2015-06-04 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake In a meeting last year in the United Kingdom with one of the RAF officers responsible for the introduction of the F-35 into the UK forces, Group Captain Paul Godfrey highlighted the behind the scenes work to roll out an F-35 fleet, an…
2015-06-12 by Murielle Delaporte Interview with Rear Admiral Juan A. Cornago, Spanish Navy, MARCOM DCOS Support Rear Admiral Juan Cornago joined the Spanish Navy College in 1979 and served in the amphibious ship Aragon and in the Navy Air Wing as a Harrier pilot. He then commanded several ships, including…
2015-06-10 By Richard Weitz Reversing Russia’s INF violations may take years. It took Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush seven years to convince the Soviet Union to destroy a radar system that violated the since abandoned 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty. Russia ceased complying with the Conventional Forces in Europe…
06/11/2015: The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015. The Global Hawk Block 40 is part of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (AGS). The NATO-owned and -operated AGS core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent…
06/10/2015: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua C. Price, a gunner with Alpha battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (2D LAAD) Battalion, fires a Stinger Weapon System during a live-fire exercise at Onslow Beach, Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 19, 2014. 2D LAAD conducted the exercise to familiarize Marines with the…
06/10/2015: A quad copter is used to capture aerial footage in the village of Belleau, France and around the Belleau Wood Cemetery May 29 to June 1, 2015. Credit: U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa:5/31/15 For those who are not Marines, the meaning and importance of at Belleau…
2015-06-08 By Dr. Les Nunn In his article entitled “Re-Norming the Asymmetric Advantage in Air Dominance: ‘Going to War With the Air Force You Have,’” former Secretary of the Air Force, the Honorable Michael W. Wynne, concluded his paper with “This march towards the future must begin in our imagination…
2015-06-09 By Richard Weitz In its just released report on foreign governments’ Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control, Non-proliferation, and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments, the U.S. State Department highlighted that the Russians are violating the INF treaty. "The United States determined the cruise missile developed by the Russian Federation…
