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Avirex Ltd.
Type	Ltd.
Founded	1975 - Present
Headquarters	New York, New York, United States
Key people	Jeff Clyman, Founder and President Jacky Clyman, Vice president
Industry	Military Garments and Fashion Apparel
Products	Designer clothing, flight jackets
Website	avirex.com/

Avirex is a brand of clothing founded by Jeff Clyman in 1975 to keep the production of traditional WW2 style pilot jackets issued to the-then USAAF as well as other aviation related garments. In 2006 Avirex brand was sold in three world regions, USA, Europe and Japan. A new owner of Avirex brand in the USA is Mark Ecko Enterprises.

In 2006 all Avirex branded military and classic apparel was discontinued and transferred to a new Clymans company, Cockpit USA.

In popular culture and media

Avirex supplied pilot jackets to the cast of the 1986 movie Top Gun.
The East Staines Massiv in the 2002 movie Ali G Indahouse wear Avirex Jackets.
Various members of the group Blazin' Squad wear Avirex clothing.
Tim Robbins wears an Avirex jacket in the 1990 movie Cadillac Man