2015-04-19 By Robbin Laird On April 17, 2015, a joint symposium on the evolution of airpower was co-sponsored by The Sir Richard Williams Foundation (Australia) and the Centre for Military Studies of the Department of Political Science of the University of Copenhagen. Both organizations are partners with Second Line of…
On April 17, 2015, two of our partners, the Williams Foundation (Australia) and the Centre for Defense Studies (University of Copenhagen) are hosting a seminar in Copenhagen on airpower innovation. Join our 10 speakers and (so far) over 60 registered attendees from industry, government, military, and academia as we address…
2015-04-14 Early in April 2015, an airpower conference was held in Istanbul and sponsored by the Turkish Air Force. The event, ICAP 2015, was held in Istanbul, Turkey and was attended by over 1000 participants from over 50 nations, with 29 air chiefs attending. According to the organizers of the…
2015-04-11 According to a story on the Norwegian Ministry of Defence website published on 4/8/15: In 2015 one of Europe’s largest fighter jet exercise is to take place in the Nordic countries, with Norway as lead nation. [caption id="attachment_76541" align="alignnone" width="300"] Norwegian F16s taxiing for take off. Credit: Norwegian MOD.[/caption]…
2015-04-04 By Richard Weitz The Russia-Ukraine war has highlighted the security dilemmas of Eurasian countries that find themselves outside of any regional military alliance. Although recent attention has focused on Ukraine, the Caspian littoral countries have, for several years, considered themselves vulnerable to renewed Russian assertiveness and have complained about…
2015-03-25 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Late March 2015, we interviewed Secretary Wynne with regard to the evolution of coalition airpower over the period ahead. Earlier, Wynne laid out a wide-ranging perspective on the evolution of airpower in his article entitled: “Airpower in the Next Two Decades of the…
2015-04-04 Recently, the second Future Force Conference was held in the Netherlands. From March 23-25 2015, the Future Force Conference was held to look at the challenge and opportunities offered by technologies to allied or enemy forces. http://www.ffc2015.com/ [caption id="attachment_76277" align="alignnone" width="240"] Dutch Chief of Staff General Middendorp. Credit: Dutch…
2015-04-04 By Gulshan Luthra According to Admiral Harry Harris Jr., Commander of the US Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), the US Navy has a Congressional mandate to keep 11 aircraft carriers, and six of these should be in the two oceans along with some 200 ships by 2020. The first of the…
