| Flight suits with left sleeve pockets are used by flight-qualified crew (pilots, ECOs and the like). The flight suit is a life-support garment and can sustain the life of the pilot in hostile enviroments up to and including total vacuum and freezing temperature. Flight suits also have a metal collar that is attached to maintain an airtight seal between the flight suit and a helmet. Often, when not on a mission pilots wear the suit with the top half rolled down and hanging at their waist, revealing the t-shirt and tanktop they wear underneath. It also has been used to make an air-tight seal in a vessel by filling in a hole in the hull. Pilots and ECOs where several patches on their flight suits: A patch designating the ship they are assigned to, on the right a patch for what craft they operate, usually a Viper or a Raptor, and a squadron patch, worn on the left breast under the outer layer of the suit. Additionally, the flightsuit has a chronometer mounted in a cuff.
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