How the New Amphibious Ready Group Expands the President’s Options By Robbin Laird 03/05/2011 - The Libyan crisis is occurring in a period of challenges to the USAF and USN’s ability to deliver capabilities useful to the President. Part of the problem is the significant commitment of dwindling assets for…
No Accident: The Newly Configured USMC Amphibious Ready Group 2016 By Ed Timperlake 03/05/2011 - “In short, simply by completing the procurement of what the USN and USMC are in the course of doing in a very short period, (F-35B, MV-22, CH-53K, LCS and LPD-17) the nation gains significant flexibility…
2/25/11 By Ed Timperlake In a practice air-to-air engagement, when one fighter closed on his opponent inside of the missile envelope to put the gun sight piper on the adversary, a call goes out “guns guns guns.” This is a blunt fighter pilot way of saying “your dead!” In real…
U.S. Can't Approach 5th-Gen Aircraft the 'Old Way' By Robbin Laird Re-printed from the 21 February 2011 op-ed in Defense News. U.S. air power has reached a turning point. As budget cuts increase and the U.S. Air Force's percentage of the defense budget falls, the crucial requirement is to invest…
The U.S. Military and Bahrain By Dr. Richard Weitz 02/24/2011 - One of the most important U.S. Navy bases in the world is located a few miles from the site of the mass protests in Bahrain: the headquarters of the Fifth Fleet. There are presently more than 2,000 American military…
Enabling Cost Effective Capability 02/24/2011 - In December, Second Line of Defense sat down with Marty Jenkins of Lockheed Martin to discuss the Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station Joint Tactical Radio System or AMF JTRS. This is a significant program which can help re-shape interactive connectivity. This is the third of a…
Lt. General Deptula on Gorgon Stare 02/24/2011 - (Provided by Lt. Gen. Deptula) SLD: What does Gorgon Stare bring to the warfighting table? Lt. Gen. Deptula: The Gorgon Stare program was developed to meet the ever-increasing demand for motion video from joint forces deployed in Afghanistan. What motion video accomplishes…
The Disconnect from within the Administration on Renewable Energy By Bill Anderson The Honorable William C. (“Bill”) Anderson served as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Logistics and the Air Force Senior Energy Executive under President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2008. The author can…
