By Vince Martinez 11/23/2010 - "We have collectively used up our operational resources and are now willfully putting them away wet. We have been reluctant to spend the money necessary to keep our operational resources ready for war, and now we have transitioned to a point where we are even…
An Interview With Armando Martinez 11/18/2010 - "There's more teardown on the F-16 to get the seat out. I'm not saying it's harder, it's just more time consuming. For combat you don't want to waste time in pulling the seat out. You have to be able to pull the seat…
An Interview With Lieutenant-Colonel Garcia 11/18/2010 - "This aircraft doesn’t have the capability to be broken down and put inside a C5 like the helicopters can. However, it does have the capability to be able to deploy itself."
By Dr. Robbin Laird and Dr. Scott Truver 11/18/2010 - Crafting an effective U.S. Navy and Marine Corps strategy for the 21st century––one that both supports national security and homeland security objectives and gains sustenance from them––requires a strong emphasis on networking in a broad and comprehensive context. Networks make…
An Interview With Colonel Arthur Tomassetti 11/18/2010 - "We can start building those maintainers that will have to go out and take care of these airplanes wherever they go. We expect to train about 100 pilots a year, here at Eglin, when we’re up and running. We expect to train…
By Caroline Mükusch 11/18/2010 - The opening of the Arctic raises simultaneously energy security, environmental questions, and strategic competition. There are five states which claims based on extensions of their rights under international law to parts of the Arctic region: Norway, Denmark (Greenland), Russia, Canada and the United States.
By Honorable Ed Timperlake 11/17/2010 - In the not two distant future the US Navy/Marine and USAF team may have to establish presence from the sea in a potential combat theater.The threat will be great: friendly forces can be intermixed with opponents who will do what ever it takes to…
The Air Force Tanker Decision: A ‘Fairer’ Way Forward By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force 11/17/2010 - The Air Force is confronting a conundrum that in 1998, the GAO called a mandatory replacement program for the aging tanker fleet. There have been two winners since that…
