Nimitz Flight Operations
11/02/2013
11/02/2013: Sailors and Marines conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Credit:USS Nimitz:9/6/13
The Future of a Russian Generated Euro-Asiatic Union
11/02/2013
2013-11-02 As we have written elsewhere, the Russians are recovering their place in global affairs. Clearly, when one looks back on 2008, the actions against Georgia were the beginning of a more assertive Russian policy. A line in the sand was placed on NATO expansion, and neither the United States…
The Italian Way of Procuring the F-35: Shaping a European Base for the Global Fleet
11/01/2013
2013-11-01 By Robbin Laird During my trip to Italy in October 2013, I was able to spend two days at the Cameri F-35 facilities and to then discuss my visit with two senior Italian Air Force officials, intimately familiar with the program and the Cameri effort. I sat down with Lt.…
Building Out an F-35 Fleet Sustainment Center in Italy
11/01/2013
2013-11-01 By Robbin Laird During my October 2013 visit to Italy, I spent two days at the Cameri F-35 facility. While there, I had a chance to discuss the facility and the approach of the Italians with Debra Palmer, Lockheed Martin’s General Manager at the facility. Palmer comes from a military…
Vietnamese Delegation Visits USS Arlington
11/01/2013
11/01/2013: A group from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam visits USS Arlington to receive capabilities briefs from various Naval Expeditionary Combat Command elements at Naval Station Norfolk. Credit: Expeditionary Combat Camera:10/28/13 We were present at the christening of the USS Arlington and have visited since. For our latest piece on…
The Zumwalt Leaves its Dry Dock
10/31/2013
10/30/2013: The Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 1000 is floated out of dry dock at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard. The ship, the first of three Zumwalt-class destroyers, will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces and operate as part of joint and combined expeditionary forces.…
C-17s Practice Touch and Go
10/31/2013
10/31/2013: Air crews from March Air Reserve Base, Calif. perform tactical landings and touch and goes in a C-17 Globemaster at Travis AFB, Calif. Credit:60th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs:9/10/13
An Update from Cameri on the Cameri F-35 Campus: October 2013
10/30/2013
2013-10-30 By Robbin Laird During a visit with Ed Timperlake at Yuma USMC Air Station and then at the Lockheed Martin Fort Worth F-35 facility, Ed and I had a chance to discuss the Cameri F-35 effort with two young Lockheed Martin Aero officials involved in that effort. We sat down…