The Japanese forces have been classically stoved-piped ones going forward. Now the Japanese are about to pass their 8th budget in a row increasing defense spending. The Self-Defense Force wants record spending power next year to help pay for major upgrades to the nation’s defenses, as Tokyo continues to perceive…
While the winds of Brexit pick up speed, HMS Queen Elizabeth heads to the United States for the next phase of its preparations for its first operational engagements in the early 2020s. According to a story published on the Ministry of Defence website on August 30, 2019, the event was…
The Royal Air Force is deployed on Operation AZOTIZE in Estonia in support of Baltic Air Policing. And earlier this month engaged in its “seventeenth QRA scramble resulting in an intercept since the RAF took over enhanced Air Policing (eAP) from the German Air Force on 3 May 2019 as…
As Europe adds new F-35 capabilities to its combat forces, there is a clear opportunity for U.S Services which fly the F-35 to work a very different approach to providing for enhanced and time urgent combat power. With a sustained engagement strategy, the USAF, USMC and the US Navy could…
RAMSTEIN, Germany The two months long Exercise Baltic Protector culminated recently in Estonia. Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft based at Ämari Air Base, Estonia as part of NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, conducted a series of flights over participating maritime assets, HMS Albion and HMS Kent. The exercise tests the…
The Marines are working to shape a more effective and integrated force. An example is their work on the integration of HIMARS with the F-35. Currently in Australia, the Marines and US Army have brought HIMARS to Australia as part of this years TS-19 exercise. According to a story by…
In these photos, MV-22B Osprey aircraft are seen flying over the Rockhampton Showground pavilion as a display put on for the Rockhampton Open Day as part of Talisman Sabre 2019. Talisman Sabre 2019 (TS19) is a bilateral combined Australian and United States (US) training activity. TS19 is designed to practice…
Talisman Sabre 19 (TS19) is a bilateral combined Australian and United States (US) training activity. TS19 is designed to practice our respective military services and associated agencies in planning and conducting Combined and Joint Task Force operations, and improve the combat readiness and interoperability between Australian and US forces. TS19…
