2016-11-20 A new Special Report highlights perspectives from the operators at RAF Lossiemouth. The Royal Air Force is in transition as the Tornado is retired, the Typhoon is modernized and the P-8 and F-35 are introduced. Infrastructure of key bases is being modernized as well. This transition as seen by officers…
2016-11-19 By Robbin Laird I first visited RAF Lossiemouth in April 2016. In a return visit in June, I was able to get updates on the RAF preparation for P-8s, an update on the Typhoon and operations in the Middle East, a discussion of the ground support system for Typhoon,…
2016-11-18 We will be publishing soon a report by Todd Miller from the USS America about his experience on board with the ship and its air compliment. It is a weapon system, not simply a platform and the intersection of the Osprey with the F-35B and the coming of the…
2016-11-18 Recently, Second Line of Defense visited the Albacete Air Base and discussed Eurofighter with officers at the base. They mentioned that they were looking forward to the coming of the A400 to their service as it would enhance their capability to do expeditionary air operations. Well that day has…
2016-11-14 By Robbin Laird On November 2, 2016, we had a chance to visit the Spanish Air Force at their Albacete Airbase and to talk with a Eurofighter pilot as well as senior maintenance officer. They both had worked with Eurofighter in the latest Baltic Air Patrol earlier this year. Albacete…
2016-11-18 By Murielle Delaporte The fact that crisis serve as a catalyst for needed and awaited reforms is a well-known proposition. The triple effect of an increasing threat environment, of Brexit and now of what is widely perceived in Europe as the unpredictability of a new Trump Administration is having…
2016-11-18 by Murielle Delaporte For the very first time, the French Center and Right political parties – composed of the Republicans (LR, "Les Républicains", the Christian Democrats (PCD) and the National Center for Self-Employed and Farmers (CNIP, Centre national des indépendants et paysans) organized this year an open primary aiming…
2016-11-17 By Robbin Laird On a recent visit to Norway, the UK Minister of Defence signed a new agreement with Norway to shape enhanced cooperation on maritime patrol operations. This was done in part due to the coming of the P-8 to the United Kingdom. In the story on the UK…
