A screenshot from the Air Force Football video which debuted the team's new AIRPOWER Legacy Series Sharktooth helmet. The helmet will be worn when the team plays Georgia State on September 10, 2016.

Though the Air Force did not give the helmet a specific name in its press release, LIFT Airborne Technologies, the company behind it, calls it the AV 2.2 Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet.

California-based LIFT Airborne earned the OK to move forward with its “AV 2.2″ helmet design in April, nearly four years after the Air Force started its latest hunt for a replacement.

Once the design is confirmed, it will then move toward a production contract in 2024, the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) said. “The current helmet was based on a 1980s design.

Air Force unveiled on its Twitter account Sunday a special "Legacy Series Sharktooth" helmet design for the Falcons to wear for their Sept. 10 game against Georgia State.

Talk of football, opponents and strategy generally dominates the conversation at Air Force's weekly press conference. Those seeking high comedy should typically look elsewhere. But this is no ...

The 2017 Air Force Academy Falcons football team will wear five new helmets this season in tribute to the F35. Air Force Athletics (and its sponsor Nike) are calling it the Air Power Legacy Series.

Though the Air Force did not give the helmet a specific name in its press release, LIFT Airborne Technologies, the company behind it, calls it the AV 2.2 Next Generation Fixed Wing Helmet.

The U.S. Air Force is finally testing a new helmet design for fixed wing pilots, developed around pilots’ needs and feedback from using the current HGU-55P helmet, which has been the standard ...

Air Force equipment manager Scott Richardson knew instantly on Sunday by the reaction on ... referring to Air Force's standard helmet look. ... Air Force's legacy series unveils C-17 design, ...

Hunt, in essence, is to Air Force pilot helmets what street artist Banksy is to a dilapidated city sidewalk. “For me, I get really excited over details,” he noted.

Air Force is the latest school to unveil an alternate jersey and helmet design for 2014.The usual white or blue uniforms for the Falcons are some of the best.