NEBO 1K EDC Pocket Light Doubles as a Hands-Free Cap Light

Anyone who has tried to finish field dressing a deer at last light while clenching a flashlight in their teeth understands the problem NEBO is chasing here. The 1K EDC Pocket Light landed at the start of July, and its whole reason for existing is putting usable light where you need it without tyi...

By Sam.S

POTD: Cadex Defence Goes Gold with Custom CDX-30 X-LITE FX Edition

Some rifles are built to disappear into the field. The CDX-30 X-LITE Gold FX Edition is built to be noticed, then shoot holes in your expectations anyway. Quebec-based Cadex Defence has long paired uncompromising precision engineering with distinctive aesthetics, and this custom shop offering in ...

By Eric B

Fokker D.VIII Fighter: The Deadly Flying Razor

In the summer of 1918, a new fighter ascended in the German Air Combat Forces, or Luftstreitkräfte, boasting a level of performance that would outpace any of Anthony Fokkers’ famous designs. The Fokker E.V parasol monoplane, eventually known as the Fokker D.VIII, demonstrated tremendous combat...

By Tom Laemlein

Saab Receives Order for GlobalEye

Saab has received an order for two GlobalEye aircraft from a country in the Middle East region. The order value is SEK 10.1 billion, and deliveries will take place in 2030.  “This order underscores our commitment to providing customers with mission-proven, multi-domain AEW&C capability...

By Eric G

Tragic WWII Story of the Sullivan Brothers

Steven Spielberg’s 1998 film Saving Private Ryan is pure Hollywood fiction, but it was inspired by the true – and all too tragic – story of the five Sullivan brothers. The siblings enlisted/re-enlisted in the U.S. Navy following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 and i...

By Peter Suciu

Fort Indiantown Gap Expands UAS, Counter-UAS Training

FORT INDIANTOWN GAP, Pa. — As the battlefield continually shifts toward unmanned aircraft systems, Fort Indiantown Gap is expanding its UAS and counter-UAS training opportunities. Several ranges at the installation have been altered in recent months to allow for UAS and counter-UAS training so ...

By Eric G

McDonnell F3H Demon: Troubled Transition to Supersonic Flight

The McDonnell F3H Demon was a single-seat, carrier-based jet fighter developed for the United States Navy in the 1950’s. This aircraft represents a critical but troubled chapter in American naval aviation: one that pushed the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation toward design philosophies that would ...

By Richard Johnson

TECOM Establishes Marine Corps Robotics Integration Group and Counter Drone Team

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va.— The Marine Corps has established theMarine Corps Robotics Integration Groupas its service-level organization responsible for integrating, standardizing, and institutionalizing training for Group 1 and Group 2 small unmanned aircraft systems and counter-small unm...

By Eric G

Ascendisr – CAGE (Close-Access Guard Enclosure)

The CAGE (Close-Access Guard Enclosure) from Ascendisr is designed for use with interior FPV and whoop-style aircraft, Developed in conjunction with the French firm Danger Dynamics, CAGE improves aircraft survivability in confined, cluttered, and low-light environments. Its lightweight protective...

By Eric G

Berlin Candy Bomber in the Berlin Airlift

U.S. Air Force Colonel Gail Seymour Halvorsen was a transport pilot best known as the “Candy Bomber” or “Onkel Wiggly Wings,” who became famous for dropping candy to German children in Berlin during the Soviet Blockade of the city. Following Germany’s defeat in World War II, the vic...

By Friedrich Seiltgen
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