2017-04-19 By Robbin Laird During my visit to Australia in April 2017, I had a chance to meet and talk again with Air Marshal Leo Davies, Chief of Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force. During the Avalon Air Show, the RAAF released its long-term strategy document, Air Force Strategy:…
04/26/2017: Airmen from the 349 Air Refueling Squadron use their KC-135 Stratotanker to refuel four F-35A Lightning II fighters on their way to Europe for the first time for a training deployment. Europe is scheduled to begin receiving the fifth generation fighter in the early 2020's. KS, UNITED STATES:04.14.2017 Video by Staff…
04/25/2017: The video highlights F-35s from Hill AFB, Utah, arrive at Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, England, for a training deployment And we published an interview from a visit to RAF Lakenheath April 4, 2017 which follows: During my visit to the United Kingdom in March 2017, I had a…
04/25/2017: U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) and U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducted the first independent Distributed STOVL Operation (DSO) by flying all ordnance, personnel, and fuel in on mission aircraft at Yuma, Ariz., April 13,2017. Marines employed the manual drive…
2017-04-24 According to a piece published on April 24, 2017 by defenceWeb, the UN plans to cut its air logistics spend. Moving assets by air is by far the fastest way to get them where needed but it is expensive as evidenced by UN figures which show the world body…
2017-04-20 By Robbin Laird I first met Air Commodore Chipman when he was leading the initial Plan Jericho movement. He now has become Director General of Capability Planning in the RAAF and is now faced with the challenge of infusing the forward thinking represented by Plan Jericho into actual capabilities.…
2017-04-17 By Todd Miller On board the U.S.S. San Diego all briefings are complete and mission execution is all that remains. Marines of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) gather their steroid induced rucks and pack into the tight confines of the Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV). 3 crew, weapons, support…
2017-04-22 A Norwegian perspective on the importance of the F-35 for Norwegian defense and the significance of the arrival of USAF F-35s at RAF Lakenheath was provided by the head of the Norwegian F-35 program. In a piece published on April 20, 2017 by Maryam Iqbal Tahir and entitled “The F-35…
