05/03/2013: We recently did an interview with Commanding Officer of the 31st MEU. And in preparation for the publication of that interview, we are posting a couple of background pieces on the 31st MEU. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked aboard three ships with Amphibious Squadron 11, and headed toward…
05/01/2013: 7th Space Warning Squadron Pave Paws Facility At Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Credit:9th Reconnaissance Wing:2/15/13 From the USAF fact sheet about the Squdron: The 7th SWS is primarily responsible for detecting sea-launched ballistic missiles fired from submarines in the Pacific Ocean. The unit then determines how many missiles…
2013-05-01 by Richard Weitz The significance of the ethnicity of the two Boston Marathon bombers is still unclear, as is the reasons for their transformation into Islamist terrorists, but the North Caucasus has been a hotbed of radicalism and militarism for at least a century. Although the Tsarnaev brothers may…
04/28/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, prepare a Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (CRUAS), for a cargo drop in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 18, 2013. The CRUAS team conducted the mission to resupply Marines in Shir Ghazi, Afghanistan. (U.S.…
In this Special Report, we look at the B-17 and its role in World War II. The report has been generated by the opportunity to honor a B-17 crew in a ceremony this June in France. We start in the report by remembering the Greatest Generation and a piece by…
2013-04-28 We asked George Talbot of the Mobile Register to expand upon his interview published at the time of the groundbreaking for the A320 facility in Mobile, Alabama. The early piece was Mobile-specific; this piece speaks to a broader set of issues and we thank George for providing us with…
2013-04-28 By Robbin Laird The great thing about history is we know the outcome. Or I could put that more correctly, we think we know the outcome and we can debate how we got there or we can debate what it means, or whether history is prologue. With regard to…
04/28/2013: An inside look at where Air Force planes go after they've flown their last mission. Recycling is not a new concept for the Air Force. In fact the USAF has been doing it throughout its history, and getting new life out of old aircraft is the main purpose of…
