2015-07-17 On July 10, 2015, the UK marked the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. According to a story on the UK MoD website: 75 years after the start of the Battle of Britain, the RAF marked the anniversary today [Friday, 10 July] with an enhanced Change of the…
2015-07-19 Recently, RAND published its study of the air campaign which the US called “Odyssey Dawn.” The report is entitled “Precision and Purpose: Airpower in the Libyan Civil War.” This was the “lead from behind” effort from the US point of view, but an important moment for a number of…
07/16/2015: Second Line of Defense visited the 33rd Fighter Wing prior to any Academic Training Center (ATC) being built, let alone functioning. The video produced by the 33rd Fighter Wing shows the ATC operating today and several of the activities conducted at the ATC. The students in the classroom and…
07/18/2015: 4/22/2015 - NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. Southern Nevada residents may notice increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 15-3 from July 13-31. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air, space and cyber forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise…
The latest Mission Impossible film will introduce the A400M to the viewing public. As an Airbus Defence and Space press release highlighted: It will be the world’s most advanced military transport aircraft for decades to come but the Airbus A400M may never again be called upon to perform its astounding…
2015-07-12 By Robbin Laird The 2nd Marine Air Wing based at Cherry Point, North Carolina is celebrating its 74th birthday. It started by joining the war in the Pacific and supporting Marines throughout the war. The wing has supported Marines in virtually every operation the US has engaged in since…
2015-07-12 Since the GAO blocked the USAF buying the A300MRTT as the next generation tanker, the USAF configured aircraft has won every competition outside of the United States. The latest country to join the Airbus tanker fleet is South Korea. In late June, South Korea announced that they would buy…
2015-07-17 In a recent press release, Airbus Defence and Space highlighted a modernization of the Eurofighter. This modernization improves the angle of attack performance characteristics of the aircraft, which is significant aerodynamically as well in terms of supporting the evolving weapons capability for the aircraft. The modifications allow for an…
