2014-08-28 The Royal Australian Air Force or RAAF is in the throes of modernization. It started with the C-17, next moved to the Wedgetail, then to the KC-30A and will see the F-35 become its core air fighter asset. But RAAF modernization is not about air power; it is about…
2014-08-24 Earlier, we interviewed Lt. General Jouas on the situation in South Korea as seen from the point of view of the 7th USAF. In that interview, Lt. General Jouas highlighted the challenges facing US and allied forces facing a second nuclear age power in terms of North Korea. SLD:…
2014-08-12 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Iraq 2014 is really about dealing with an extremist group aggregating power, trying to build an army and shaping a leadership role in a volatile region. The rejection of all groups other than their own or join us or die is the mantra…
2014-08-20 By Gulshan Luthra and Air Marshal VK Jimmy Bhatia New Delhi. India’s negotiations with French Dassault for the acquisition of 126 Rafale Medium Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MMRCA) “are progressing well” and the contract is likely “sooner than later in the current financial year 2014-15.” This was stated by…
2014-08-20 Earlier this year we published a Special Report on the modernization of Australian Air Power. The RAAF started by adding C-17s and then KC-30As, as there concern is range and sustainability both for the region their in and for global engagements. [caption id="attachment_62974" align="alignnone" width="300"] C-17 and KC-30A at…
2014-08-15 The decision by President Obama to conduct, in official parlance, “military operations in support of humanitarian aid deliveries and targeted airstrikes in Iraq to protect U.S. personnel and interests, in response to activities conducted by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) terrorists” has brought the significance of…
2014-08-11 By Ed Timperlake The Honorable Mike Wynne 21st USAF Secretary expressed what is now known as The Wynne Doctrine: “If you are in a fair fight someone failed in planning.” Many successful battlefield commanders in history practiced the Wynne Doctrine. In fact, General Sherman “Uncle Billy” to his soldiers…
2014-08-10 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Major Greenwood is one of the two MAWTS-1 officers involved with the F-35 and standing up the initial division within MAWTS to develop tactics and implement training for the new platform in order to integrate it into the MAGTF. The other is Major…
