2016-09-20 In this report, the major presentations and discussions at the Williams Foundation seminar on new approaches to air-sea integration held on August 10, 2016 in Canberra, Australia are highlighted along with interviews conducted before, during and after the seminar as well. Interviews with the Army, Navy, and Air Force…
2016-09-30 This French video does a great job of placing the French Air Force and its men and women within the context of serving the nation and its interests. It is in French but really very well done. One can understand the reason Americans joined the famous Lafayette Escadrille squadron.…
2016-09-30 In late 2015, the French Rafales used the Storm Shadow/SCALP for the first time against the Daesh. According to a statement from the French Ministry of Defense, the air strike involved ten aircraft from their deployment airfields in the United Arab Emirates and Jordan. The raid targeted Daesh headquarters, training…
2016-09-30 In 2015, France joined the NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence System or NATINAMDS. This meant that NATO had enhanced potential for seamless coverage from Southern to Northern NATO and to the East. According to a NATO press release on 6/19/15: After thorough preparation and planning, jointly and effectively…
2016-09-29 Recently, the new Chief of Staff of the USAF, General David Goldfein, referred to the "moral imperative of high end training." "I came to believe that high end training against the most difficult threat in the most difficult environment is nothing short of a moral obligation, and we had…
2016-09-29 Various video shots from the 56th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB. F-35 at Luke AFB from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. Video by Senior Airman Jenna Bigham 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 09/28/2016
The 100th F-35A Lightning II lands in late August 2016 at its new home at Luke AFB, with the 62nd fighter squadron. Video by Airman 1st Class Joshua Altice 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs 08/26/2016
2016-09-25 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird Last May we published an article entitled: Boeing in Denmark: The New Alabama? Amazingly, having lost the fighter competition in Denmark, Boeing is back taking on a sovereign state and treating Denmark as if it were the state of Alabama in the tanker…
