2015-02-21 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to the USAF Warfare Center, we had a chance to talk with leaders of Red Flag Exercises about the way ahead for this crucial airpower-training program in dealing with 21st century threats. Most of us are familiar with the videos…
2015-02-19 Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) is a multinational coalition naval task force working under the 25 nation coalition of Combined Maritime Forces and is based in Bahrain established to monitor, inspect, board, and stop suspect shipping to pursue the "Global War on Terrorism" and in the Horn of Africa region…
2015-02-19 As part of the overall pressure which Russia is putting upon Europe as part of the Ukrainian campaign, Russian bomber incursions have been stepped up over the past few months. This means that European air forces are having to exercise air interception missions on a more regular basis than…
2015-02-08 Copenhagen Air Power Symposium Denmark will soon integrate new combat jets into its military. This symposium will discuss how medium and small air forces such as those of Denmark, Australia, the UK, and the USMC can use new airpower capabilities to generate innovative concepts of operations that increase joint…
2015-02-16 You may know the Marine Corps as the lead F-35B force. But you might not know their role with regard to the F-35Cs as well. The Marines are the first combat force to plan to use the F-35B in combat. But they are also the first who will operate…
2015-02-16 The F-35 will be operated by the US and its allies worldwide. The planning from the beginning has been to build and deploy an aircraft to operate within the wide variety of climatic conditions which such a fleet from the outset would encounter. Norway can expect to fly in…
2015-02-16 Australia, Italy, the UK, the Netherlands and Norway are all hitting new milestones as the F-35 comes closer to entering their combat forces. Australia, the Netherlands and the Italians will all train at Luke AFB with the Aussies being the first to arrive, the Dutch next month and the…
2015-02-16 By Kenneth Maxwell The secrets of HSBC were painfully revealed last week by the Washington based "International Consortium of Investigative Reporters" (ICIJ). Working with an international team of 140 journalists in 45 countries, the leaked documentation, reveals how HSBC's (Suisse) Private Bank, helped wealthy customers conceal billions of dollars of assets: Over 100,000 accounts worth almost US$…