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Blue Small UAS at Seymour Johnson Air Base

03/27/2020
TSgt Kyle Lawrence, 4th Security Forces Squadron flight sergeant, conducts the first test flight for the Blue small unmanned aerial system, also known as sUAS, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. SJAFB is the first installation in Air Combat Command to receive and test this technology that assists defenders in…

French Arms Firms Grapple With Virus Lock Down

03/25/2020
By Pierre Tran Paris - French arms companies have taken major steps following a national lock down ordered last week against the coronavirus, with some factories closed or cutting back, staff working from home, and shipyards working at a slower pace. The government has declared a state of emergency in…

The View from the Hill: The UK in the COVID-19 Pandemic

03/24/2020
By Kenneth Maxwell I am quarantined on my hill in Devon. The British Media had been celebrating the “Dunkirk” spirit. The British Prime Minister, the old Etonian, Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, better know as as “Boris” or “BoJo” is the author of a book on Winston Churchill. He likes…

The New Australian Offshore Patrol Vessel: Its Impact in the Perspective of Vice Admiral (Retired) Tim Barrett

03/23/2020
By Robbin Laird The first time I met Vice Admiral (Retired) Tim Barrett was at the 2016 Williams Foundation Seminar in which he addressed the evolving role of the Australian Navy in the transformation of the Australian Defence Force. He provided a keynote presentation to the August 2016 Seminar on…

France Sails Helicopter Carrier on Medical Mission

03/23/2020
By Pierre Tran Paris - The French navy sailed a helicopter carrier to the Mediterranean island of Corsica to pick up patients hit by the coronavirus infection, the armed forces ministry said March 22. Florence Parly tweeted the arrival today of Thunder, a Mistral class helicopter carrier, at the port…

USS America Operations in East China Sea 2

03/23/2020
F-35B Lighting IIs assigned to the “Dragons” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Reinforced, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct flight ops with amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6. America, flagship of the America Expeditionary Strike Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit team, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet…