On 20 August Equipnor was awarded an exclusive contract to provide the Norwegian Army with a new protective vest and load bearing system developed by NFM. Equipnor is the part of NFM Group that manages the supply of products and services to the defense, police and security community in Scandinavia....
On August 23, 1954 the YC-130 Hercules made its maiden flight in California from the Lockheed Martin plant in Burbank to Edwards Air Force Base. The C-130 is still in production today, making it the longest running military aircraft production line in history. [caption id="attachment_7993" align="alignnone" width="1323"] Archived photo of...
Airborne's been practicing safe social distancing since before it was cool.... Sky Soldiers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade make their way to an aircraft in preparation for airborne operations. When they jump the Jumpmasters will maintain a one-second interval between jumpers, jumpers will maintain a sharp lookout during descent to avoid...
In honor of National Airborne Day yesterday, and to give credit where it's due to these other pioneers and unsung heroes... The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion was nicknamed “Triple Nickles” because of its numerical designation and because 17 of its original 24 “colored test platoon” were from the 92nd Infantry...
President George W. Bush created National Airborne Day in 2002. It was created to honor all current U.S. Airborne Forces, and to commemorate the first parachute jump of 48 volunteer members of the U.S. Army Parachute Test Platoon on August 16, 1940. After months of restriction due to Covid-19, U.S....
Heckler & Koch became famous and successful with a range of roller-delayed blowback small arms they manufactured from the early 1960's up to the early 1990's. So successful were these firearms that the name HK basically became synonymous with the roller-delayed blowback system. It may surprise some folks however to...
General Douglas MacArthur signing Japanese surrender aboard USS Missouri, 2 September 1945. Photo Credit: US National Archives. ********************************** With the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki destroyed by atomic weapons, the will of the Japanese leadership was tested. Then it came the news that the Soviet Union declared war on...
Like a lot of old Ground-Pounders I'm very fond of the A-10 Thunderbolt and the OV-10 Bronco close air support / ground attack aircraft - they truly were the infantryman's friend. And both still soldier on despite the repeated attempts by the air superiority fighter jocks to kill them off....
Look out at the end of this week for the release of Issue 117 of Airsoft Action magazine, featuring the first part of an in-depth review of the LCT LK-33 that I helped out with. In the meantime, LCT Airsoft has released a short video about the LK-33 series that...
Mask up, hook up! Last week Canadian Army members completed the Static Line Square Canopy course with COVID-19 protocols in place at the Canadian Army Advanced Warfare Centre in Trenton, Ontario. Canada entered the airborne world with the creation of two airborne battalions in 1942 that were initially trained at...
