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ISSUES & TRENDS

The PRC’s “Great Wall of Sand:” Remembering Tarawa Atoll

Posted on December 15, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/15/2016
It is important to take the PRC offensive seriously.
Posted in Strategy, What's New

Reconsidering Air Force One: Seeking a 21st Century Solution

Posted on December 11, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/11/2016
How might the Air Force One Replacement Program be “rebooted”?
Posted in Manufacturability, What's New

Shelter for Strike Element Hornets

Posted on December 10, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
12/10/2016
Providing for RAAF combat air security with a key shelter for Middle East ops.
Posted in Con Ops, Video, What's New | Tagged A 4K Hangar, Air Task group 630, E-7A Wedgetail, F/A-18 Hornets, Iraqi, Joint Task Force 633, KC-30A Multi-Role Tanker, MER, Middle East Region, Middle-East, Operation OKRA

USMC About USS America: The Future is Now

Posted on December 9, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
12/09/2016
The Lightning II Enables a Lightning Strike Assault Force.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New | Tagged California, Colonel Rowell, F/A-18 Hornet, Florida, Marine Corps, MCAS Beaufort, MCAS El Toro, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Proof of Concept Demo, South Carolina, T-2, T-34, TA-4J, VMFAT-101, VMX-1

F-35B Lightning II Completes Operations Aboard USS America (LHA 6): 2

Posted on December 9, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
12/09/2016
The F-35B DT-III lays the groundwork for upcoming USMC F-35B deployments.
Posted in Con Ops, HOME, Video | Tagged Air Test & Evaluation Squadron (VX) 23, DT-III, Edwards AFB, F-35B Lightning II, ITF, Maryland, NAS Patuxent River, Pacific Ocean, Pax River Integrated Test Force, Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing, STOVL, USS America

To Whom Do Western “China Experts” Owe Their Allegiance?

Posted on December 6, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/06/2016
Trump receives a call from the President of Taiwan and Western China experts back the PRC? What is wrong here?
Posted in Op-ed, Policy Dynamics, What's New

Cyber Security and Defense: It’s the Hardware Stupid!

Posted on December 6, 2016 | by Robbin Laird
12/06/2016
Fixing flawed hardware with software, should have been discarded decades ago.
Posted in Cybersecurity, What's New

F-35B Lightning II Completes Operations Aboard USS America (LHA 6): 1

Posted on December 6, 2016 | by SysAdmin
12/06/2016
Video:F-35B Lightning II Completes Operations Aboard USS America (LHA 6): 1
Posted in HOME, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video | Tagged amphibious assault ship, Edwards AFB, F-35B Lightning II, ITF, Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1, Pacific Ocean, Pax River Integrated Test Force, Salty Dogs, STOVL, USS America, VX 23
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