01/02/2011 - UAVs are key tools in the toolbox to support ground forces and to augment and or supplement manned aircraft. Whether they are able to operate in the contested airspaces of post-Afghan military environments or even the threats posed by a contested air dominance environment, such as on the…
Featured Article "There is a NATO working group (RTG-184), which was set up to explore and define safe ride standards for casevac via UAVs. They’ve visited our facility and are well acquainted with what we’re doing. Although Israel is not a NATO member, the IDF trauma branch has a lot…
An Interview with Master Sgt. Jeremy Kirk 12/21/2010 - "I can see significant improvements from '05 to now from just the experience levels of maintainers learning their tasks and learning the tricks of the trade on the new aircraft."
An Interview with Lieutenant Colonel Garcia 12/09/2010 - "We had the misfortune of receiving some damage. However, we quickly found out the aircraft is very survivable. We weren't hit with anything very large, mostly small arms, and from RPGs, stuff like that but the holes that actually left were very…
By Olivier Azpitarte 11/30/2010 - Since the announcement by the French former Minister of Defence Hervé Morin about the start of withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan in 2011, the issue of the evaluation of Afghan security forces is more relevant than ever. Foremost among the concerns are the maintenance,…
An Interview with Cpl. Warshek and Sgt. Fante 11/28/2010 "[In Afghanistan,] the space issue was probably our major focus. If a rotor head were to go down, we didn't really have the space at I-level to fix that rotor head. We were working out of the vans. And for the…
An Interview With Lieutenant-Colonel Garcia 11/18/2010 - "This aircraft doesn’t have the capability to be broken down and put inside a C5 like the helicopters can. However, it does have the capability to be able to deploy itself."
An Interview With Colonel Arthur Tomassetti 11/18/2010 - "We can start building those maintainers that will have to go out and take care of these airplanes wherever they go. We expect to train about 100 pilots a year, here at Eglin, when we’re up and running. We expect to train…
