10/24/2011: These photos were taken on October 18, 2011 aboard the USS Wasp. In an interview during the tests, Admiral Scott underscored that the V-22 plus the F-35B would expand the capabilities available to a ARG commander like himself. “From an operational point of view, it will give me a…
10/20/2011 Eurofighter This week Eurofighter rolled out its 300th Eurofighter. Cassidian delivered its 300th Eurofighter Typhoon to the Spanish Air Force. The Eurofighter Typhoons – developed and manufactured by Cassidian in Germany and Spain, BAE Systems in the UK and Alenia Aeronautica in Italy - are now in service across…
[caption id="attachment_23125" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The Italian Carrier Guiseppe Garibaldi Credit: Italian Navy"][/caption] 08/27/2011 The Libyan operation has highlighted the use of maritime bases for conducting air operations. In a recent interview with Col. Mark Desens, the Commanding officer of 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit involved in the initial Libyan operations, the…
08/24/2011 For Captain Wittel, an experienced F-18 pilot, the capabilities of several assets deployed off of the carrier are embodied in a single plane, the F-35. You can go from a fleet to a cockpit to shape electronic warfare and related mission sets. Recently, Ed Timperlake developed the concept of…
08/17/2011 by Ed Timperlake Ejecting out of a fireball from a two engine fire in my Navy jet below 500 feet at night showed me the difficulty of extracting a pilot surround by fire on the ground for a Search and Rescue Helo team. The weight of the seat pan…
Or, How to Build the Honeycomb 07/19/2011 - The F-22 and F-35 have sophisticated sensors and self defense capabilities, which, in and of themselves, when combined with stealth enable these aircraft to become true game changers. But in and of themselves is not where the real game changing capability comes…
The USMC has become more of a land army as a consequence of the Iraq War. General Conway, the USMC Commandant, is worried the Corps is losing its expeditionary focus. Marine officers who have joined the USMC during the Iraq period are very likely NEVER to have been aboard ship.…
