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flak jacket

noun

  1. U.S. Air Force. an armored garment made of steel plates covered by a padded fabric, designed to protect vital parts of the body from shrapnel.
  2. a protective vest, especially one that is bulletproof.


flak jacket

noun

  1. a reinforced sleeveless jacket for protection against gunfire or shrapnel worn by soldiers, policemen, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of flak jacket1

First recorded in 1955–60
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While a U.S.-led coalition focused on airstrikes, several ground victories by Iraqi forces featured photographs of Soleimani leading them without a flak jacket.

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Wearing a bluish flak jacket emblazoned with the word “Press,” she was recently in a Rafah refugee camp reporting on the lack of women’s sanitary products.

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Wearing a flak jacket, he toured Kfar Aza, an Israeli kibbutz where dozens of people were killed during the Hamas terrorist attack on Oct.

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His office issued photos afterwards showing him in a helmet and flak jacket meeting soldiers and commanders.

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Earlier Cameron, wearing a flak jacket, toured damaged buildings in Kibbutz Be'eri in southern Israel with his Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, telling reporters he had "heard things and seen things that obviously I will never forget".

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