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The Spanish Air Force Joins with Portugal for the Baltic Air Policing Task

05/06/2018
On April 25, 2018, six aircraft from the 11th Fighter Wing arrive from Moron Air Base at Lithuania to participate in the Baltic Air Policing effort of NATO. An A400M from the base provided the support equipment for the Fighter Wing Eurofighters. This is the second time the 11th Wing…

Antonovs Deliver F-35 Training Equipment to Aussie F-35 Training Center

05/04/2018
RAAF Base Williamtown hosted one of the world’s largest cargo aircraft, an Antonov An-124 on Wednesday 2 May, and Thursday 3 May to deliver F-35A training equipment. The equipment – an F-35 Weapons Load Trainer (WLT) and Ejection Seat Maintenance Trainer (ESMT), unloaded and installed in the Australian F-35 Integrated…

Northern Tier Defense and UK-Norwegian Defense Cooperation

05/04/2018
By Robbin Laird I have spent last week in Norway and visited Bodø air base as well as Ørland airbase, home of the first F-35s in Norway. This week I visited RAF Marham, the Tornado and F-35 base, and RAF Conigsby, a QRA and Typhoon base and then yesterday Portsmouth to…

Avoiding a Car Crash for UK Defense: The Brexit Challenge

05/04/2018
By Philip Butterworth-Hayes Time, they say, slows down the few seconds before a car crash. For close observers of the UK’s disentanglement from the European Union’s (EU) defence and security institutions, time has started to decelerate over the last few weeks. First came the reports of the Commission’s decision that…