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…
2013-10-30 The Indian Air Force is an important player in an important part of the world. We have learned from our partner India Strategic that a new head of the Indian Air Force has been appointed. His background is quite interesting, and he has been the operational commander of the…
2013-10-29 In a July 23, 2013, press release from Northrop Grumman, the delivery of the first NG fuselage to Italy was highlighted. Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered the center fuselage for Italy's first F-35 Lightning II to the newly commissioned Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility at Italy's Cameri Air…
2013-10-29 In a Northrop Grumman news release, the role of a key plant in producing the center fuselage's for the F-35 is discussed. Northrop Grumman Corporation's F-35 Integrated Assembly Line (IAL) was named "Assembly Plant of the Year" by Assembly Magazine in recognition for the facility's world-class processes to reduce…
2013-10-29 By Guy Martin DefenceWeb The US military’s Africa Command (Africom) has cautioned that a military approach by itself will not solve Africa’s challenges as economic, social and political development is also needed. “The solution to terrorism in the region is a long-term, broad, whole-of-government approach by all our partners…
10/28/2013: Sailors and Marines aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) perform a replenishment at sea alongside USNS Rainier (T-AOE 7). Produced by MC3 Joshua Haiar. Credit: Defense Media Activity: 9/9/13
10/27/2013: On a visit to interview the Chief of Staff of Italian Air Force, Lt. General Pasquale Preziosa, the General provided a tour of the Air Ministry. The building was built at the beginning of the 1930s and was a project of pride for the new Italian government of Mussolini.…
2013-10-26 Kazakhstan is the first member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) to buy the Airbus Military C-295s. CIS fleets are stocked with Ukrainian and Russian airlifters, so this is unusual. Recently, Kazakhstan announced that they would buy additional C-295s, which was already envisioned in the original agreement signed…
