By Robbin Laird Recently, I had a chance to visit Naval Air Station Patuxent River and to meet with Col Matthew Kelly, who is in charge of the V-22 Joint Program Office (PMA-275). I first met “Squirt” when he was an F-35B test pilot and indeed was selected as test…
By Richard Weitz With the death of terrorist leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi at the hands of U.S. Special Forces, the so-called Islamic State has lost critical finances, territory, and now leadership. These blows have removed several sources of the Islamic State’s attractiveness, both regionally and globally. Al-Baghdadi had uniquely sinister…
The Aegis ashore site in Poland is expected to be fully operational sometime in late 2020. The Aegis Ashore shite will expand NATO defensive capabilities against ballistic missiles from outside the Euro-Atlantic region. Video by Lt, Amy Forshythe Naval Support Facility Redzikowo
By Pierre Tran LORIENT, France - The Greek navy chief of staff was foreign guest of honor at the Oct. 24 ceremony of first cutting of steel for the frigate for defense and intervention (FDI), signaling Naval Group’s aim to help close a sale of the new French warship. Admiral…
A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, flew in formation with a B-2 from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri, Sept. 16, 2019. F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, and Royal Air Force F-35s from RAF Marham, England joined the formation.…
By Robbin Laird At the recently concluded Williams Foundation Seminar held in Canberra, Australia on October 24, 2019, the series launched in 2013 to discuss the nature and impact of fifth generation force capabilities in the defense of Australia and its capabilities to work with core allies continued. At this…
Video about the Spark Cell Wireless Airfield Lining idea. 09.20.2019 Video by Staff Sgt. Michael Washburn 27th Special Operations Wing Public Affairs
Dr Buchanan is a Research Fellow at the ANU Centre for European Studies where her areas of expertise are Russian foreign energy strategy and Russian polar geopolitics. Dr Elizabeth Buchanan is a Non-Resident Fellow at the Modern War Institute at The U.S Military Academy WestPoint. Dr Elizabeth Buchanan is co-Managing…
