Avoiding the Fair Fight
05/17/2011
By The Honorable Michael Wynne 05/17/2011 Overcoming ISR stovepipes is crucial to ensuring that the U.S. avoids the trap of engaging in fair fights.
Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) : Shaping Global Con-Ops
05/11/2011
In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on Jan. 12, nearly 70 members of the 615th Contingency Response Wing deployed to the Dominican Republic in support of Operation Unified Response (Photo Credit: Contingency Response Wing, USAF) TACC: Shaping Global Con-Ops The Role of the Global Mobility Enterprise…
Global Airlift, Tanking and Medevac Missions and the TACC
05/11/2011
A Round Table With TACC Experts 05/11/2011 - The planning and operations directed by the command are highly collaborative. Most of the key elements for shaping the planning and operation C2 functions are located on the operations floor, which creates a highly collaborative enterprise in order for the command to…
Re-visiting the Concept of a Counter-Insurgency Aircraft
05/06/2011
05/05/2011 This interview lays out the case for a Counter-Insurgency Aircraft and develops several interesting points with regard to why the COIN manned asset in many cases is preferable to UAVs.
Leveraging the Advantages of the USN-USMC Team
04/27/2011
4/27/11 Rear Admiral Jim Beebe USN (retired) and currently Executive Director of Naval Air Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet discusses the USN approach to the future.
Building the LPD-17
04/27/2011
04/27/11 The LPD 17 program manager, Doug Lounsberry, provides an overview on the this key command ship for the ARG.
The ARG: A Core National Capability
04/20/2011
The U.S. Navy amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque, center, deploys U.S. Marine Corps Cobra attack helicopters Sept. 9 during a board and seizure operation by the U.S. Marine Corps 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Maritime Raid Force, embarked aboard Dubuque, after the motor vessel M/V Magellan Star was attacked and…
French Ops in Libya
04/20/2011
By General Jean-Patrick Gaviard 04/20/2011 - In the aftermath of several weeks of bombings above Libya, it might be of interest to attempt to decrypt two key events which happened as this operation was being conducted: the “pole position start” of the French Air Force as a direct support to…