The U.S. Air Force is providing upgraded eyewear to its pilots, including laser and ballistic protection. Over 42,000 units of the new “Block 3 Family” eyewear will be distributed by 2027 ...

A case in point is Ray-Ban, which was behind the world’s first aviator sunglasses, conceived in the 1930s to ban rays from the eyes of US Air Force pilots.

The Air Force has developed a new in-flight bladder relief system for female pilots.

Maxx, a fast-growing company based in Monument just north of the Air Force Academy, makes collegiate-themed sunglasses for a range of teams, but the first batch of Air Force sunglasses just ...

Then in 1978 a military contractor came calling. He was an Air Force veteran looking for someone who could manufacture frames for pilot sunglasses.