This article looks at the role of the MADL system for the F-35 fleet and beyond.
Senior USN aviation leadership looks at the F-35C as a means to enhance their capability to operate in the expanded battlespace. The successful landings aboard the USS Nimitz by the F-35C are one step forward in that process.
Bold Alligator 2014 is about calibrating insertion forces against various threats. The seabase is tailored to crisis management, as opposed to having to rely on bringing significant forces ashore along with their gear in order to mount operations.
The CO of TOP Gun looks at the challenge of training for the extended battlespace. And focuses on the role of the carrier and the reach beyond the carrier to joint and coalition assets to operate in that environment.
Naval aviation is in transition whether one visits MAWTS, Fallon, Eglin or Beaufort.
The head of rotorcraft training at Fallon discusses the role of helos as part of the carrier strike force.
Based on extensive interviews with the French Air Force, Murielle Delaporte looks at the entry into service of the A400M. The FAF looks at the A400M as not just a new platform but a new way of new way of operating their airlift nationally and with allies.
Second Line of Defense is covering the Bold Alligator 2014 exercise.