A Conversation with Dominique Maudet 12/21/2010 - "The French Army has deployed three Tigers in Afghanistan since August 2009. We support the Tiger in theater as well and the helo has been demonstrating a 90% readiness rate. The Tiger is used in conjunction with Gazelles, Cougars and EC725 to deliver…
12/6/2010 - With the deluge of media and congressional attention on the budget, deficit, and national debt, it is surprising that the connection between our current/future economic predicament and OEF/OIF has been conspicuously absent from the debate.
An Interview with Cpl. Warshek and Sgt. Fante 11/28/2010 "[In Afghanistan,] the space issue was probably our major focus. If a rotor head were to go down, we didn't really have the space at I-level to fix that rotor head. We were working out of the vans. And for the…
By Richard Weitz 11/05/2010 - The Obama administration has decided to pursue a more “proactive” air campaign against the Taliban insurgents and Islamist terrorists operating out of the autonomous tribal regions of northwest Pakistan.
By Richard Weitz One of the challenges General David Petraeus, U.S. Army, faces as the newly appointed commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is the failure of past efforts to induce many of the Taliban guerrillas to defect and some of the Taliban leaders to negotiate a peace…
The reform of the French armed forces, which is now taking place is at least as thorough as the professionalization reform initiated in 1996. This reform is twofold as it results from the convergence of two distinct reviews: on the one hand it stems from the White Paper on defense…
After six months of deployment, the Tiger has performed well in the challenging climate and altitude conditions of Afghanistan.
The cost for deployed soldier in Afghanistan will be multiples higher than for the deployed soldier in Iraq. Dependent on which analyst is doing the assessment, the number ranges from 2 to 4 times higher
