By Alain Dupas and Gerard Huber One of our regular contributors and his co-author have addressed the strategic shifts accompanying technological change in the first part of the 21st century. In a major book published in France earlier this year, Dupas and Huber address the strategic impact of new technologies…
By Hon. Ed Timperlake A very bold headline on July 30, 2010 in Peoples Daily asks a rhetorical question—“Is US ready to recognize China as world power?” Of course the article has a delicious sentence written with a sense of ironic whimsy that was apparently missed by the author-- “It…
In meetings during our visit to TRANSCOM spring, TRANSCOM officials explained how they addressed the Haiti mission.... the nature of an aid effort to an earthquake ravaged country like Haiti was fluid with requirements in flux. And highlighted throughout the interview were the multiple military aid assets, which were being…
During our visit to Transcom in March, General McNabb provided a detailed overview on the challenges in supporting the deployed warfighter in Afghanistan, including supporting the surge ordered by the President. Although the General did not put it this way, it was apparent that the con-ops approach of Transcom is…
In excerpts from the Air Force Association White Paper first published in September 2009, the Impact of the USAF tanker on US global concepts of operations is discussed.
By Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, III Affordability is the balance of cost and capabilities required to accomplish assigned missions. For over a decade the Marine Corps has avoided the cost of new procurement during a time when the service life of our legacy aircraft were sufficient to meet the…
Interview with Gunnery Sergeant Thomas, Pax River "A big change is how we do our maintenance day. On traditional aircraft we have a maintenance checklist and we do a set of tasks each day. Now the day is defined by what the aircraft tells us it needs to have repaired.…
An Interview With Kimberly Gavaletz "For the F-35, the maintenance approach has been a consideration since the inception of the aircraft. F-35 is an Air System. The Air System contains both the aircraft and the sustainment solution. The aircraft was designed to be highly reliable and easy to maintain, requiring…
