2014-12-18 The US Department of Defense officially announced the decision to standup up the initial sustainment centers in the Pacific for the F-35. According to a story by Claudette Roulo, DoD News, Defense Media Activity: WASHINGTON, Dec. 17, 2014 – Japan and Australia will be sharing maintenance and upgrade duties…
2014-12-11 By Murielle Delaporte During her visit to Djibouti, M. Delaporte was able to talk with with Public Affairs Officers Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffrey Jones (USAF, CJTF-HOA) and Lieutenant Seamus Nelson (US Navy, Djibouti), on November 12th, 2014 at Camp Lemonnier . They provided a very clear look at the transformation of the base…
12/13/2014 With the delivery of the first A400M to the RAF and with the standing up of the first French squadron of the A400M, more information will come from the services about their use of the aircraft. The promise of the aircraft is to provide greater payload, speed and range…
2014-12-13 The F-35 is not an airplane, but an air system. And one which will be global in character. Operationally, the impact of an integrated F-35 fleet will be significant. And no less so will be the global sustainment possibilities inherent in the program. The program has built in a…
2014-11-28 The UK has added new tankers and is starting the process of adding a new airlifter to its lift fleet, the A400M. This follows the first operational squadron being set up in France. According to a piece by Murielle Delaporte based on a visit to the French base: The…
2014-11-11 By Robbin Laird Standing up the Luke AFB Pilot Training Center: A Key Enabler of the F-35 Global Operations The F-35 is a global enterprise in the making. The impact of a global community of F-35 users on coalition operations will be very significant in shaping collaborative concepts of…
2014-11-19 By Risk Intelligence The Black Sea region has in the past 12 months been dominating maritime and political media reporting. [caption id="attachment_72342" align="alignnone" width="300"] Black Sea Ports. Credit: Risk Intelligence [/caption] There have been key political issues in the Ukraine and in Turkey. There has been as well the re-emergence…
2014-10-23 By Murielle Delaporte The French Air Force has activated its first 400M squadron. And it did not take much time for the new plane to be put to operational use. The A400M in the past months has been involved in various theater missions for Operations Barkhane in the Sahelo-Saharan…
