“From Baghdad with Love” Collection Season III continues with a special release.

We partnered with Militaria & Fashion icon Alpha Industries to bring you this one-of-a-kind variant of their staple MA-1 Bomber Jacket.

Our version is an ode to both Iraq wars “Operation Desert Storm” & “Operation Iraqi Freedom” where these two camos (DNC & DCU) were heavily used.

The jacket is reversible with a primary side (Desert Night Camo) featuring hand flap pockets and exterior sleeve pocket, and a secondary side (DCU Camo) featuring snap-buttoned hand pockets.

The secondary side also features a Blood Chit - a document that identifies a military member (often pilots/airmen) and asks for assistance if they are injured or stranded in enemy territory.

Our Bomber collab features:

Reversible design with matching color wool ribbing for each side
QILO & Alpha Industries flight ribbons (removable)
“QILO” Embroidery on Primary Side
“QILO / Alpha Industries” PVC-Embossed Rubber Logo Label on Back of Primary Side
Heavy-Duty gunmetal zippers with embossed leather zipper pulls

Drops Wednesday, 2/5 at 3PM EST
$240

**Closeup of Flight Ribbons - QILO (Green) & Alpha Industries (red, underneath)**

Alpha Industries & The MA-1 Bomber

First created by Dobbs Industries (Alpha Industries’ predecessor) in 1948 and introduced to the U.S. military in 1949, the MA-1 flight jacket featured updated specs such as a wool knit collar, to replace the B-15’s fur, and high-quality nylon and polyester. This allowed for a more lightweight jacket that could be worn in warmer weather as well as cold.

Though it originally appeared in midnight blue, the MA-1 became predominantly made in sage green (or olive) during the Korean and Vietnam wars. The olive bomber jackets allowed for better camouflage on the ground over the navy bomber jackets previously used.

The bomber jacket was quick to permeate pop culture throughout the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s, as evidenced not only by its ubiquity in various strains of American subculture but also its presence in media. In the 1980 film The Hunter, actor Steve McQueen famously sported a traditional-style MA-1 jacket in sage green, even showing off its bright orange lining in the film’s climactic scene.

Even high-end fashion designers took note of the men's bomber jacket’s booming popularity, and it easily made appearances on the runway. Menswear designer Raf Simons featured bomber jackets in his Fall/Winter 2001 collection, “Riot Riot Riot,” an homage to the rebellious origins of military-inspired street style. The bomber then showed up in high fashion collections from Helmut Lang, Rick Owens, and many more.

Most recently, the MA-1 trend received another boost when influential rapper and fashion icon Kanye West partnered with Alpha Industries to produce merch for his 2016 Yeezus tour. West purchased a hundred MA-1 jackets and applied his own logos and patches (one of them being the controversial Confederate flag sleeve patch) to sell to his fans, and he himself could be seen sporting an Alpha Industries bomber of his own.

BLOG: QILO x Alpha Industries MA-1 Bomber in DNC/DCU (Drops 2/5/25)

Alpha Industries & The MA-1 Bomber