2013-12-20 A potential gain from buying the Gripen could be hosting a Gripen fighter weapons school available to the broader Gripen community. In a phone interview today with Guy Martin, editor of defenceWeb, this opportunity was highlighted. “South Africa has been offered the opportunity, but has been slow to move. From…
2013-12-19 Shortly after the French leadership left Brazil after working hard for a Rafael deal in Brazil, the Brazilian government announced their decision: Gripen. The F-18 became a casualty of the NSA scandal – the President of Brazil did not find it amusing having had her emails read by a…
2013-12-19 By Kenneth Maxwell Brazil announced on Wednesday December 18, 20013, that it had chosen the Swedish Saab Gripen NG for its new fleet of combat jet fighters for the Brazilian Air Force. Boeing's F-18 and France's Rafale were the competitors. The announcement came less than a week after President…
2013-12-16 By Harald Malmgren The path to Presidency of the United States is through a complex, volatile battlefield of competing ideologies, domestic political and financial objectives, and survival skills of incumbents and vested interests. The weapons and tools needed to prevail include encouragement of hope for a better tomorrow, promises…
2013-12-16 Shortly after the return of the 36th Contingency Response Group from the Philippines, we had a chance to talk with the Commander of the Group. The 36th CRG and the USMC worked closely together at the Tacloban Air Base to re-open the base to allow for insertion of relief…
2013-12-16 by Ed Timperlake On December 14 2013, I was asked to give remarks at a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the veteran’s cemetery in Richmond Virginia. The honor of the day goes to the fallen and recognition of those present, many veterans, their families and loved ones, all came…
We have argued for some time that the introduction of fifth generation aircraft into legacy fleets was part of a process we have called the “re-norming” of airpower. We have even published a book with that title. When we discussed the time when Lt. Col. “Chip” Berke came to Nellis…
2013-12-13 In a phone interview with Lt. Col. Berke, the Commanding Officer, VMFAT-501, the continued progress of the F-35B towards its initial operating capability or IOC in 2015 was underscored. Recently, the 33rd Fighter Wing, highlighted a four hour sortie generation training exercise. According to the 33rd FW the F-35 enterprise…
