2013-02-10 The US, Canada, and the UK have provided airlift support to French forces in the Mali operation. In this video, a US flight in support of the French operation is highlighted. Aircrew from the 4th Airlift Squadron, 62nd Airlift Wing from McChord Air Force Base performed a C-17 Globemaster…
2013-02-08 by Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the USAF The start of a new year and of a new Administration is good time to think about the future. A key challenge facing the new Administration and Congress is to ensure that US military capabilities continue to innovate and evolve in…
12/18/2012: Marines and sailors of Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 26, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a mass casualty scenario during the MEU's Group Sail exercise, Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 14, 2012. Group Sail consists of multiple training scenarios to include different variations of raids; visit, board, search and…
2013-02-08 The UAE has ordered three A330MRTT tankers. It has now received its first one. According to a comment made to Second Line of Defense by a senior USAF officer (retired) who has worked closely with the UAE: “They should consider buying a larger fleet of tankers, in order to…
02/07/2013: Army leaders from U.S. Army South, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Security Forces from Panama meet at Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston TX for the Central American Regional Leaders' Conference. During the conference regional partners present concerns and explore reasonable approaches in the areas of…
02/07/2013: Lt. Gen. Ho Yeon Lee, the commandant of the ROK Marine Corps visited Okinawa Jan. 29 to tour Marine Corps installations and discuss training between the U.S. and ROK Marine Corps. Republic of Korea Marine Corps Commandant Visits Okinawa from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. Credit:III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine…
2013-02-06 By Lt. General (Retired) Gaviard With the advent of "network centric operations," it is becoming more and more difficult, to conceive the use of drones in an isolated fashion. On the contrary, the use of drone must be envisioned as fully transverse within an independent 'system of systems". Following this…
2013-02-06 by Bill Anderson Recently, my wife and I had the pleasure of attending the dedication of the US Freedom Pavilion at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. This new addition to the Museum…made possible by the generosity of The Boeing Company and other donors…displays some of…
