The CO of TOP Gun looks at the challenge of training for the extended battlespace. And focuses on the role of the carrier and the reach beyond the carrier to joint and coalition assets to operate in that environment.
Based on extensive interviews with the French Air Force, Murielle Delaporte looks at the entry into service of the A400M. The FAF looks at the A400M as not just a new platform but a new way of new way of operating their airlift nationally and with allies.
Second Line of Defense is covering the Bold Alligator 2014 exercise.
The head of rotorcraft training at Fallon discusses the role of helos as part of the carrier strike force.
This interview with the ACC Commander focuses on looking back and on the way ahead with the Command.
The data and information passing through those integrated systems is constantly being updated. Many of those updates are built at Eglin in the 513th Electronic Warfare Squadron's F-35 reprogramming lab.
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.
