward, because there was nothing on it worth changing. An a2 bomber jacket has no studs, no epaulettes fighting for attention, no asymmetric anything. That is why an air force a2 jacket still looks current eighty years on.

What to wear it with

In black it is the quieter of the two flight patterns we make. A men’s leather flight jacket like this works over a tee and jeans, over a knit, under nothing — it is a finished outfit on its own.

Sizing and custom fit

XS through 3XL. Cowhide has less give than lambskin, so get the chest measurement right rather than guessing. Free custom sizing on every order.