Shaping the Future of Airpower: Integration, Innovation, and Institutional Transformation
Our new airpower evolution report examines five interconnected developments that collectively reveal how American and allied…
Read More »Italy’s Strategic Leap: Adding a F-35 Training Hub to Their Training Capabilities
Italy’s recent approval to invest €112.6 million in establishing the Lightning Training Center at Trapani-Birgi Air…
Read More »F-35 Quarterbacks and CCAs: The Behavioral Path to Sixth-Generation Airpower
The concept of fifth-generation air warfare was clearly articulated by former Secretary of the Air Force…
Read More »From Victory Forgotten to Lessons Unlearned: Desert Storm, Strategic Drift, and the Combat Pilot Training Revolution
Lieutenant General David Deptula’s Forbes piece marking the 35th anniversary of Operation Desert Storm examines how…
Read More »The F-35’s Defining Role in Israel’s Historic Campaign Against Iran
In June 2025, Israel executed the most ambitious air campaign in its history, Operation Rising Lion,…
Read More »Training for the High-End Fight: The Paradigm Shift for Combat Pilot Training
I am launching a new book focused on the paradigm shift in combat pilot training. The…
Read More »Preparing for the F-35: A Shift in the Approach to Combat Pilot Training
During my visit to Italy’s International Flight Training School, I sat down with Lt. Alessio Nunziato,…
Read More »Leonardo’s Block 20 for the M-346
In the competitive world of military aviation training, standing still means falling behind. Leonardo understands this…
Read More »IFTS and the Evolution of Airpower
The evolution of military aviation has entered a transformative phase, one where the distinction between fourth…
Read More »The Impact of the Italian M-346 on Fighter Pilot Training
When Lt Col Gianpaolo Pantaloni climbed into the cockpit of an M-346 in 2014 as one…
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