2014-08-04 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird During our recent visit to Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, we talked with officers from both the VFMA-121 Squadron and MAWTS-1. VFM-121 brought us up to speed on the rollout of the F-35B to IOC next year; MAWTS-1 provided us a perspective on…
2014-08-08 By Robbin Laird The USS America is the largest amphibious ship ever built by the United States. The ship has been built at the Huntington Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi and departed mid-July for its trip to its initial home part at San Diego, California and then will be…
2014-08-08 According to a USMC press release, the Marines are working with the Norwegians to enhance collaboration. U.S. Marines, in coordination with their Norwegian counterparts, are scheduled to conduct a pre-planned Single Ship Movement and offload of military equipment from a Maritime Prepositioning Force ship in the Trøndelag region of…
[maxgallery id="67887"] 2014-08-07 By Robbin Laird During my visit to 2nd Marine Air Wing in June 2014, I had a chance to meet with several of the members of the VMGR-252 squadron. In this interview, Sgt. Paul Millis, a Crew Chief, and Sgt. Thomas Chevalier, a power train maintainer. Both…
2014-08-06 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake Last Fall we had the chance to meet with pilots and maintainers at Eglin Air Force Base along with Secretary Michael Wynne. In addition to talking with Lt. Col. “Chip” Berke about his F-22 and F-35 experiences, we had a chance to talk…
2014-08-06 After a visit to Denmark, we published a piece on the challenge of defending Greenland. But more broadly, there is the defense challenge, which is a Danish, NATO, and a US challenge. Greenlanders live in the more temperate coastal areas; the rest of its two million sq km are…
2014-08-04 According to a Eurofighter press release, and dated August 4, 2014, the first phase of tests for the integration of the Storm Shadow long-range missile onto the Eurofighter Typhoon has been completed. Storm Shadow is a long range, all-weather, high precision, stand-off weapon already in service on Royal Air…
2014-07-29 by Robbin Laird On July 24, 2014, the first two Australian F-35s were on display and an official ceremony held to mark the event. Two visitors to the event highlighted its importance and provided context. The first was Frank Kendall, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology &…
