2017-07-18 By Richard Weitz The Western media has recently highlighted the Russian military buildup in Asia, which generally receives less attention than Russian defense activities in Europe and the Middle East. Russia’s Far Eastern armed forces have benefited from the country’s overall military modernization program. During the past decade, the…
2017-07-16 Recently, Defence Minister Fallon announced new contracts supporting the modernization of the RAF during the Royal International Air Tattoo Conference in the UK. According to an article published on the UK Ministry of Defence website on July 14, 2017: Speaking at the Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT), Sir Michael…
2017-07-16 The UK Defence Secretary has announced the numbers of the UK’s two new Maritime Patrol Aircraft squadrons and the first commanding officer. Nine new P-8A Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft will be operated by number 120 Squadron and number 201 Squadron from RAF Lossiemouth in Moray. 120 Squadron was the RAF’s…
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 By Robbin Laird During my visit to RAF Lossiemouth in March 2017, I had a chance to talk with the senior officers involved in rebuilding the infrastructure at the base for the arrival of an additional Typhoon squadron and for the coming of the P-8. Having visited Norway earlier…
