During our visit to Transcom in March, General McNabb provided a detailed overview on the challenges in supporting the deployed warfighter in Afghanistan, including supporting the surge ordered by the President. Although the General did not put it this way, it was apparent that the con-ops approach of Transcom is…
In excerpts from the Air Force Association White Paper first published in September 2009, the Impact of the USAF tanker on US global concepts of operations is discussed.
An Interview With Peter Scoffham "why did we go for a turbo prop rather than a turbo fan? And of course, the simple answer is that today’s turbo prop technology now allows an extremely powerful engine to be built, enabling equivalent high cruise altitudes and almost equivalenthigh cruise speeds as…
Interview with Gunnery Sergeant Thomas, Pax River "A big change is how we do our maintenance day. On traditional aircraft we have a maintenance checklist and we do a set of tasks each day. Now the day is defined by what the aircraft tells us it needs to have repaired.…
By Lieutenant General George J. Trautman, III Affordability is the balance of cost and capabilities required to accomplish assigned missions. For over a decade the Marine Corps has avoided the cost of new procurement during a time when the service life of our legacy aircraft were sufficient to meet the…
By Richard Weitz One of the challenges General David Petraeus, U.S. Army, faces as the newly appointed commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is the failure of past efforts to induce many of the Taliban guerrillas to defect and some of the Taliban leaders to negotiate a peace…
An Interview With Mark Rossi, Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems "The biggest problem facing DAS is the fact that it is a complete unknown to most people, but as they become more familiar with its value, they begin to realize just how revolutionary this system will be for the warfighter. DAS…
An Interview With Kimberly Gavaletz "For the F-35, the maintenance approach has been a consideration since the inception of the aircraft. F-35 is an Air System. The Air System contains both the aircraft and the sustainment solution. The aircraft was designed to be highly reliable and easy to maintain, requiring…
