2015-05-02 Earlier this year, Japan and the UK as well as Australia and Japan expanded their discussions on defense industrial cooperation. In an agreement in March, the Japanese did this with France. According to a Reuters story published on March 13, 2015: Japan and France signed a deal on military…
2015-05-02 According to a story published on 4/9/15 on the Norwegian Ministry of Defense website, Norway will take over the role of policing Baltic airspace this month. The Baltic nations Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia have all been members of the NATO alliance since 2004, but because of limited own capacities the…
In the video below, released on April 10. 2015, the Netherlands armed forces highlight their contributions to Dutch defense and security, both nationally and internationally. Credit: Dutch MoD
2015-04-29 The Royal Dutch Air Force (RNLAF) has selected the F-35 as its next generation aircraft. Indeed, the Norwegians and the Dutch are both planning to be an all-fifth generation fleet. Others might join them in Europe as well in this process. The Italian and the UK Air Forces will…
2015-05-01 Ed Timperlake, editor of the Second Line of Defense Forum, was the last speaker of the day prior to the wrap up of the Danish airpower symposium. The title of his briefing was “Early 21st Century Warfighting Trends: Technology, Training and Tactics,” and focused on the intersection of the…
05/01/2015: A CH-47D Chinook and a CH-47F Chinook perform a flyby over the California National Guard's Army Aviation Support Facility in Stockton, California, on Feb. 9. The flyby was part of a ceremony unveiling the Cal Guard's new, high-tech CH-47F Chinooks which are replacing the state's aging CH-47D fleet. This…
05/01/2015: Joint Warrior is a UK tri-Service multinational exercise that involves numerous warships, aircraft, marines and troops. Joint Warrior provides a complex environment in which UK, NATO and allied units can go through training together in tactics and skills for use in a combined joint task force. The exercise runs…
04/30/2015:The Utah National Guard travels to Germany to help keep NATO Surveillance Aircraft in the Air. A typical AWACS operational mission last 10 hours, but there is a need for air refueling to takeoff, operate over the objective area, and land safely. Three aircrews and 19 maintenance personnel from the…
