KC-30A and Wedgetail are two pieces of kit in the Plan Jericho integrated force re-set for the Royal Australian Air Force.
The KC-30A with the crew’s battlefield awareness and operational agility has come to the aid of a UMSC F-18 over the skies of Northern Iraq.
The Aussies are shifting from a platform replacement mentality and that needs to be joined by a shift in training and education to shape the joint combat effect.
The “intelligence” of the weapon system can be described as the sum of the capabilities of the platform, the pod, the weapons and of course the other datalink participants.
According to the Dutch, the Osprey changes the meaning of amphibious operations.
The F-35 is a battlespace dominance aircraft; not a classic air superiority, air defense or ground attack aircraft.
South Korea and US forces are working the offensive-defensive enterprise to deter North Koreans.
This is first time a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Block IA guided interceptor engaged a ballistic missile threat in a European theater-based range.