2015-03-03 One of the three large warships which will operate the F-35 is the HMS Queen Elizabeth. The ship is being completed and will begin its sea trials next year. It is the largest warship which the United Kingdom has ever built and incorporates several innovations which we will focus…
03/03/2015: As part of Operation IMPACT, a CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft prepares for take-off in Kuwait. The Aircrew observe landscape below after take-off from the window of the CP-140. Credit: Canadian Ministry of Defence:2/12/15 A CF-188 Hornet fighter jet is prepared for its next mission - missiles are loaded.…
03/05/2015: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force(JMSDF) submarine JS Hakuryu (SS 503) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Credit:Commander Submarine Forces Pacific:2/27/15 According to Wikipedia: The Sōryū-class submarines (16SS) are diesel-electric Attack submarines that entered service with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force in 2009. The design is an evolution of the Oyashio class submarine, from which it can…
2015-03-02 Trident Juncture 2015 will be a major exercise for NATO forces, essentially leveraging their amphibious capabilities as part of a combined arms exercise. As an article published March 2, 2015 in The Diplomat (Madrid), the role of the exercise and of Spain within that exercise was highlighted. Our country…
2015-03-01 When the F-35 is discussed, subsumed in the discussion is the evolution of defense supply chains. The F-35 is built around global supply chains, and the digital systems by which the aircraft is built is rooted in a triangular relationship among the digital systems used by suppliers, the final…
02/26/2015: By Robbin Laird I had not visited the Final Assembly Line or FAL in Fort Worth since late 2012. Much has changed as the line has matured, and a line stood up in Cameri, Italy and one being built in Japan. The first Italian FACO F-35 rollout will happen…
2015-02-26 We wrote earlier about the evolving operational map of Europe or what might more correctly referred to as the evolving Euro-Med security zone. The Euro crisis is defining the end of a period of history. The era since 1991 has been defined by the expansion of Europe, the consolidation…
02/25/2015: United States Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force's maintainers work together during Cope North 2015. Credit: Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs:2/23/15 According to a PACAF story published on 2/19/15: by Staff Sgt. Melissa B. White Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs 2/19/2015 - ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- More than…
