Strategic surprise is becoming a norm for governments to deal with in the 21st century. Airpower provides crucial tools to control the fire and reduce its threat to spread. Conflict termination concepts need to be married with the use of force.
During our visit to Fallon, it became very clear that the term training can confuse more than clarify. Training sounds a bit like a nice to have preparatory drill rather than what it is for the air power community, namely the shaping of core instincts for competent execution of missions.
Part of the Second Line of Defense team visited Fallon Naval Air Station in Nevada in October 2014. We will publish several interviews in the coming weeks, but for now here are some photos shot from the tower on the afternoon of October 21, 2014.
One of the things that Sims can not do is to reach you the challenge of facing death. In the end game, if you do not have the cojones to go against the enemy in a gray, dense air defense environment where your chances of getting shot down are 100%,…
For Germany the A400M is a step forward in crafting the kind of 21st century military capabilities Germany needs.
The U.S. and core allieshas and is further developing insertion forces able to engage and withdraw to help shape political outcomes.
The 2014 Miramar Air Show saw both the CH-46 and F-35B fly. The first marked the end of the CH-46 era and the consolidation of the Osprey era and the second marked the opening of the F-35B transformation process.
The Marines Train to Defend an Expeditionary Airfield. This is a core competence of the USMC.
