RustyShackelford
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Pilot holsters; Galco.....
Galco, www.USgalco.com has a special program to donate or provide shoulder holsters to deployed US military service members. Id suggest contacting them.
Bianchi-intl, www.bianchi-intl.com markets & sells the US armed forces holster(s), the M12. They've had the design since the mid 1980s. These holsters can fit the M9 Beretta & the M11 SIG Sauer 9mmNATO. Bianchi has add-ons/gear to use the M12s/compact holster with shoulder rigs, chest-tanker, SAS or "drop leg", belt, cross-draw, and with MOLLE attachments.
I used a OD M12 holster when I was in the US Army.
Many service members & PMCs now use Safariland, SERPA, Bianchi, and Galco holsters.
If the USAF pilot will be in the desert or SW Asia, Id suggest the tan or brown leather. Black dye can bleed or absorb heat.
Lawman Leathergoods makes the treated black leather STU holster but it has a lot of bright nickel/brass studs.
I'm not sure what the USAF uniform regulations are. In the US Army, it is AR670.1.
I remember when I was on active duty during the Desert Shield/Desert Storm era I saw a Stars & Stripes news photo of a US Navy pilot on the deck of a aircraft carrier wearing a SERE vest & carrying a big Colt Python 6" barrel .357magnum on his right hip.
Galco, www.USgalco.com has a special program to donate or provide shoulder holsters to deployed US military service members. Id suggest contacting them.
Bianchi-intl, www.bianchi-intl.com markets & sells the US armed forces holster(s), the M12. They've had the design since the mid 1980s. These holsters can fit the M9 Beretta & the M11 SIG Sauer 9mmNATO. Bianchi has add-ons/gear to use the M12s/compact holster with shoulder rigs, chest-tanker, SAS or "drop leg", belt, cross-draw, and with MOLLE attachments.
I used a OD M12 holster when I was in the US Army.
Many service members & PMCs now use Safariland, SERPA, Bianchi, and Galco holsters.
If the USAF pilot will be in the desert or SW Asia, Id suggest the tan or brown leather. Black dye can bleed or absorb heat.
Lawman Leathergoods makes the treated black leather STU holster but it has a lot of bright nickel/brass studs.
I'm not sure what the USAF uniform regulations are. In the US Army, it is AR670.1.
I remember when I was on active duty during the Desert Shield/Desert Storm era I saw a Stars & Stripes news photo of a US Navy pilot on the deck of a aircraft carrier wearing a SERE vest & carrying a big Colt Python 6" barrel .357magnum on his right hip.