In some examples, a brake cooling system including a brake assembly including at least one brake pad configured to deaccelerate the vehicle during an active braking procedure, a controller configured to monitor a temperature of the at least one brake pad, an onboard inert gas generation system (OBIGGS) configured to receive air and produce a nitrogen enriched air (NEA), a NEA supply conduit connected to the OBIGGS and configured to deliver the NEA from the OBIGGS to the brake assembly, and a NEA control valve coupled to the NEA supply conduit. The controller, in response to detecting the temperature of the at least one brake pad exceeds a threshold value during the active braking procedure, operates the NEA control valve to control the flow of the NEA passing through the NEA supply conduit and delivered to the at least one brake pad.