Russian-Indian Arms Deals Hold Steady; But For How Long?

05/12/2010
By Richard Weitz Russian defense companies are counting on additional weapons sales to India to compensate for the precipitous decline in their military exports to China. India is replacing the PRC as the world’s leading arms importer. Until now, Soviet and Russian suppliers have provided about two-thirds of India’s military…

ATTC : The First “One-Stop Shop” For USCG Aviation Assets Maintenance Training

05/07/2010
How the USCG Addresses Aviation Training and Support: The Case of the ATTC in Elizabeth City, North Carolina In mid-March, SLD discussed the U.S. Coast Guard's evolving approach to training technicians and to shaping an effective maintenance enterprise with the retiring (but only in the separation from service meaning of…

The Expeditionary Airfield Capability: A Core USMC Competence for Global Operations

04/29/2010
The setting up of the expeditionary airfield at Dwyer to support USMC combat operations in Afghanistan has highlighted the expeditionary airfield capability of the USMC.  General Walsh, USMC, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Forward deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and now back at Cherry Point, NC, underscored…

The F-35B in the Perspective of Aviation History

04/28/2010
[caption id="attachment_7751" align="alignleft" width="100" caption=" "][/caption] By Ed Timperlake Former Commanding Officer, VMFA-321 "Hell's Angels" [caption id="attachment_7746" align="alignleft" width="400" caption=""The last of Torpedo Eight's TBDs, T-16 (BuNo 1506), flown by LCDR John C. Waldron with Horace Franklin Dobbs, CRMP, in the rear seat, taking off Hornet on 4 June 1942…

Planning An Exit Strategy (I): A Lead Nation Approach To Crisis

04/13/2010
[caption id="attachment_7168" align="alignleft" width="250" caption=" French General Gaviard with American General Michael Moseley, then Vice Chief of Staff of the USAF, while visiting the Air Operations Conducting and Command Center (CCOA) in 2004 "][/caption] This is the first of a series of four articles on the subject of conflict management…