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06/14/2025
We have a growing experience with drone warfare and its impacts. The best way to understand their impact is how they have already re-shaped combined arms operations. Notably when combined with payload revolution and fifth generation warfare operations, as seen in the recent Israeli operation in Iran, drones are becoming a key part of the evolution of combined arms. Analysis of the Ukraine-Russia war, Houthi drone campaigns, and Israeli precision operations provides insights with regard…
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Antonovs Deliver F-35 Training Equipment to Aussie F-35 Training Center

05/04/2018RAAF Base Williamtown hosted one of the world’s largest cargo aircraft, an Antonov An-124 on Wednesday 2 May, and Thursday 3 May to deliver F-35A training equipment. The… Read more »

USS Wasp Flight Ops

04/22/2018F-35B Lightning II pilots with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit perform flight operations aboard the USS Wasp (LHD-1) during Certification Exercise, April 13, 2018.  The 31st MEU and… Read more »

3D Printing and the USMC: Replacing a Part for the F-35B

04/20/2018Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, are now capable of “‘‘additive manufacturing,’“ also known as 3-D printing. This innovative process uses 3-D printing software… Read more »

The RAAF’s Air Warfare Centre: Focused on Driving Integrated Force Innovations

04/12/2018By Robbin Laird During my most recent visit to Australia, I had a chance to discuss the way ahead for the newly established Air Warfare Centre with its… Read more »

The Air Combat Group in Transition: The Perspective of Air Commodore Kitcher

04/11/2018Robbin Laird During a visit to Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Base Williamtown in March 2018, Murielle Delaporte and I had the chance to talk with the new… Read more »

Mission Ready F-35s Delivered to RAAF

04/10/2018Recently, Australia more than doubled its F-35A fleet when Lockheed Martin delivered three F-35As (AU3, AU4 and AU5) to the Royal Australian Air Force team stationed at Luke… Read more »

Avengers and the F-35B

04/09/2018F-35B Lighting IIs assigned to the “Avengers” of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 participate in a Surface Warfare Advanced Tactical Training (SWATT) exercise and Maj. Chris Brandt,… Read more »

Marines, the F-35B and CENTCOM

04/08/2018Lance Cpl. Taryn Escott, Marine Corps Forces Central Command AFB MACDILL, Fla. — The F-35B Lightning II aircraft arrived at U.S. Central Command on MacDill Air Force Base,… Read more »

Debut of Republic of Korea’s First F-35A

04/01/2018South Korea is the ninth country to get the F-35. An article by Nick Zazulia published on March 28, 2018, underscored the South Korean perception of the importance… Read more »