The USAF Band Does a “Flash” Performance
12/10/2013
12/09/2013: The U.S. Air Force Band surprised patrons at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, D.C. by doing a "flash" performance. Credit: Defense Media Activity: USAF:12/5/13
The French Lead A Force Into the Central African Republic: The US and the UK Assist
12/10/2013
2013-12-10 by Guy Martin France is deploying a sizeable number of aircraft, including transport and combat helicopters, to the Central African Republic (CAR) as part of its intervention force there, which aims to improve the fragile humanitarian situation in the country. Other nations, including the United States and United Kingdom,…
A 21st Century Approach to Airpower: The Italian Air Force and the F-35
12/09/2013
2013-12-09 By Robbin Laird Recently, Lt. General (Retired) Deptula chaired a key fighter conference in London. He underscored that a new innovative approach to thinking about the future of airpower was needed. According to Deptula “the future needs an agile operational framework for the integrated employment of allied military power.” And he…
The USS America on Track to the Future: An Update from Captain Hall
12/09/2013
2013-12-05 We first met with Captain Hall at the time of the christening of the latest large deck amphibious ship for the USN-USMC team. Recently, we were able to discuss the progress of the ship and the next phase of the ship’s preparation for deployment. The Captain is an experienced CRUDES…
CG of 1st MAW Visits Tinian
12/09/2013
12/09/2013: 1st Marine Aircraft Wing's Commanding General Visiting Marines on Tinian during Exercise Forager Fury II. The purpose of Exercise Forager Fury II is to employ and assess Marine Air Group 12's combat power generation and aviation ground support and to operate in a deployed, austere, and unimproved environment. While…
The Future is Now: Rapid Raptors, the CBG and the SSGN as Scalable Forces
12/08/2013
2013-12-08 by Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake In our book on shaping a 21st century Pacific defense strategy, we have focused on the emergence of a template for distributed operations. Forward presence, indeed persistent presence, with an understanding that the allies are always forward deployed, with scalable forces with significant…
A10s Land in Lajes
12/08/2013
12/08/2013: A-10 taxis to a parking location at Lajes Field, Azores. The aircraft are from the 75th Fighter Squadron, Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Credit:65th Air Base Wing:10/1/13
General Rudder Flies a Prowler during Forager Fury II
12/06/2013
12/06/2013: U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Steven R. Rudder, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) Commanding General, takes off from Andersen AFB, Guam, in an EA-6B Prowler, assigned to Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron (VMAQ)-2, on 4 December 2013. VMAQ-2is currently assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st MAW, under…