It’s important to read this: NATO commanders requested the sophisticated surveillance aircraft after concluding that they were running out of military targets in Libya after four months of bombing and missile strikes against Kadafi’s military forces and command facilities, U.S. and NATO officials said. ….“It’s getting more difficult to find stuff to blow up,” said […]
Tag: air force
I’m slowly making my way through this– there’s some fairly interesting stuff regarding disputes between Nixon and Abrams on how airpower should be used in Linebacker I- but I wanted
Interesting article on the politics of training Saudi Air Force pilots in Idaho. Long story short, politicians happy to take part in rancorous anti-Muslim diatribes on the “Ground Zero Mosque
In a little over an hour, we’ll find out whether our next generation of in-flight tanker will be a decent plane built by decent, hard-working Americans, or a somewhat better plane built on the backs of exploited, unionized Europeans (along with a few decent, hard-working Alabamans thrown in for show). Intrade says Boeing, and that’s […]
So, the Air Force is still having problems with its nuclear weapons: The Air Force swears there was no panic. But for three-quarters of an hour Saturday morning, launch control officers at F.E. Warren
This is almost surreal. The company that’s trying to put forward a Ukranian Antonov aircraft as the new USAF tanker is protesting a decision to reject its bid on account of tardiness. Here’
Spencer, noting the recent research indicating that civilian deaths in Afghanistan generate hostility towards the United States: Additionally, some in the military consider a preoccupation with civilian casualties to be a media-driven phenomenon. Last December, the Air Force’s intel chief, Lieutenant General David Deptula, told Danger Room’s Noah Shachtman that “there appears to be an […]
Let me recommend the excellent work of Amy Butler at Ares on the new Air Force tanker contract bid situation. Long story short, Northrup-Grumman/EADS/Airbus is claiming that the new requirements are t
Today I’m at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery, Alabama. I’m speaking on one panel and in two seminars. No idea what the topic might be. Full report tomorrow o
At the CNAS holiday party last night: Me: General Dunlap, it’s an honor to meet you; my name is Robert Farley. Major General Charles Dunlap, USAF: [Looks at my head] Really? Robert Farley? You don’t have horns!
This basically just sums up LGM, I think: Robert Farley’s best name anagram is FLYER ABORTER
This isn’t that unusual; I’ve heard many Army officers make similar jokes in the past. I think the AFA whining reveals a certain insecurity, though: A soldier is trudging through the muck