2015-08-27 By Robbin Laird During my visit to Australia in August 2015, I had a chance to visit Royal Australian Air Force squadrons as well as interview senior RAAF officers, including the Air Commander Australia, Air Vice Marshal Turnbull. The role of the Air Vice Marshal is to command and…
2015-08-30 By Robbin Laird The Plan Jericho approach which the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has put in motion to shape a con-ops driven transformation process is built around the acquisition of new platforms, but then crafting ways for these platforms to operate and together in a joint manner to…
2015-08-29 F-22s are flying in the Middle East. They are being joined by European based F-22s as well in Europe to work with the NATO allies. The F-22s have flown for many years in Red Flag with allies. Typhoon pilots have addressed their experience in flying with F-22 in Red…
08/25/2015: On 13 August 2015 two KC-30 aircraft from RAAF Amberley conducted a Air to Air refueling training sortie. The Australian Air Force KC-30 aircraft is carrying out an air to air refueling operation using the Airbus Defence and Space Aerial Refueling Boom System (ARBS). Having an air refuelable tanker,…
08/26/2015 By Harald Malmgren Editor's Note: In the Spring of 2012, Harald Malmgren wrote a report which largely anticipated what is now happening in China and assessed what he thought might be the consquences. We are reissuing the report which can found below which provided his assessment at that time.…
2015-08-23 By Robbin Laird My last assignment when working at the Institute for Defense Analyses was supporting the staff for the 1995 Roles and Missions Commission. This Commission was headed by John White, who later was Deputy Secretary of Defense, and was formed to address a number of issues mandated…
2015-08-14 By Robbin Laird The Pacific area is certainly not Europe or the Middle East from the standpoint of shaping a deterrence strategy. It is about the US providing a core set of capabilities to protect its national interests and working with core allies and a wide range of partners…
2015-08-25 In this video shot on August 24, 2015, a key member of the ECLAS-M Seabee team describes the basic capabilities of the Elevated Causeway System-Modular (ELCAS-M) and answers questions about how it might be used. Explaining the ELCAS and Its Uses from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. According to a press release…
