Putting the Osprey Safety Record in Perspective
The question of Osprey safety has been brought to the fore again with the accident last…
Read More »Training for the High End Fight: The Perspective from CSG-4
The Sailors and Marines of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team operate the most advanced…
Read More »The U.S. Navy and the Osprey: Still Bullish on the CMV-22B
In a recent article by Ryan Finnerty published on February 20, 2024, published by Flight Global,…
Read More »The Timeline for the Tiltrotor Enterprise: A Con-Ops Perspective (Part Four)
The focus on distributed operations – Maritime DO, the USMC EABOs, and the Air Force agile…
Read More »USMC Transformation Path: A Discussion with LtGen Heckl
Recently, I met with LtGen Heckl in his office at Quantico. I have known him for…
Read More »The Timeline for the Tiltrotor Enterprise: A Platform Perspective
There are various ways one can conceptualize the timeline for the emergence and evolution of the…
Read More »Crafting, Operating and Shaping a Way Ahead for a Tiltrotor Enterprise
The concept of having a combat “helicopter” that can fly at the speed of an airplane…
Read More »From Iraq Insertion to the Tiltrotor Enterprise: The Creation of a Multi-Domain Capability for the U.S. Forces
As the United States faces a global overload of strategic challenges and the concomitant challenge of…
Read More »Turning Training into New Combat Capabilities
We did a follow up interview with Randy Brinkley on November 17, 2023 to focus on…
Read More »The Challenges of Working Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations: The Perspective from the AGS Department Head at MAWTS-1
During my last visit to MAWTS-1, the training effort was clearly focused on ways to enhance…
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