Looking Back at the RAAF and its F-35 Turning Point: The Perspective of Air Marshal (Retired) Geoff Brown
I first visited Australia in 2014 in order to attend and to write a report for…
Read More »The Luftwaffe and Tornado Training in the United States: The Challenge of Preparing for Conflict in the Extended Battlespace
One of the challenges facing European airforces clearly is having training space to effectively work complex…
Read More »The Luftwaffe Seeks a Tornado Replacement: The RAFs Tornado Replacement is Already Integrated into the Force
I had a chance to discuss many airpower issues while in Germany last week. Obviously, issues…
Read More »Building The Air Force We Need To Meet Chinese And Russian Threats
The erosion of high-end U.S. military posture accelerated as counterinsurgency warfare dominated policy and budget decisions…
Read More »The Next Phase of FCAS: Dassault and Airbus Launch a Joint Concept Study
According to an Airbus press release on February 6, 2019, the launching of the joint concept…
Read More »Air-Delivered Nuclear Weapons: The French Case
Recently, the French conducted a test of their air delivered nuclear delivery system on French soil.…
Read More »Strategic Insights Report Four: Europe and a Future Combat Air System
In the latest Strategic Insights Report, we address the question of the way ahead with regard…
Read More »China and Hypersonic Weapons
Byline: Beijing The newly released Missile Defense Review warns that, “Russia and China are developing advanced…
Read More »The F-35B: A War Winning Combat Capability
In an article published on November 17, 2010, Ed Timperlake provided a look ahead at the…
Read More »Royal Canadian Air Force Faces Challenge of Fighter Pilot Shortage
The Royal Canadian Air Force’s fighter community is facing a personnel crisis in the air and…
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