2016-02-04 Kenneth Maxwell In a period of profound historical change as we are undergoing, understanding is at a premium. And what might be called the “inside the beltway” phenomenon is a key barrier to shaping effective understanding and policy responses. The culture of the analysts drives the debate, not the…
01/31/2015: The Red Flag exercise is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States, its allies, and coalition partners. Red Flag is conducted on the vast bombing and gunnery ranges of the 2.9M acre Nevada Test and Training Range. It is one of a series of…
2016-01-22 The Russians and the French started to use cruise missiles against ISIS fixed targets starting in December. For the Russians, President Putin announced in December 2015, that Kalibr cruise missiles had been fired by the submered Rostov-on-Don submarine from the Mediterranean for the first time. He said TU-22 bombers also…
2016-01-19 It is has been difficult to shape a more integrated European force. But the European Air Transport Command is a clear success in that effort. According to a story on the Italian Ministry of Defense website publish on January 12, 2016, the earlier steps taken by Italy to work…
2016-01-17 It took awhile but finally these planes are showing up. If the Afghans as a nation are going to work together to shape a counter-insurgency and defense strategy, air power is a crucial lynchpin. This is true for multiple reasons. First, the geography of Afghanistan makes this an air-connected…
2016-01-02 By Robbin Laird, Ed Timperlake and Murielle Delaporte As former Chief of Staff of the USAF “Buzz” Mosley once stated about the USAF: “There is not a place on the face of the earth that the USAF will not fight their way into.” This core objective has been challenged…
2016-01-10 Recently, during an exercise in Japan, the USMC worked an interoperability force insertion effort with various Marine Corps units working together with the participation of a USAF JTAC. According to a story by Cpl. Thor Larson published on 12,27,15: CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – It’s the middle of the…
2016-01-07 In a piece published on the French Air Force website on December 16, 2015, a brief overview of the Trilateral Exercise was provided and the French role within that exercise. The article focused on the Distinguished Visitor Day on December 15, 2015. The day started with a flight demonstration…
