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…
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…
