06/07/2014: Aircrew with the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron, 380th Air Expeditionary Wing flew the E-3 Sentry AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) over Afghanistan on April 5, 2014 to provide airborne surveillance, command, control, and communications functions to aerial forces in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Credit:U.S. Air…
2014-06-07 By Robbin Laird The Arctic opening is a significant global event. There are a number of key stakeholders in the opening up of the Arctic, with both convergent and conflictual elements at play. Any time conflict is part of the equation, defense capabilities come into play, and they come…
2014-06-06 by Dean Wingrin The South African Air Force (SAAF) is playing host to the Gripen User Group taking place at AFB Makhado this month. The Gripen User Group (GuG) is an inter-governmental initiative between air forces around the world that currently fly the Gripen fighter jet. Representatives of countries…
2014-06-06 By Robbin Laird During my recent visit to Denmark, I had a chance to discuss the Arctic challenge with a Danish naval officer with many years of Arctic experience. Rear Admiral (Retired) Henrik Kudsk has 41 years of experience in the Danish Navy with much of that in the…
2014-06-05 By Robbin Laird In a comprehensive look at Russian strategies in the High North, Marlene Laruelle has published a recent book entitled Russia's Arctic Strategies and the Future of the Far North. The book provides a number of key elements whereby one can puzzle over the approaches which the…
2014-06-06 In the most recent Russia Direct Monthly Memo (#11 June 2014), Vassily Kashin, Senior Research Fellow at the Moscow-based Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies focuses on what he terms “Russia Reorients to the Orient.” The Ukrainian crisis marks an important moment in Russian-Chinese relations, catalyzing the creation…
2014-06-06 Today is the 70th Anniversary of D-Day. When visiting the various sites of Normandy, it is impossible not be moved and to remember the valor and courage of those who came to roll back the NAZI tyranny over France and Europe. The assault was originally planned for June 5th.…
06/05/2014: JHSV Departs for Sothern Partnerships Station Exercise: MAYPORT, Fla. (May 29, 2014) Service members board the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV 1) Spearhead to depart for the Southern Partnership Station 14 mission to Central and South America. Credit:Fleet Combat Camera Pacific:5/29/14 According to a USN story published on 5/30/14:…
