2013-07-24 Recently, the F-35A maintainers received an award from the base command which highlighted their progress for the past year. According to a press release (July 17, 2013) from the 33rd Fighter Wing: The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program continues to garner accolades, as the 33d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron won the…
2013-07-24 By Dr. Harald Malmgren The Euro crisis not only continues, but it is intensifying. The economies of the Eurozone are being sucked into deepening recession, rising unemployment, and collapse of public confidence in government. Fiscal austerity policies imposed by the European Central Bank, the EU Commission, and the…
2013-07-24 Piracy will always remain a threat and can never be conquered, according to an expert from the Institute for Security Studies, who believes that piracy can only be managed, not eradicated. Johan Potgieter, Senior Researcher at the ISS in South Africa, said that the maritime domain was under great…
2013-07-21 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird Paul Bracken has tried to jump start the strategic debate by suggesting that the old thinking and bromides of the first nuclear age have little to do with how the U.S. should shape its policies going forward. Unfortunately, the strategic community remains in…
2013-07-18 by Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the USAF We are now 13 percent complete of the 21st Century and it is time to really assess what constitutes airpower for this century. We have over a century of maturation and have pursued the widest range of complimentary science to…
2013-07-17 The F-35 is built around a new maintenance approach. The computer-based system is designed to facility a global supply system with significant advantages for improvements in sortie generation rates and global supportability. But like any new system, the effort is a work in progress. With the declaration of entry into…
2013-07-17 The new A400M airlifter combines a capability to carry oversized equipment similar to a C-17 but deliver it on airfields more like the C-130 can land on. The ability to deliver significant amounts of equipment or supplies close to the area of operations is a significant development for the airlift…
2013-07-16 A contingent of 20 US marines arrives in Simon’s town on Saturday to begin preparation in earnest for next week’s joint Exercise Shared Accord. When in full swing in Eastern Cape as well as the sea off the province it is envisaged some 5 000 troops will be active…
