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The French Parliamentary Hearing of François Michel, Chairman of John Cockerill, 31 January 2024

02/07/2024
By Pierre Tran Paris - It was thanks to information shared on a social media link of the Association of Defense Journalists, a press club, this correspondent suited up to attend the Jan. 31 French parliamentary hearing of François Michel, chairman of John Cockerill, a Belgian company which builds armed…

Explaining Distributed Aviation Operations

02/05/2024
This U.S. Marine Corps video was created in Adobe After Effects to explain the Distributed Aviation Operations warfighting concept for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NC 10.20.2023 Video by Cpl. Adam Henke 2nd Marine Aircraft…

EU Aid to Ukraine: The End of the Hungarian Veto?

01/31/2024
By Pierre Tran Paris - There is confidence the European Union will find a way to beat Hungary’s blocking of a budget to provide €50 billion ($54 billion) of financial aid to Ukraine when the E.U. summit meets this week, a senior Ukrainian official said Jan. 30. “I am confident…

Distributed Aviation Operations Training

01/31/2024
Beaufort, South Carolina, Feb. 23, 2023. U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) conducted distributed aviation operations outside of their home duty station and local area to validate logistics, sustainment, and communications requirements for command elements. VMA-223 is a subordinate unit of 2nd MAW, the aviation combat element of…

Distributed STOVL Operation

01/29/2024
U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, install mock ordnance and conduct refueling on a F-35B Lightning II aircraft during a distributed short take-off/vertical landing operation, part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors (WTI) course 1-24 at Gila Bend Municipal Airport, Arizona, Oct. 20, 2023. WTI is…