By Robbin Laird The 2019 edition of the International Fighter Conference is now history. And it was held in the city of Berlin which earlier in the month was remembering the 30 year history of the Fall of the Wall. That event ushered in the ultimate collapse of the Soviet…
By John Conway The concept of a ‘wingman’ is as old as military aviation itself. Providing mutual support within a formation, the purpose of a wingman was established to protect the flight lead and provide him or her with the additional mental capacity to manage the formation, operate the aircraft, and make decisions. As…
By Eugene Gerden According to recent statements by senior representatives of the Japanese military as well as local defence analysts, Japan is steadily continuing along its path of active defence with the development of a new national defence budget for 2020. According to statements by the official spokesperson for the…
We have written about the shaping of a maritime domain awareness enterprise in the North Atlantic to deal with the Russian challenge and the fourth battle of the North Atlantic. From this piece, which we published on Breaking Defense in 2017: In effect, an MDA highway being built from Lossie…
By Gulshan Luthra and Shweta Sehgal Four days after assuming charge as the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria told at the customary pre-Air Force Day press conference on October 4th that the Air Headquarters was also looking at 80 to 90 percent of Made in India…
By defenceWeb Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger. The United States Air Force (USAF) has begun intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations from its newly constructed Air Base 201 in Agadez, Niger. US Africa Command on 1 November said ISR operations are “in support of our partner forces and international efforts…
The Israeli Air Force is hosting a five day exercise in the south of the country involving over one thousand personnel from four nations, the US, Germany, Italy, and Greece. The IDF's F-35s are a key part of the exercise. Currently the IAF has 14 F-35 Adir aircraft and is…
By Robbin Laird During my most recent visit to Australia in October 2019, I have had the chance to visit the Chief of Navy’s Seapower Conference and to attend the latest Williams Foundation seminar. And along the way have held roundtables at the Australian National University, the RAAF’s Airpower Development…
