pilot survival knife

tshadow6 · January 13, 2007, 08:51 PM

THis may be off topic, but since everyone on this board is also into knives, here goes- When was the Air Force pilot survival knife adopted?

Anon · January 13, 2007, 10:10 PM

Sept. 18, 1947

(The above wise-crack reply is based on the fact that survival knives were issued to aircrews in the Army Air Corp, which went on to become a separate branch in '47).

January 13, 2007, 08:51 PM	#1
tshadow6 Senior Member Join Date: June 26, 2005 Posts: 619	pilot survival knife THis may be off topic, but since everyone on this board is also into knives, here goes- When was the Air Force pilot survival knife adopted?

January 13, 2007, 10:10 PM	#2
Anon Senior Member Join Date: December 29, 2006 Posts: 209	Sept. 18, 1947 (The above wise-crack reply is based on the fact that survival knives were issued to aircrews in the Army Air Corp, which went on to become a separate branch in '47).