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…
2017-06-26 In the slideshows and videos for June 23, 24 and 25, the final events at this year's Paris Air Show are highighted. The photos and videos are provided by ParisAirShow.TV. The following aircraft are highlighted in the video for the flying display on June 25, 2017. French Air Force Flying Team…
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…
2017-06-22 In the slideshows for yesterday's and today's activities at the Paris Air Show, we have several photos provided by ParisAirShow.TV. The following aircraft are highlighted in the photos for yesterday: AN132-D Antonov F-35A A380 Wow Aircraft Airbus Drone Aircraft A400M Airbus Harfang UAV. [maxgallery id="98185"] The following aircraft are highlighted…
2017-06-17 According to an article published on the Norwegian Ministry of Defence website, NATO will be focusing on its core mission of collective defense in the upcoming Trident Juncture exercise. "NATO needs to hold exercises on a large scale. Only this way are we able to test all the levels…
2017-06-02 By Robbin Laird In Colin Clark’s recent coverage of the visit of RAAF Air Chief, Air Marshal Leo Davies,, to the United States, he highlighted the “institutional interoperability which the RAAF was shaping with its closest allies, and notably with the USAF and the USN. On a regional level,…
06/06/2017: U.S. Air Force Airmen partner with the Royal Air Force and the French Air Force for a second trilateral exercise at Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Atlantic Trident 2017, hosted by the 1st Fighter Wing, focuses on air operations in a highly contested operational environment through a variety of complex, simulated adversary…
2017-05-31 In a recent article in The Manufacturer, there is a look at F-35 manufacturing in the United Kingdom. It is the Typhoon and F-35, very much live MOD acquisitions, that offer the greatest opportunity – and imperative – for replacing parts that combine the daunting mix of intensive man-hour…
