2017-07-15 According to an article published on July 3, 2017 on the Australian Department of Defence website: The newly formed Joint Capabilities Group (JCG) is now open for business under command of the inaugural Chief of Joint Capabilities, Air Vice-Marshal Warren McDonald. Responsible for managing raise-train-sustain functions of the Australian…
2017-07-13 In this video the USAF provides a perspective on the impact of the F-35 on what we have called the renorming of airpower.
2017-07-13 The F-35A was a key element for this year's Paris Air Show. In the videos below, the F-35A at the Paris Air Show is highlighted. Paris Air Show: F-35 makes its debut from Shephard Media on Vimeo. Earlier, we have provided a series of video and photo updates on…
2017-07-13 By Brig (Retd) Gurmeet Kanwal New Delhi Defence Ministers Arun Jaitley and General Sergey Shoigu jointly chaired the 17th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-governmental Commission on Military-technical Cooperation on June 21-23, 2017, at Moscow. The two sides agreed on a roadmap and signed a protocol to take defence cooperation to…
2017-07-12 In a recent article by Yissachar Ruas, the recent Israeli Air Force graduation was highlighted. In a piece published on July 11, 2017 in the Aviation Photography Digest, Ruas noted: "The last week marked another IAF graduation at Hatzerim AFB. "This class, numbered at 174 includes two female aviators…
2017-07-12 According to an article published by our partner India Strategic, the US Navy is participating in a significant manner in the Malabar 2017 exercise. Malabar 2017 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises that has grown in scope and complexity over the years to address the variety…
2017-07-12 According to an article published by our partner defenceWeb on July 4, 2017: The arrival of democracy in South Africa has not been kind to the country’s defence industry which has seen a drop in turnover of more R12 billion from 1989/90 when it stood at R31,6 billion to…
2017-07-12 In a recent posting by Chris MacLean on July 11, 2017, the editor of Front Line Defence highlighted the recent actions by the Trudeau government which run counter to Canadian interests as perceived by the Canadian public. Not many Canadians agree that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau did the right…