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The Integrated Distributed Combat Force

The USAF Thinks About the Wolfpack: The Renorming of Airpower

Posted on February 27, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/27/2016
The USAF is thinking about the coming of a 21st century version of the wolfpack as part of the renorming of airpower
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Looking Back: Remembering Desert Storm and Looking Forward to the Renorming of Airpower

Posted on February 25, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/25/2016
Lt. General (Retired) Deptula looks back at Desert Storm and forward to the renorming of airpower.
Posted in Con Ops, Strategy, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Italian Naval Airpower: The Importance of Showing Up at Beaufort Air Station

Posted on February 22, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/22/2016
The Italian Navy going to Beaufort Air Station NOW and working with the RAF and the USMC might make a great deal of sense.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

The Need for Cultural Innovation: Lessons Learned from Dunkirk

Posted on February 18, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/18/2016
New capabilities without new concepts of operations will lead to strategic failure.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

Ninja Discusses His F-35 Flight Across the Atlantic: The Right Stuff Italian Style

Posted on February 18, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/18/2016
The first transatlantic F-35 flight was by an Italian with 50 flight hours on the F-35.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

An Italian First: The F-35 Crosses the Atlantic and Lands at Pax River, February 5, 2016

Posted on February 12, 2016 | by SysAdmin
02/12/2016
In stark contrast to the F-16 experience, the first F-35A to cross the Atlantic was flown by Italy not the USAF.
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

The F-35 Learning Curve: The View from Pax River

Posted on February 10, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/10/2016
These interviews from Pax River highlight the cross-service and cross-variant learning occurring in the F-35 program.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New

The UK at Pax River: Integrated, Innovative and Creating 21st Century Airpower

Posted on February 10, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
02/10/2016
As a key UK member of the ITF put it: This is the most integrated test team I have ever worked on.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, What's New
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