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title: "Being commander-in-chief is all about rocking the flight jacket"
description: "For benchmarking, here are how some of the nation's previous presidents looked while wearing a flight jacket. See more on We Are the Mighty."
date: "2021-03-11"
modified: "2021-03-11"
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# Being commander-in-chief is all about rocking the flight jacket

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/President_Reagan_and_Prime_Minister_Margaret_Thatcher_at_Camp_David_1986.jpg>)
*11/6/1986 President Reagan walking with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at Camp David*

As written in the Constitution, the President of the United States is also the military's Commander-in-Chief, and history would indicate that among the things that duty involves is wearing a flight jacket when in the company of American troops. Who pulls it off the best?

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For benchmarking, here are how some of the nation's previous presidents looked while wearing a flight jacket:

### 1. John F. Kennedy

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17245870/origin.jpg>)
*JFK sailing off of Hyannisport. (Photo: White House)*

### 2. Ronald Reaganpresidents

### 3. George H.W. Bush

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17301051/origin.jpg>)
*Bush 41 sporting his Naval Aviator's Wings of Gold on his flight jacket. (Photo: White House)*

### 4. Bill Clinton

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17301052/origin.jpg>)
*Clinton aboard the USS Independence (CV 62) .(Photo: U.S. Navy)*

### 5. George W. Bush

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17301053/origin.jpg>)
*Bush 43 at Camp David with British PM Tony Blair. (Photo: AP)*

### 6. Barack Obama

![](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17301054/origin.jpg>)
*Obama with his A-1 flight jacket (USAF style) during a surprise visit to Afghanistan. (Photo: White House)*

7. President Joe Biden

![presidents in flight jacket](<https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/025006-K-LUN60-312-scaled.jpg>)
*Former Vice President, Joe Biden receives a flight jacket from the Commanding Offficer of USS Ronald Reagan Capt. Kenneth Norton*

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