[caption id="attachment_7751" align="alignleft" width="100" caption=" "][/caption] By Ed Timperlake Former Commanding Officer, VMFA-321 "Hell's Angels" [caption id="attachment_7746" align="alignleft" width="400" caption=""The last of Torpedo Eight's TBDs, T-16 (BuNo 1506), flown by LCDR John C. Waldron with Horace Franklin Dobbs, CRMP, in the rear seat, taking off Hornet on 4 June 1942…
"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at entrances to our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of our laws." (Alexander Hamilton, 1787) The Author with USCG Commander Thad Allen During the Keel Laying Ceremony For The USCGC Bernard C. Webber (Credit: SLD, April 9th, 2010) By…
The USCG National Strike Force: A Key National Asset to Deal with Environmental Challenges (Part Two) SLD sat down with Commander Tina Cutter, Deputy Commander of the National Strike Force and Lieutenant Commander Tedd Hutley, operations manager for the National Strike Force, in mid-February of 2010. The National Strike Force…
SLD sat down with Commander Tina Cutter, Deputy Commander of the National Strike Force and Lieutenant Commander Tedd Hutley, operations manager for the National Strike Force in mid-February of 2010. The National Strike Force is one of the United States Coast Guard elements to be affected by the budget cuts,…
An Interview With Chris Sheppard (Continued) SLD sat down with Chris Sheppard, a manager of USAF programs for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s government relations group, to discuss the interaction between the F-16 and F-35 as the U.S. Air Force builds its capabilities into the 21st century. We asked Chris to share…
The USAF F35A Lighting Credit: www.defencetalk.com (click on picture to access military gallery) A "Flying Combat System" With a Maturing Approach to C4ISR The F-35 is a “flying combat system” that will have an immediate impact on air capability with its initial deployment. The first squadron(s) of the aircraft…
SLD sat down with Chris Sheppard, a manager of USAF programs for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s government relations group, to discuss the interaction between the F-16 and F-35 as the U.S. Air Force builds its capabilities into the 21st century. We asked Chris to share his personal experience as an F-16…
In this final part of the interview, we discussed with General Dubik the way forward in Iraq. We discussed first the continuing process of transition 2009-2010 and then the question post-2010 of building a longer-term relationship with Iraq as well as the challenges of working with the Iraqis to provide…
