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Military Bits & Pieces

It’s in the nature of the business for the world’s military forces to be at the forefront of technological advancements. And by that, we don’t mean only weaponry but also technologies developed for military use that eventually come to revolutionize the civilian world – a number of them allow you to read this on your gadget right now. So, for all you people with a passion for hardware that goes bang or wears camo for purposes other than tricking spy photographers, here’s a new section on our website dedicated to all things military.

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Overhead Shot of F-16s Flying Over an Ocean City Beach Is 100 Percent USAF Cool
Overhead Shot of F-16s Flying Over an Ocean City Beach Is 100 Percent USAF Cool

1 Aug 2022, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Five F-16s flown by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are seen here flying over the beach in Ocean City during the local air show

 
The Royal Navy’s Latest Toy Is a Cutting-Edge Experimental Vessel
The Royal Navy’s Latest Toy Is a Cutting-Edge Experimental Vessel

1 Aug 2022, 00:49 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This floating laboratory for futuristic military experiments is meant to ensure the Royal Navy s leadership in cutting-edge technology

 
Strike Eagles Set Off Flares Behind a Fuel-Loaded Stratotanker, Is it Dangerous?
Strike Eagles Set Off Flares Behind a Fuel-Loaded Stratotanker, Is it Dangerous?

31 Jul 2022, 00:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-15E Strike Eagles, deployed with the 335th Fighter Squadron set off flares as they move away from the KC-135 Stratotanker that refueled them

 
This Is the Most American Photo You’ll See All Weekend: Fighter Planes, Racing and Flags
This Is the Most American Photo You’ll See All Weekend: Fighter Planes, Racing and Flags

30 Jul 2022, 00:24 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / During the Indy 500 at the end of May the USAF Thunderbirds performed their second ever flyover for the opening ceremony

 
Who’d Have Thought Parking a B-1B Lancer Would Look So Spectacular?
Who’d Have Thought Parking a B-1B Lancer Would Look So Spectacular?

28 Jul 2022, 09:05 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-1B Lancer deployed with the 34th Bomb Squadron is seen here while parking at Andersen Air Force in Guam after a mission in the Pacific

 
Airbus Atlas Can Now Fight Fires Using New Kit, And We All Know We Need That
Airbus Atlas Can Now Fight Fires Using New Kit, And We All Know We Need That

26 Jul 2022, 14:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / European aviation company Airbus successfully tested a new roll-on/roll-off firefighting kit on the A400M Atlas transport airplane

 
Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine Gets USAF Certification, Old School Looks Hides Modern Hardware
Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine Gets USAF Certification, Old School Looks Hides Modern Hardware

26 Jul 2022, 11:52 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The U.S. Air Force gives the Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine the Military Type Certification (MTC), opening the doors for its widespread use

 
When the Lightning and Falcons of the 354th FW Come Out to Play, the World Should Tremble
When the Lightning and Falcons of the 354th FW Come Out to Play, the World Should Tremble

26 Jul 2022, 08:39 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A large part of the F-35A Lightning II and F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet of the 354th Fighter Wing routinely comes out for elephant walks

 
F-35 Lightning Flexes USAF Muscles Where Few Can See It, Watches Over Europe
F-35 Lightning Flexes USAF Muscles Where Few Can See It, Watches Over Europe

25 Jul 2022, 08:59 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-35A Lightning II deployed with the 48th Fighter Wing, which is based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK, is seen here flying over the North Sea

 
Royal Navy Warship Shadowed Two Russian Submarines Together With the New P8 Poseidon
Royal Navy Warship Shadowed Two Russian Submarines Together With the New P8 Poseidon

25 Jul 2022, 04:49 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / HMS Portland and the young P8 Poseidon long-range submarine hunter aircraft tracked the movements of two Russian submarines in the North Sea

 
1945 Studebaker US6 Military Truck Takes First Drive in 20 Years, Mud Is Not an Issue
1945 Studebaker US6 Military Truck Takes First Drive in 20 Years, Mud Is Not an Issue

21 Jul 2022, 15:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / With most trucks shipped to Europe during WWII, the Studebaker US6 is quite the rare truck in the North America nowadays.

 
RAF Gearing up for the Large-Scale Manufacturing of Its Eco-Friendly Fuel
RAF Gearing up for the Large-Scale Manufacturing of Its Eco-Friendly Fuel

21 Jul 2022, 02:59 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / UK's Royal Force set a World Record last year by conducting an innovative green flight that was neither electric or powered by SAF. Now it takes the next step

 
The U.S Army Is Looking at Canoo's EV, Makes Us Wonder if They Plan To Go Electric
The U.S Army Is Looking at Canoo's EV, Makes Us Wonder if They Plan To Go Electric

20 Jul 2022, 09:22 UTC · By: Bogdan Bebeselea / After landing a nice contract with Walmart for 4,500 units of their Lifestyle Delivery Van modular platform, Canoo strikes a very important deal with the U.S. A

 
USAF Successfully Flies Its High-Speed Stealthy Drones, the Skyborg Valkyrie
USAF Successfully Flies Its High-Speed Stealthy Drones, the Skyborg Valkyrie

20 Jul 2022, 02:16 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Skyborg program takes a step further by successfully completing a series of flights with two production XQ-58A Valkyrie military drones

 
Dutch Navy Vessel’s Crew Intercepts Illegal Speedboat Just Hours After Completing Training
Dutch Navy Vessel’s Crew Intercepts Illegal Speedboat Just Hours After Completing Training

20 Jul 2022, 01:22 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Forget action movies, the crew on board this Royal Netherlands Navy's patrol vessel nailed a dangerous operation the same day it completed its training

 
Boom Teams Up With Northrop Grumman for "Special-Mission" Variant of the Overture
Boom Teams Up With Northrop Grumman for "Special-Mission" Variant of the Overture

19 Jul 2022, 19:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / Boom Supersonic joined forced with Northrop Grumman to develop a special-mission variant of the company's Overture supersonic airliner

 
U.K. Plans to Fly Its Next-Gen Combat Air Demonstrator Within the Next Five Years
U.K. Plans to Fly Its Next-Gen Combat Air Demonstrator Within the Next Five Years

19 Jul 2022, 07:14 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The U.K. has confirmed its plans to develop a new flight combat air demonstrator and fly it within the next five years. The project will be led by BAE Systems

 
Extremely Rare 1955 Porsche Type 597 “Jagdwagen” Prototype Can Be Yours
Extremely Rare 1955 Porsche Type 597 “Jagdwagen” Prototype Can Be Yours

18 Jul 2022, 13:43 UTC · By: Ancuta Iosub / Only 71 examples of the Porsche Type 597 Jagdwagen were built and only around 50 are known to have survived to the present day

 
Sikorsky Delivers Another Unit of Its Heavy-Lift CH-53K Helicopter to the Marines
Sikorsky Delivers Another Unit of Its Heavy-Lift CH-53K Helicopter to the Marines

15 Jul 2022, 07:58 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Sikorsky announced recently that it delivered the third LRIP (low-rate initial production) CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter to the U.S. Marine Corps

 
The Netherlands’ Gulfstream G650 for VIP Missions to Boast Advanced Protection Features
The Netherlands’ Gulfstream G650 for VIP Missions to Boast Advanced Protection Features

15 Jul 2022, 01:55 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Netherlands Ministry of Defense will be sporting a second-hand jet, but it's still a Gulfstream G650, equipped with state-of-art protection tech