The National Strike Force is one of the United States Coast Guard elements to be affected by the budget cuts, and the key element being eliminated is the National Strike Force Coordination Center or national command element. This interview with Commander Tina Cutter, Deputy Commander of the National Strike Force…
AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS SHEPPARD (continued)) "Fighter pilots are typically thought of as being tacticians in the Air Force construct of operations. Although they will continue to be front-line tacticians, having an asset like the F-35 provides the capability to have much more situational awareness and have a much more…
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 will, for the first time, bring a C4ISR platform into the air combat domain.
The F-35 is intended as the replacement for the F-16. This interview with Chris Sheppard, a manager of USAF programs for Northrop Grumman Corporation’s government relations group, explores how the new fighter will execute future missions differently, as well as how the two fighters may work together during the transition.
The war is not over; luckily we’re in a much better phase now then we were 2007-2008. The phase of the war we’re in now is to consolidate and expand gains and prevent resurgence of violence and the insurgent’s ability to re-shape the situation. The task in this phase of…
Lieutenant General Dubik identifies the key principles for transition from the Iraq situation during his time in Iraq. He suggests some key lessons learned which provide a foundation for Afghanistan and to meet the continuing challenges with regard to Iraq in 2010 and 2011.
The impact of modernization on operations could not be clearer than in this case of rescuing a sailor at sea. Not only did the new mission systems and C4ISR assets play a central role in allowing the USCG professionals to save this man’s life, it would have been unlikely that…
"If there's any perception or notion that we're babying or coddling the Ospreys, you need to come out here. We have done tactical inserts. In fact, when we went into Now Zad behind enemy lines at three in the morning, we used Ospreys, because they were the right platform for…
