2015-05-07 By Stephen Blank It is long since time to reopen the vexed question of continuing large-scale US intelligence failure. The scope of our continuing failures in this area is too large to ignore and too dangerous to brush aside. Intelligence failures – and there have been many large-scale intelligence…
2015-05-09 The Japanese government has become the first foreign government to purchase the V-22. As of early May, the Department of State has approved an FMS deal with Japan. Japan’s initial buy is for 17 Block C Ospreys, together with spare parts, associated equipment and logistics support. "Japan is modernizing…
05/04/2015: Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, Flies first Wing’s Training Sortie According to a story published on 3/19/15 by the 56th Fighter Wing: The 56th Fighter Wing officially began training new F-35 pilots today when the first student, Brigadier General Scott Pleus, 56th Fighter Wing commander, flew…
2015-05-04 The recent Airpower symposium held in Copenhagen, Denmark was co-hosted by the Williams Foundation and the Centre for Military Studies, University of Copenhagen. This outreach from Australia to Northern Europe parallels the Aussie engagement in the battle against ISIS and the evolving relationship between Europe and Asia, which has…
2015-05-02 Late in the evening of April 29, 2015, an Air Force transport KC-767 aircraft took off from Pratica di Mare directed to Nepal, carrying a medical, technical and operational task force sent by the Italian Government to provide humanitarian aid to the Nepalese people in the aftermath of the…
2015-05-02 Earlier this year, Japan and the UK as well as Australia and Japan expanded their discussions on defense industrial cooperation. In an agreement in March, the Japanese did this with France. According to a Reuters story published on March 13, 2015: Japan and France signed a deal on military…
2015-05-02 According to a story published on 4/9/15 on the Norwegian Ministry of Defense website, Norway will take over the role of policing Baltic airspace this month. The Baltic nations Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have all been members of the NATO alliance since 2004, but because of limited own capacities the…
2015-04-29 The Royal Dutch Air Force (RNLAF) has selected the F-35 as its next generation aircraft. Indeed, the Norwegians and the Dutch are both planning to be an all-fifth generation fleet. Others might join them in Europe as well in this process. The Italian and the UK Air Forces will…
