06/02/2011 - Marines with Motor Transportation Maintenance Platoon, Maintenance Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward), repair uparmored vehicles for units supporting International Security Assistance Forces Operations throughout Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Credit : 2nd Marine Logistics Group: 4/19/11
06/01/2011: The Shifting Strategic Environment: A New Approach to Airlift and Tanking The United States has inherited and chosen to pursue the specialized aircraft route to airlift and tanking; Airbus Military has chosen a multi-mission path to providing for airlift and tanking capabilities for its customers. When the DOD chose the…
06/01/2011 by Richard Weitz With the appointments announced on Memorial Day, President Barack Obama has almost completed the transformation of his defense team from the senior leaders he initially inherited from President George W. Bush to a group of men that he selected. The new team looks well-prepared to deal…
05/29/2011 In a letter sent to Secretary of the USAF Michael Donely, Afghan Vet Congressman Allen West underscored that in his view, the terms of the downselect need to be respected. West calls for the competition to be determined on the non-developmental terms brokered and for the USAF to get…
05/28/2011 By Robbin Laird In an earlier piece, our colleague discussed the political silly season in Washington DC evidenced by the quality of the “debate” about a developmental aircraft versus a non-developmental aircraft for a non-developmental contract. https://www.sldinfo.com/?p=17758 One of the supporters of the developmental aircraft suggested that the Super…
The Weather Piece 05/27/2011 - First Lieutenant Adam Bennett led the discussion at the Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) of how weather planning figures into both the planning and execution of the TACC missions. Working the Weather Issues in the TACC Command Center Credit: TACC SLD: What do the weather planners…
05/27/2011 By Richard Weitz The second day of the Russia site visit began with a tour of the DON-2N multifunctional radar station at Sofrino, about 90 minutes outside Moscow. The facility is one of Russia’s most important aerospace facilities. It is a major component of Moscow’s missile defense system, which…
The Aeromedical Evacuation Piece 06/26/2011 - In the roundtable at the Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC) , Major Charles Marek led off the discussion of the aeromedical evacuation operations of the TACC. The command focuses upon inter-theater lift while the COCOMs focus on intra-theater support. A key strategic development has been…
