Air Vice-Marshal Warren McDonald Heads New Joint Capabilities Group

07/15/2017
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…

F-35A at the Paris Air Show, 2017

07/13/2017
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…

The Evolving Indian-Russian Relationship

07/13/2017
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…

Israeli Air Force Graduation, 2017

07/12/2017
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…

US Navy Participates in Malabar 2017

07/12/2017
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…