2013-11-07 By Robbin Laird Having visited the Italian Air Ministry building and after this summer working through the history of military aviation in the 1930s, it was natural for me to explore the history of this striking building. The modernist building was constructed in the early 1930s and was used by…
2013-11-05 by Thomas Enders, the CEO of EADS German outrage over high-level mobile phone surveillance continues unabated, sweeping the nation in repeated waves. Well-known anti-American agitators like Hans-Christian Ströbele have even journeyed to Moscow in order to castigate the US together with whistleblower Edward Snowden. The debate is starting to…
2013-11-05 by Kenneth Maxwell On Monday, November 4th, the fallout of the Spying scandal continued in Brazil. The "Folha de Sao Paulo," Brazil's principal daily newspaper, reported that the Brazilian government, during the first two years of the Lula administration in 2003 and 2004, had spied on foreign diplomats in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, including Russia…
2013-11-04 By Robbin Laird The Italians were significant innovators at the beginning of the era of airpower. They continued throughout the history of airpower to innovate and with the launch of the F-35, they are proving to be innovators once again. Their facilities at Cameri provide support not only for…
2013-11-04 By Robbin Laird Some have argued that it is the end of the manned aircraft age and the birth of the unmanned one. But this seems to not have clicked with the global market, which will drive significant manned fighter acquisition in the next two decades. So-called unmanned systems, better…
2013-11-03 By Robbin Laird During my visit to Cameri in October 2013, I had a chance to visit the Cameri facility with Fred Napurano, the Italian Program In-Country Operations Lead for Lockheed Martin. Napurano is the key person interacting with Alenia Aermacchi (AAeM) to assist in the standup of the facility. The…
2013-11-03 Ed Timperlake, the editor of the Second Line of Defense Forum, visited this weekend with a father of a friend who had the distinction of flying no less than 37 B-17 combat missions over Europe. Ed reports that when he discussed his experience visiting with World War II veteran,…
2013-11-02 The Search and rescue exercise viewed in the video increases the collective interoperability between U.S. and Canada, ensuring better success in carrying out the challenging Arctic S and R mission. Units from Alaska Air National Guard, Alaska Army National Guard, U.S. Army Alaska to include multiple helicopters, multiple versions…
