The flak jacket and helmet, hanging from Susan Greene’s balcony. Photo by Susan Greene Susan said she felt “self-conscious” about the gear, because Israel did not seem “nearly as dangerous ...

Authorities said 23-year-old Joaquin Mendez strapped on fragmentation protective vest, or a flak jacket, Saturday night at a home in Tampa and “wondered aloud whether it still worked.” ...

Flak jackets, however, were far less effective at stopping arms fire, especially from rifles. In other words, they weren’t meant to be bulletproof, just shrapnelproof—or, at the very least ...

This is a flak jacket. These flak jackets are the work of this grandmother and former seamstress Russia's invasion of Ukraine pulled 68 year old Irina Proenca out of retirement to work as a ...

This is a flak jacket. These flak jackets are the work of this grandmother and former seamstress Russia's invasion of Ukraine pulled 68 year old Irina Proenca out of retirement to work as a ...

They have moved from fully sourcing the flak jackets, meaning including the bullet-proof plates, to providing just the jackets, with the Ukrainian army handling the plates themselves.

The new “flak jacket,” which now hangs in a West Wing office, is a women’s Tommy Hilfiger blazer, size 16, in Hi-Liter yellow, with contrasting jetted pockets and elbow patches.

This is a flak jacket. These flak jackets are the work of this grandmother and former seamstress Russia's invasion of Ukraine pulled 68 year old Irina Proenca out of retirement to work as a ...

"The biggest reward will be if one of these flak jackets saves the life of one of our defenders," one woman said after finishing a vest. Skip to content. NOWCAST WLKY News at 11:00pm.

"The biggest reward will be if one of these flak jackets saves the life of one of our defenders," one woman said after finishing a vest. Skip to content NOWCAST Pittsburgh's Action News 4 at 7pm ...