2015-02-08 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake The first day of our visit to the USAF Warfare Center was defined by the arrival of the first F-35 specifically for the Weapons School. The arrival of the Block 3 aircraft is the first of several which allow the Weapons School to…
2015-02-07 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to the USAF Warfare Center we had a chance to sit down with Lt. Col. Benjamin “Bach” Bishop, the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron director of operations, to discuss his experience with the Operational Testing of the F-35, and the…
02/06/2015 Second Line of Defense attended the ceremony for the arrival of the first F-35A to the USAF Weapons School on January 15, 2015. There are already 4 F-35As here with the test wing, but this is the first full up IOC template F-35A, which will be put through its paces…
2015-02-06 Secretary Hagel participated in the recent NATO ministerial at NATO headquarters, and spoke about how he saw the challenges facing the Alliance. He highlighted the cross-cutting impact of three threats: Russian seizure of Crimea and threats to the North; terrorism at home in the NATO territories; and combating ISIL…
02/05/2015: An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the "Royal Maces" of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during the Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5 fly-off. [maxgallery id="72454"] Credit: USS George Washington:11/21/14 George Washington and its embarked air…
2015-02-04 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake During our visit to Nellis AFB we had the chance to sit down with Col. Ted “Vader” Dempsey, the Commander of the Nevada Test and Training Range. According to a local Georgia paper (in a piece published in March 2014) which highlighted Dempsey’s…
02/13/2015: When we visited Nellis AFB, we looked up and saw the Thunderbirds taking off for a training run. We were told they were training for their fly over the forthcoming superbowl. The photos in this slideshow show the flyover and other photos of the Thunderbirds getting ready to go…
02/02/2015: Paratroopers from Company B, 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, conduct a night airborne operation from a U.S. Air Force 86th Air Wing C-130 Hercules aircraft at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Nov. 18, 2014. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the Army Contingency Response Force in…
