2017-06-30 By Robbin Laird During my March 2017 visit to RAF Lossiemouth, I had a chance to talk with two Typhoon squadrons, namely II(AC) and 6 Squadron. The squadrons have been busy in the past few months with various global engagements. In the words, of the station commander at RAF…
2017-06-29 During a visit to Norway earlier this year, the Norwegian Deputy Minister of Defense underscored the importance of allies building new missile capabilities for the F-35 as a coalition aircraft. In the discussion with Mr. Øystein BØ, the State Secretary and Deputy Defense Minister at the Norwegian Ministry of Defense,…
2017-06-29 By Robbin Laird During my visit to RAF Lossiemouth in March 2017, I got an update on the evolving experience of the Typhoon as an expeditionary force. My discussion with the Squadron Leader for II(AC) Squadron, Martin Pert, highlighted the evolving experience of II(AC) Squadron with the aircraft. Most…
2017-06-28 Second Line of Defense has visited the Queen Elizabeth while it was being built in Scotland as well as various F-35B facilitates in the US and the UK preparing for the integration of the fifth generation aircraft with a new generation carrier. Now for the first time, the new…
2017-06-28 By Robbin Laird During my visit to RAF Lossiemouth in March 2017, I had a chance to talk with Wing Commander Billy Cooper, the boss of 6 Squadron. His father had served in 6 Squadron after World War II, so there is real passion and commitment to the squadron…
2017-06-18 Recently, the RAAF just completed sortie 1000 in its Middle East mission. It has done so with a 93% dispatch rate and has provided approximately 10% of all coalition fuel in the overall coalition air operations. They have done this by flying one aircraft! As the USAF is still…
2017-06-27 by Robbin Laird During the past year, the Typhoons at RAF Lossiemouth have been deployed worldwide. They have become mainstays at Operation Shader in the Middle East, and have been to the Pacific (South Korea, Malaysia and Japan) as well most recently to Red Flag and Green Flag in…
2017-06-20 By Robbin Laird In my recent interview with Lt. General (Retired) Trautman, the former Deputy Commandant of Aviation highlighted how he saw the way ahead for unmanned air systems in the MAGTF: The current Deputy Commandant for Aviation has been very prescient in laying out a requirement for a program…
