The Rotorcraft, the Carrier and Training for Strike Integration
11/01/2014
The head of rotorcraft training at Fallon discusses the role of helos as part of the carrier strike force.
Training for Air Combat: General Hostage Focuses on the Challenge of Training for the 21st Century Fight
10/30/2014
This interview with the ACC Commander focuses on looking back and on the way ahead with the Command.
Head of Air Force Warfare Center and the F-35
10/29/2014
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.
Airpower, Italy, Europe and the Way Ahead: Lt. General Preziosa Looks at the Challenges
10/28/2014
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.
The USN Combat Learning Cycle: Prepare An Air Wing For Deployment While Supporting One Deployed
10/28/2014
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.
Visiting Fallon Naval Air Station
10/28/2014
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.
Looking Back and Looking Forward for the Future of Airpower: A Discussion with Chuck DeBellevue About the Air War in Vietnam
10/23/2014
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%,…
A Step Forward in German Defense: The Coming of the A400M
10/22/2014
For Germany the A400M is a step forward in crafting the kind of 21st century military capabilities Germany needs.