09/17/2013: During COUGAR 13, a MV-22 had landed on a British Warship and operated by a British pilot. September 16, 2013, UK exchange pilot LT “Odd Job” Wotten operating with VMX-22 “bounced off” of HMS Illustrious. [slidepress gallery='uk-pilot-operating-mv-22-lands-on-british-warship-during-exercise'] Credit Photos: 26th MEU:9/16/13 According to the Royal Navy: Cougar is the…
2013-09-17 by Oscar Nkala and Kim Helfrich DefenceWeb US Army Africa Command (Africom) wants private contractors to move military equipment and supplies from the US to Egypt and 55 other countries within its Area of Responsibility (AOR) starting this month. This comes hard on the heels of a transport contract…
2013-09-16 By Richard Weitz The Republic of Azerbaijan is a close U.S. ally since Azerbaijanis regained their independence following the Soviet Union’s collapse. It has become a prominent role model for Muslim-majority nations seeking to manage religious and ethnic differences in a harmonious and productive manner. Thanks to its secular…
The common F-35 fleet provides significant opportunities for members of the F-35 collaboration to share costs, operative experience, and maintenance as the fleet rolls out and deploys. Britain and Norway are working to do just that. According to a recent UPI story (exercpts): Britain and Norway are planning to collaborate…
2013-09-15 In a twist of the South Korean procurement dynamic, the MOD procurement officials are excluding two of the three competitors for the next cycle of acquisition of combat aircraft for the South Korean Air Force. The Eurofighter and the F-35 are being excluded from consideration because of procedural issues…
2013-09-15 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Next month, Georgetown University is to host event honoring the memory of the late Vaclav Havel. Georgetown was one of the first places that Havel visited after coming to the U.S. in 1990, following the revolution that brought freedom to the nation. “I…
2013-09-14 by Robbin Laird This video from Airbus Military provides a good overview on the A330 aircraft. It is a tanker which can do other things, including lift, aeromedical evacuations, transport and with a large deck available for future technology expansions can be available to play a role which currently…
2013-09-13 by Robbin Laird The current Syrian crisis reminds one of the importance of understanding the neighborhood. A crisis is always contextual; and the neighbors are part of what happens next and the shape of geopolitics to come. Too often the public could not find countries within which crises are…
