2015-02-04 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to Nellis AFB we had the chance to sit down with Col. Ted “Vader” Dempsey, the Commander of the Nevada Test and Training Range. According to a local Georgia paper (in a piece published in March 2014) which highlighted Dempsey’s…
02/02/2015 By Robbin Laird During my trip to Australia last year, I had a chance to visit two new squadrons within the Royal Australian Air Force: the Wedgetail and KC-30A squadrons. Both are part of the transformation of the RAAF into a powerful, integrated medium weight air force capable of…
2015-01-29 The Wedgetail Command and Control platform and the KC-30A MRTT aircraft are the two new Australian systems operating in Iraq which have been part of the RAAF transformation. And the Wedgetail squadron is leveraging the operational experience to expand its operational envelope. Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail Airborne…
2015-01-27 By Murielle Delaporte Editor's Note: Murielle Delaporte is embedded at sea with the NATO counter mine force discussed in this article. This interview was conducted prior to departure. NATO Allied Maritime Command’s Deputy Chief of Staff Operations, Commodore Arian Minderhoud, an overview on the evolving role of MARCOM, notably…
2015-01-26 CVN 78 is being built to support a half century of air-breathing platform innovations. The new carrier will see the UCAS, the new Hawkeye, the Osprey and the F-35C come onboard. This is the beginning of the decade ahead of innovation. But what comes next? The new catapult and landing…
2015-01-25 The French Air Force (FAF) is the lead Air Force in putting the A400M into service. The FAF has put together a comprehensive approach to doing so, and has carefully considered the operational context within which the aircraft will be used. The FAF has built from the ground up…
2015-01-24 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The coming of the USS Gerald R. Ford sets in motion a very different type of large-deck carrier. The hull form of the Ford is a tribute to the very successful Nimitz-class hull design. That is where the comparisons basically end. As the…
2015-01-23 The A400M has entered into service with the French Air Force concurrent with a change in the French Air Force (FAF) command structure and the growing importance of the European Air Transport Command (EATC). This means that the training, and operational approach of the new French command and the…
