According to an article released by the US Navy and written by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Morgan K. Nall, the USS Preble and INS Tarkash operated together and exchanged crew this month during an exercise. Units of the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group sailed in formation with the Indian…
By Robbin Laird The European Air Group has been an incubator for change within the European air forces. The EAG flies below the radar but is a key asset for the Air Chiefs of 7 major European Air Forces in shaping ways to work more effectively together and to get…
Prior to its deployment to Nellis, the RAAF issued this article on its participation on RF 2018-1.From 29 January–16 February 2018 around 340 Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) personnel will deploy to Nevada to train in the world’s most complex air combat environment during Exercise Red Flag 18-1. The RAAF…
The Second Line of Defense team has been in Australia for the past two weeks conducting interviews and will provide highlights from the Airpower Conference being held this week in Canberra as well as updates and a final report for the Williams Foundation Conference on the shift from the land…
EAST CHINA SEA 03.05.2018 Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Levingston M Lewis Commander, Amphibious Force 7th Fleet An F-35B lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) as part of a routine patrol in the Indo-Pacific region. Pilots with the "Green Knights" of Marine…
2018-02-14 By Vice Admiral Shekhar Sinha (Retd) New Delhi. The age old debate rages on worldwide between strategists of both blocks, the ayes and naysayers, on the relevance of the aircraft carriers with respect to their combat power vs. vulnerability. This has undergone periodic pendulous harmonics. Whether it is the…
2018-02-09 The Williams Foundation will continue its series of examining the transformation of military forces by looking at the challenges of the shift from the land wars to higher tempo, high intensity operations. According to The Williams Foundation, the focus of the seminar is as follows: Most Air Force and senior…
2018-02-09 By Robbin Laird and Edward Timperlake Late last year, we published an interview with Secretary Wynne where he proposed an innovative way ahead on evolving air combat capability. https://sldinfo.com/redefining-the-next-generation-fighter-aircraft-build-out-air-combat-capability-by-shaping-a-21st-century-version-of-the-century-aircraft/ We want to revisit this discussion to highlight key elements of the proposal, which are important in and of themselves…
