By Caroline Mükusch 10/15/2010 Competition for the Arctic has been growing intense since 2007. The Arctic neighboring states have proclaimed or renewed their national strategies on the Arctic. In the short-, mid- and long-term perspective, the question of who is entitled to the Arctic region and its vast store of…
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The Hon. Ed Timperlake on the role of power projection forces in supporting U.S. obligations and interests when effecting a strategic withdrawal. Amphibious Assault Vehicles with AAV platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1/7, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, maneuver toward the USS Denver off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 7, 2010…
A French View By General Jean-Patrick Gaviard 10/09/2010 - This article, released here with the permission of its author, has been published previously by DSI magazine. Credit photo: C2ISR/CAOC, Air Force Network Integration Center, USAF(www.afnic.af.mil) After initially describing the "classic" operation of air command and control centers (C2) of yesterday…
“Re-norming” the Asymmetric Advantage in Air Dominance: "Going to War with the Air Force You Have" (Part One) By Michael W. Wynne 21st Secretary of the U.S. Air Force 10/08/2010 - In this piece, Secretary Wynne identifies ways to leverage new technologies to “re-norm” air operations to assure U.S. and…
Following Up With Armando Martinez, Lockheed Martin Armando Martinez was recently the completion supervisor for the BF-4 or the 4th F35-B; he is now the completion supervisor for the first build of the F35-C, or the naval version of the F-35. [slidepress gallery='building-the-f35c'] Credit: Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, Texas, September…
By Hon. Ed Timperlake 10/08/2010 - As the United States Marines go through one of the cyclic challenges to their mission, it is interesting to look at the Navy/Marine team’s recent performance of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Navy/Marines forces in the Indian Ocean (IO) projected power from the sea…
An Update on the Osprey at New River Air Station, North Carolina 10/08/2010 -These photos were taken at the end of August 2010 during a visit to New River Air Station. Repair activities are here being conducted by VMM-264 technicians; some of the squadron’s Ospreys are also being shown on…