2015-02-04 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake We had a chance to visit the USAF Warfare Center at Nellis AFB on the 15th and 16th of January. On January 15th, we attended the ceremony for the arrival of the fifth F-35A at Nellis, but the first one fully configured for…
2015-02-15 The main mission profile of the Juan Carlos I class LHD is power projection to any theater of operation. As an amphibious assault ship, it can transport a battalion-sized unit of 1,000 troops along with 150 vehicles, including battle tanks, for a marine landing. Even more significantly, the Juan…
2015-02-14 From 27 January to 13 February 2015, the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) will participate in Exercise RED FLAG 15-1 at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada. Hosted by the United States Air Force (USAF), Exercise RED FLAG 15-1 will involve participants from the United States, United Kingdom, and…
2015-02-13 Cyber is often confused with computer and information security. But it is really about cyber operations and within the context of rapidly evolving concepts of operations, as digital systems become dominant players in the evolution of war fighting capabilities. Our visit to CVN-78 highlighted the centrality of C2 and…
2015-02-10 The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is assisting residents and fire fighting efforts in Western Australia. The Australian Army’s 13th Brigade has established temporary accommodation for fire fighters and potential evacuees from areas threatened by the fires currently burning in the state’s south west. A convoy of 10 trucks carrying…
2015-02-10 As the first Air Force deploying the A400M, the French Air Force (FAF) is working the new asset into its concept of operations. The FAF integrates its air lifters close into the battlespace when it deploys the joint force. And the FAF plans to do so with the Atlas,…
2015-02-08 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The first day of our visit to the USAF Warfare Center was defined by the arrival of the first F-35 specifically for the Weapons School. The arrival of the Block 3 aircraft is the first of several which allow the Weapons School to…
2015-02-07 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to the USAF Warfare Center we had a chance to sit down with Lt. Col. Benjamin “Bach” Bishop, the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron director of operations, to discuss his experience with the Operational Testing of the F-35, and the…
