02/19/2012: As the US engagement in Afghanistan winds down, and approach to the future is sorted out, Second Marine Division (Forward) has provided interviews with the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward) which highlight the challenges and successes the Marines and sailors of the division made during their tenure…
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02/16/2012: Earlier, we interviewed Frank Dougherty, Vice President, F-35 Production Operations provided an update on F-35 manufacturability. Dougherty has extensive experience with both the F-22 and the F-16, and has significant domain competence in what it takes to build a combat aircraft. This slideshow highlights production going on in the…
01/25/2012 by Ed Timperlake We are publishing a USAF background paper currently circulating on the Hill. It validates everything we have written on Second Line of Defense for more than a year about the LAS competition. The USAF is circulating a paper on the Hill that clearly lays out for…
01/21/2012: F-35B Turns a Page BF-6, BF-7 and BF-8 are now at Eglin AFB and are USMC owned aircraft. As Col. Tomassetti, Deputy 33rd Wing Commander has underscored: Now we can stop talking about what we can do and start showing what we can do. We move out of the…
01/16/2012 by Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We have been working on the re-crafting of the U.S. approach to partnership and security and defense capabilities. This culminated in our recent Pacific Strategy report. https://www.sldinfo.com/special-report-on-crafting-a-new-pacific-strategy/ Now the Chinese have weighed in and are looking at our approach. http://www.china.com.cn/military/txt/2012-01/16/content_24419407.htm The article discusses…
01/05/2012 While the Aussies are getting their tankers, the USAF waits. According to an Airbus Military Press Release of December 29, 2011. The fourth Airbus Military A330 MRTT multi-role tanker transport for the Royal Australian Air Force has been formally handed over to the service, leaving just one aircraft of…
01/03/2012 By Robbin Laird Many years ago when finishing my graduate degree in Political Science at Columbia University I wrote my dissertation on how to understand the nature and dynamics of historical change. The title of the dissertation was order within chaos, and the core point was that stability was harder…
