By Jean-Marc Tanguy Memorial to the La Fayette Squadron (Credit: www.souvenir-francais-92.org) 03/22/2011 - The La Fayette Memorial in Marne-la-Coquette (Hauts de Seine) has come upon difficult times. It’s there, in the lush greenery, that some of the 68 pilots of the legendary American squadron that was created during World War…
03/22/2011 - The F-35 is the first combat aircraft that sees completely around itself, thanks to its Distributed Aperture System, a new sensor concept in air combat. All told, the F-35’s internal sensor suite can see hundreds of miles on a 360-degree basis. And, unlike legacy aircraft, which add systems…
By Dr. Richard Weitz 03/22/2011 - The famed Russian aircraft designer Mikhail Simonov died earlier this month, at the age of 81, after a long illness. His Sukhoi fighter jets represented the best of the Soviet defense industry and continue to dominate Russia’s arms sales to foreign countries. [caption id="attachment_16879"…
Photo Credit: SM3 Missile Launch, http://news.cnet.com 03/10/2011 - The Obama Administration has placed significant emphasis on continuing the upgrade path for the Aegis BMD program. By cancelling the Bush missile defense program in Europe, de facto, the Administration highlighted its commitment to Aegis as a key element for global missile…
How Amphibious Forces Create Strategic Options By Vince Martinez 03/06/2011 - The world is changing. For many who have studied the subject over the last decade, the Arc of Instability is coming to fruition. Old powers are beginning to falter under the pressures of collapsing economies, the lack of resources,…
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…
