2013-03-19 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird When the Senate Armed Services Committee was grilling the new nominee for Secretary of Defense, more time was spent on his views on the surge in Iraq than the focal point of his first test: North Korea. In fact, the subject did not…
2013-03-18 by Robbin Laird The Western powers are facing the end game in Afghanistan. Whether what they do in the next few months is a transition or an exit remains up in the air. I mean this quite literally. If the Afghans as a nation are going to work together…
2013-03-18 What follows are several videos which highlight the path in Afghan pilot training since 2008. In the first video, the Armed Forces Network Afghanistan highlights the inauguration ceremony for the start of the first Afghan Air Force flight school class of seven students was highlighted on 12/10/11. They are…
03/17/2013: Airmen from the 57th Wing observe the load crew competition Jan. 11, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Airmen from each Aircraft Maintenance Unit attended to support their fellow weapons load crew teams. [slidepress gallery='57th-wing-conducts-annual-load-crew-competition'] Credit:99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs:1/11/13 In photo 2, Airman 1st Class Ryan…
2013-03-15 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake In a wide ranging discussion with Dr. Mark Lewis about hypersonic cruise missiles, former Chief Scientist of the USAF and now head of IDA’s Science and Technology Policy Institute, Dr. Lewis simply stopped and said: “Why are we putting 3rd and 4th generation…
03/15/2013: Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Shearwater conduct boardings in the waters outside the Chesapeake Bay, near Virginia Beach, Va., Jan. 9, 2013. The boardings were in support of Operation Striper Swiper, an initiative to curtail the illegal fishing of the of the Atlantic striped bass. USCG Deals with Illegal…
2013-03-15 By Harald Malmgren ECB President Mario Draghi dramatically declared last year “the ECB would do whatever it takes” to stabilize Eurozone bond markets. It would purchase sovereign debt of troubled Euro member governments on condition that such governments would permit a European Union or Eurozone body to oversee and…
03/13/2013: In this slideshow, we highlight USNS Montford Point on March 1, 2013 a day before its christening. [slidepress gallery='usns-mp'] Credit Photos:Second Line of Defense.
