F-35 Academic Training Center: A Video Overview

07/18/2015
07/16/2015: Second Line of Defense visited the 33rd Fighter Wing prior to any Academic Training Center (ATC) being built, let alone functioning. The video produced by the 33rd Fighter Wing shows the ATC operating today and several of the activities conducted at the ATC. The students in the classroom and…

Secretary Wynne Visits the 33rd Fighter Wing

09/07/2013
09/07/2013: On September 4, 2013, Secretary Wynne visited Eglin and the 33rd Fighter Wing.  The man who crafted the concept of the fifth generation aircraft saw first hand the progress at Eglin and re-affirmed the impact of critical mass at Eglin in rolling out new capabilities. [slidepress gallery='secretary-wynne-visits-the-33rd-fighter-wing'] Credit Photos:…

Enabling the Tip of the Spear: Re-Focusing the USAF

02/26/2012
by Michael W Wynne, 21st Secretary of the USAF All of the services were and are confronted by the new realities of the future defense budget in a very straightforward manner. Not only through the first budget agreement wherein the outgoing Defense Secretary volunteered to yield some $450 Billion; but…

“Democratizing the Battlefield”: The Rover Experience

01/03/2012
01/03/2012: The Second Line of Defense team in looking to the future of defense and key tools for the 21st century believes that the last decade is not prologue to the next.  Many important experiences and con-ops have emerged in the past decade, which provide key elements, which need to…