2017-02-15 By Kenneth Maxwell To read today’s press you would think that the coming of Donald Trump is a shock beyond recognition. Yet conflict and shocks in Washington are clearly nothing new. We certainly lived through larger social upheavals before, notably the one’s of the 1960s. It is clear that…
2017-02-16 By Robbin Laird In the Fall of 2015, then Major General Rune Jakobsen became Lt. General Jakobsen and the Commander of the Norwegian Joint Headquarters. According to the announcement at the time: The new commander started his military career in July 1980 and has filled several key positions in the…
2017-02-16 By Danny Lam Canadians have long enjoyed the security and comfort of belonging to NATO: a robust military alliance that won the cold war. Today, Canada, a founding member of NATO, is in default of our treaty obligations under Article 3 of the NATO treaty. Article 3 of the…
2017-02-13 By Robbin Laird During the first week of February this year (February 7-9), the Chief of Staff of the Norwegian Air Force sponsored an airpower conference entitled “Evolution to a Fifth Generation Air Force.” I had a chance as well to conduct a number of interviews while in Norway…
2017-02-11 We have focused on the impact of fifth generation aircraft for many years. Our focus has been upon their impact on the renorming or rebasing of airpower or the transformation of combat approaches and the shaping of new concepts of operations. https://sldinfo.com/flipbooks/Renorming%20Air%20Power/RenormingAirPower/ http://online.flipbuilder.com/lrty/wdem/ https://sldinfo.com/the-f-35-and-21st-century-defence-shaping-a-way-ahead/ For the Marines, we focused early…
02/17/2016: Luke's first B-course students conducted their first training sortie in the F-35 getting ready for their combat deployment assignment.. LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. -- The Air Force’s first F-35 Lightning II basic flight course class took to the skies for the first time as they entered the live flying portion…
2017-02-14 The Merlin helicopters and their crowsnests will play an important role in the operation of the Queen Elizabeth carriers. Recently, Minister for Defence Procurement Harriett Baldwin has visited Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose, home of the Royal Navy’s Merlin helicopters. According to a story published by the UK Ministry of…
2017-02-14 According to a recent story published by the UK Ministry of Defence, the UK Minister has visited Italy for discussions with his counterpart. In meetings with his counterpart Roberta Pinotti, Sir Michael Fallon said Britain was a key ally of Italy and would not be stepping back from European…
