Military Bits & Pieces
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Liberty Wing F-15E Eagle Looks Locked and Loaded in the Skies Over Europe
22 Aug 2021, 06:41 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An F-15E Strike Eagle deployed with the 48th Fighter Wing (Statue of Liberty Wing) is seen here in the skies over the RAF Lakenheath base
F-16 Fighting Falcon Looks Like a Bird of Prey Feeding in the Misty Air
21 Aug 2021, 07:11 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed with the 115th Fighter Wing of the Wisconsin Air National Guard is seen refueling from a KC-135 Stratotanker
Touch on the Nose Shows Incredible Bond Between Man and Military Airplane
20 Aug 2021, 10:00 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A C-130J Super Hercules gets a good luck touch on the nose from a crew chief before departing on a mission in hostile territory
Pioneering MQ-25 Drone Meets Navy’s E-2D Hawkeye, in Second Successful Refueling Test
20 Aug 2021, 06:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Boeing and the U.S. Navy completed a second successful demonstration of an unmanned aircraft refueling another aircraft, after the "historic" first test.
Air Commando Refueling Black Hawk Seems Like a Towing Operation in the Sky
19 Aug 2021, 09:28 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MC-130J Air Commando II seems to be towing an MH-60 Black Hawk in the sky over Australia during exercise back in July, it's a refueling operation
U.S. Navy Obliterates Vessel With Naval Strike Missiles During Large Scale Exercise
18 Aug 2021, 11:15 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 15th, the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps successfully tested its NMESIS ground-based anti-ship system during Large Scale Exercise 21.
It’s Raining Paratroopers Over Guam in Stunning USAF Photo
18 Aug 2021, 10:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Countless American and Japanese paratroopers drop from two C-130 Super Hercules planes over Andersen Air Force Base in Guam
Russian Military Kamaz Trucks Ready to Play Rough at Upcoming International Army Games
18 Aug 2021, 08:05 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Teams from five countries are training for the upcoming Masters of Armored Vehicles competition, a challenging obstacle race for the toughest military vehicles.
Ilyushin Military Plane Crashes in Russia, the Tragic Moment Was Captured on Camera
17 Aug 2021, 14:57 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / A military transport aircraft crashed in a forest west of Moscow, during a test flight that went terribly wrong. All three members of the crew were killed.
Taliban Fighters Take A Break From Creating Chaos By Enjoying Armed Bumper Car Rides
17 Aug 2021, 14:55 UTC · By: Todd Halterman / If the world hasn’t gone wild enough for you lately, feel free to enjoy the scene of Taliban fighters take a little break by riding around in bumper cars
Kratos Skyborg Military Drone Coming in 2023
17 Aug 2021, 13:16 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Kratos and the U.S. Air Force agreed to have the XQ-58 Valkyrie drone ready to support military operations as soon as 2023
AI Counter Drone System Titan Aims to Be the Smartest Military Drone Jammer Around
17 Aug 2021, 12:28 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Citadel Defense was awarded a $4 million government contract for its smart C-UAS, an artificial intelligence and machine learning-based solution against drones.
Pack of F-16s Meets Pack of Kfirs, Put on a Show Over Colombia
17 Aug 2021, 11:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Four American F-16 Fighting Falcons meet up in the skies over Colombia with an equal number of Israel-made IAI Kfir fighters
Thirty-Year-Old W88 Nuclear Warhead Finally Gets Upgraded, Is Now Ready to Fire
17 Aug 2021, 08:44 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / The nuclear deterrent of the U.S. is now smarter and more reliable, with the W88 nuclear warhead receiving major updates, after 10 years of development.
Russia Leaves Checkmate in the Shadow, Bets on the SU-57E Fighter for Foreign Appeal
16 Aug 2021, 11:33 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / Russia is tempting the foreign market with not just one, but two next-generation fighter jets, but doesn't seem to have funds for its own.
P-51 Mustang Chases F-35A and A-10 Thunderbolt, Trio Looks Like a Killer Hunting Squad
16 Aug 2021, 08:37 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Last week's 2021 Thunder over Michigan Air Show at Willow Run Airport brought together incredible planes from different eras
Avenger Drone Autonomously Tracks Targets, Uses Infrared Search and Track Capability
15 Aug 2021, 21:16 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On July 2nd, General Atomics tested an Avenger drone equipped with Lockheed Martin's Legion Pod. The drone was able to autonomously track multiple targets.
Marine Corps HIMARS Firing Rockets Is How Deadly War Machines Look Like
15 Aug 2021, 07:22 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Video shows a number of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) in action during an exercise, fire power is impressive
CV-22 Osprey Looks Massive During Landing, Hard to See As a Subtle Infiltrator
15 Aug 2021, 06:08 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The CV-22 Osprey is the USAF version of the V-22 Osprey, the $90 million piece of equipment used by the special operations forces
Watching the B-52 Stratofortress Take Off Makes You Doubt Physics
14 Aug 2021, 07:14 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The B-52 Stratofortress is one of the most impressive strategic bombers ever made, here it is in action at the Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota