2014-11-21 Although the F-22 and F-35 have flown together previously, now training to bring together the core competencies of the two systems into a coherent combat force has begun. As the former head of the Air Combat Command put it in an interview with Second Line of Defense: People focus…
2014-11-16 Visiting the HDMS Niels Juel: An Interview with Commander Lars Holbaek Second Line of Defense visited the new Danish frigate, the HDMS Niels Juel, which had just participated in Bold Alligator 2014, and which constituted its first overseas engagement. We interviewed Commander Lars Holbaek about his ship, its capabilities,…
2014-11-11 By Robbin Laird Standing up the Luke AFB Pilot Training Center: A Key Enabler of the F-35 Global Operations The F-35 is a global enterprise in the making. The impact of a global community of F-35 users on coalition operations will be very significant in shaping collaborative concepts of…
2014-11-20 By Robbin Laird Yesterday I had the privilege to visit the European Air Group based at High Wycombe. The EAG flies below the radar but is a key asset for the Air Chiefs of 7 major European Air Forces in shape ways to work more effectively together and to…
11/20/2014: An MV-22 Osprey approaches during a landing on the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during flight operations. Bataan is the flagship for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation…
2014-11-19 By Risk Intelligence The Black Sea region has in the past 12 months been dominating maritime and political media reporting. [caption id="attachment_72342" align="alignnone" width="300"] Black Sea Ports. Credit: Risk Intelligence [/caption] There have been key political issues in the Ukraine and in Turkey. There has been as well the re-emergence…
11/169/2014: U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, lands on the Kadena Air Base, Japan, runway during Keen Sword 2015 Nov. 14, 2014. Keen Sword is a regularly scheduled exercise which strengthens Japan-U.S. military interoperability and meets mutual defense objectives. Japan-U.S.…
11/18/2014: An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161 "Greyhawks" flies after a troop-movement flight with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 over Southern California, Aug. 20. The squadron supported the logistics unit's movement from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., to the airport for a mountain training exercise. The…
