2017-10-16 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte As the NATO allies focus on new threats and those posed by historic competitors, the need to reinforce North Atlantic defense is coming back into focus. As the former head of NORAD, Admiral Gortney, put it in an interview shortly before his departure:…
2017-10-18 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte When the UK cancelled the Nimrod MRA4 program, the RAF faced a significant challenge: how to keep UK ASW and MPA skill sets alive? The UK established the seedcorn program to provide a bridge to what would become an acquisition of the P-8…
2017-10-15 By Robbin Laird With the Nordic states facing significant strategic change in their region, and a Nordic Security Zone from the Arctic to the Baltics requiring enhanced cooperation to deal with the changes, how might the Nordics best shape a way ahead? During my latest trip to Denmark, I…
2017-10-09 By Robbin Laird With the cross learning among the combat forces as they shape more effective integrated combat forces to prevail in a contested environment, the business rules need to change to adapt platforms more rapidly to evolving combat requirements. The force will be built around core multi-mission platforms,…
10/14/2017: U.S. Soldiers attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) conduct an Offensive Air Support (OAS) exercise during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) at Yodaville, Ariz., Oct. 3, 2017. The OAS exercise is designed to focus on the integration of air combat element aviation assets with a developed ground scheme…
2017-10-14 The F-22 was labelled a "Cold War" aircraft by the last President and became a key target for Secretary Gates in terms of moving the USAF into a key role for supporting the ground forces, rather than providing for multi-mission air dominance for a much wider range of tasks,…
2017-10-06 By Robbin Laird and Murielle Delaporte Canada has placed a priority on anti-submarine warfare in its NATO contribution. According to the Royal Canadian Air Force Chief of Staff, Lt. General Hood, “I am exceptionally proud of our ASW capability and when I couple it with the new advanced capability…
2017-10-07 By Robbin Laird With the significant operational tempo on the US tanker fleet and with the inability to replace the older KC-135s expeditiously, the KC-10s have become a workhorse of the USAF tanker fleet. Earlier some questioned the value of a larger tanker in doing the wide variety of…
