2018-01-21 RAF Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) Typhoon aircraft scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth to monitor two Russian planes approaching UK airspace on January 15, 2018. According to an article on the Ministry of Defence website: The Russian Blackjack Tupolev Tu-160 long-range bombers were not talking to air traffic control, making them a…
2018-01-19 By Robbin Laird When have you read a positive review of our combat experience in Afghanistan from the Pentagon’s Inspector General? Not a common experience for sure, but very recently, the IG underscored a significant advance in how the battle in Afghanistan is going forward. “Less than two years…
2018-01-15 The title of a new report issued by our partner the Air Power Development Centre of the Royal Australian Air Force is entitled 5th Generation Air C2 and ISR. A key aspect of the F-35 global enterprise is that air warriors are working throughout the enterprise to reshape air…
2018-01-12 By Robbin Laird The US military has been focused along with core allies in fighting counter-terrorism land wars for more than a decade, which represents a defining generation of combat experience for the joint, and coalition force. There has been significant combat learning in shaping new approaches to counter-terrorism…
2018-01-16 By Robbin Laird The USS Wasp has spent the last few years as the workhorse of F-35B testing for the amphibious fleet. While it was doing this, the Osprey was revolutionizing the strike force onboard the amphibious fleet. And waiting in the wings is the coming of the new…
2018-01-06 The Sea Ceptor is a sea-based supersonic missile defence system developed by MBDA for the UK’s Royal Navy. The Sea Ceptor is based on MBDA’s common anti-air modular missile (CAMM). CAMM is being developed in three versions – CAMM (M) for maritime, CAMM (L) for land and CAMM (A)…
2017-12-28 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The shift from engaging in the land wars and the con-ops associated with those land wars to preparing for higher tempo and higher intensity operations are key to the transformation of U.S. and allied forces. The challenge facing the liberal democracies was well put…
2018-01-06 The Spanish Air Force has received its second A400M as well as having recently refueled six Spanish Air Force F-18 fighters in a single mission as part of certification flight. According to a Spanish Air Force article published on December 29, 2017, the Spanish Air Force has taken delivery…
