2016-12-16 by Gulshan Rai Luthra New Delhi/Paris. The Multi Role Combat Aircraft (MRCA) competition for the Indian skies is beginning again, this time for a much larger number than the 2007 figure of 189 MMRCAs asked by the Indian Air Force (IAF). This time, there is also an additional requirement…
2016-12-13 The Congress, pundits and others are focusing on Russia and cyber and the recent Presidential election. Before one rushes to ascribe real impact from this variable, it should be noted that Hillary Rodham Clinton lost in 2016 the same way she lost in 2008. To quote Newsweek from 2008:…
2016-12-18 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird The Chinese Navy has come out into the big world as a counter-piracy force. For example, the PLAN has been part of the anti-piracy operations off of the waters of Somalia. And in 2014, the PLAN did an exercise with the US Navy with…
2016-12-17 In a piece written by Staff Sgt. Grace Lee, 56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs, a new milestone for F-35 training was identified and discussed. The first class of undergraduate pilots began training through the newly written F-35 Lightning II curriculum Dec. 5 in the F-35 Academic Training Center at…
2016-12-17 The A400M is a new fleet asset for a number of Air Forces. Keeping the aircraft with a common baseline configuration will be crucial to providing for the kind of common sustainment options which can provide for global fleet operational capabilities. A step in this direction was reached by…
2016-12-11 By Richard Weitz President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to appoint South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as his future UN Ambassador underscores that the incoming administration, which begins on January 20, understands the importance of developing stronger Indian-U.S. ties. The bilateral national security relationship is critical for realizing both countries’ core…
2016-12-06 By Todd Miller Statistics, Milestones, Capabilities, Flight characteristics, Test protocols, Cost, Software blocks. It is easy to get lost in the complexity of the F-35 program. The combined F-35 fleet now has over 75,000 flight hours, yet for many there remains a lack of understanding. Much of this can…
12/16/2016: From left to right, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Richard Fuerst, commanding officer of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Kosei Nomura, director of Status of U.S. Forces Agreement Division Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Lt. Col. J. T. Bardo, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Sqaudron (VMFA) 121,…
