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F-35B Overview Video

Posted on January 30, 2017 | by SysAdmin
01/30/2017
The F-35B: Strategic Deterrence with Tactical Flexibility
Posted in The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, What's New | Tagged All Hands Magazine, Ed Timperlake, F-35B, strategic deterrence with tactical flexibility

The Initial Response to the Philippine Relief Mission: An Osprey Squadron in Action

Posted on November 17, 2013 | by Caroline Teames
11/17/2013
This piece starts the process of our analyses of the nature of the initial insertion force in support of relief efforts.
Posted in Con Ops, Slideshow, What's New | Tagged C-130, Ed Timperlake, Flying Tigers, Lt. Col. Sniper Brown, Marine Corps, Osprey, Philippine Relief Mission, Sniper Brown, USS Washington

Naval Aviation: The Next 100 years

Posted on October 4, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
10/04/2011
10/04/2011 The first day of the next 100 years of Naval Aviation has begun.
Posted in ISSUES & TRENDS, What's New | Tagged BF-2, Ed Timperlake, F-35, Lt. Col. Fred Schenk, Lt. Eugene Ely, Marine Corps, naval aviation history, USS Birmingham, USS Pennsylvania, uss wasp

Getting it Right for the Battle-Hardened I-Pad Generation

Posted on September 6, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
09/06/2011
09/06/2011 Modernizing military equipment is not a game; it is a strategic necessity if you wish to support the battle-hardened I-Pad generation.
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Cherry Point, Ed Timperlake, I-Pad, USMC, USN

Remembering the Lessons of Billy Mitchell

Posted on September 3, 2011 | by Robbin Laird
09/03/2011
09/03/2011 Will we be printing a new stamp in a few years to whoever saves us from the downward plunge of the forces necessary to provide for our security?
Posted in Policy Dynamics, What's New | Tagged Bill Mitchell, Ed Timperlake, F-35, Robbin Laird

Con-ops, Competition and Capability

Posted on October 25, 2009 | by Murielle Laird
10/25/2009
Ed Timperlake comments on Air Power Australia Assessments of AESA Radar Competitions (...): "Two mutually supporting papers published in Air Power Australia one by WGCDR Chris Mills and the other by Dr Carlo Kopp perfectly capture the action/reaction dynamic cycle of fighter aircraft design features."
Posted in Con Ops | Tagged AESA, Air Power Australia, Ed Timperlake
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