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- Army vs. Navy is one of the most anticipated college football uniform matchups of the year.
- For this year’s game, the Midshipmen are wearing clean, classic uniforms with an incredible helmet.
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This year’s Army-Navy football game is going to be one of the greatest uniform matchups in history. The Black Knights released a remarkable Special Forces uniform earlier this week, and the Midshipmen are set to wear a Naval-Aviation themed kit that are equally as amazing.
Navy’s uniforms use its most famous career path as inspiration.
The 2021 “Fly Navy” uniform highlights classic American symbolism and mimics the most utilized fighter jet in aviation, the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. It’s awesome.
Steel in the water. Fire power in the sky.
The 2021 Army-Navy Uniform!
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— Navy Football (@NavyFB) November 30, 2021
The coolest feature of the uniform is the helmet. Each one was hand-painted and depicts an accurate representation of the Super Hornet. Because of their intricate detail, every single helmet took three hours to produce, for a total timeline that spanned nearly six months.
A look at the creation of the hand painted helmets for the ‘Fly Navy’ uniform that @NavyFB will wear for the Army-Navy Game.#uniswag pic.twitter.com/D3rBiApXmC
— UNISWAG (@UNISWAG) December 1, 2021
The right side of the helmet prominently features the U.S. military aircraft national insignia. The “roundel,” adorns aircraft piloted by all branches of the military.
United States Naval Academy Athletics / Under Armour
On the left side of the helmet, emblazoned is an actual F/A-18 Super Hornet.
United States Naval Academy Athletics / Under Armour
As for the rest of the uniform, it is all navy and intentionally simple. The “roundel” is also displayed on both shoulders.
United States Naval Academy Athletics / Under Armour
On the upper left chest is the Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet patch. The wing encompasses over 16 operational fighter squadrons.
United States Naval Academy Athletics / Under Armour
The gloves tie the whole “Fly Navy” uniform together.
United States Naval Academy Athletics / Under Armour
Shoutout to Under Armour here— they did a phenomenal job with this year’s uniform. When the two teams take the field next weekend, it is going to be beautiful.