Friedrich Seiltgen

2 weeks ago | sofmag.com | Friedrich Seiltgen

by Friedrich SeiltgenTAMPA, Florida – I opened the email from Soldier of Fortune Chief Susan Katz Keating and read her message: “Would you by chance be interested in taking a demo ride on a speedboat during Special Operations Week”? During SOF Week in May, Sharrow Marine had two boats at the marina to demonstrate firsthand how a traditional propeller performs against the same ship with a Sharrow propeller. I jumped at the chance and reported to Dock Five at the Tampa Convention Center.

4 weeks ago | thearmorylife.com | Friedrich Seiltgen

May 31st, 2025 7 minute read While Allied tanks raced across France, a new jet fighter streaked out of Germany in a desperate attempt to defend the Third Reich. Nicknamed the Schwalbe, the Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world’s first operational jet fighter.

1 month ago | thearmorylife.com | Friedrich Seiltgen

May 17th, 2025 7 minute read As World War II ended, the U.S. Air Force (U.S.A.F.) was looking for a replacement for the Northrop P-61 “Black Widow” and North American F-82 Twin Mustang to counter the Soviet bomber threat, which at the time was the “new” Tupolev Tu-4 bomber.

2 months ago | thearmorylife.com | Friedrich Seiltgen

April 26th, 2025 7 minute read In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corps set out to create an aircraft unlike any the world had seen — one powerful enough to escort bombers at high altitude, carry substantial ordnance, and outmaneuver enemy fighters.

2 months ago | gunpowdermagazine.com | Friedrich Seiltgen

By: Friedrich SeiltgenCopyright © 2025Marvin Richardson, the number two official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE), was forced to retire after being given the option to leave or be fired. Richardson has been the ATF deputy director since 2019 and was the acting director from June 2021 through April 2022. Richardson was a 35-year veteran of the agency.