2016-11-25 By Todd Miller The rumble of the MV-22B reverberated off the flight deck of the USS America (LHA-6). The 12 F-35Bs onboard represented more F-35s than had ever gathered at sea. The F-35B moving steadily towards deployment represents an unprecedented leap in capability, the future of formidable maritime power.…
2016-11-25 By CAPT. Paul E. Mawn, USN (Ret.), The US Air Force and Naval Aviation owe a generally unacknowledged debt of gratitude to Ivy League Colleges, and Harvard in particular, for their key role in the initial development of US military aviation and combat fighter pilots. In the years leading up…
2016-11-24 By Richard Weitz During the election campaign, some of Donald Trump’s advisers criticized the Obama administration and its predecessors for adopting policies that alienated Russia and helped drive Moscow toward Beijing, to China’s benefit. They indicated that one reason they wanted to reconcile with Russia was to break this…
11/23/2016: “F-35B's are changing the way we fight. With over 21,500 flight hours logged, they are the most versatile and technologically advanced aircraft in the skies today.” This week, the USS America (LHA 6) hosted the largest number of F-35 Lightning II's ever in the Lightning Carrier Proof of Concept Demonstration,…
11/23/2016: Twelve F-35B Lightning II's embarked on USS America (LHA 6) November 19, 2016. The demonstration is the first shipboard Marine Corps F-35B integration demonstration alongside other Marine Corps Air Combat Element assets. With over 22,500 flight hours logged, the F-35B is the most versatile aircraft in the skies today. 11/19/2016: Video…
11/23/2016: Twelve F-35B Lightning II's embarked on USS America (LHA 6) November 19, 2016. The demonstration is the first shipboard Marine Corps F-35B integration demonstration alongside other Marine Corps Air Combat Element assets. With over 22,500 flight hours logged, the F-35B is the most versatile aircraft in the skies today.…
2016-11-23 By Danny Lam Americans have a long history of not seeing the trees for the forest when it comes to East Asia. During the Korean war, UN forces were amazed by the human wave assaults by Chinese troops and implicitly presumed that the PRC had endless reserves of manpower…
2016-11-23 By Danny Lam The South China Sea “Sea Grab” is no less an egregious violation of international law than a “Land Grab” by Russia in the Ukraine. Both cases are virtually identical in that a treaty defined international boundary or limitation was violated. Though in the SCS case, it…
