The Arctic and The US Air Force

August 11, 2020

On 21 July, the US Air Force published its Arctic Strategy. The release of the document itself is a first, since the Arctic has never been a separate area of focus for the US Air Force. The Defense De…

The American Cult of Bombing and Endless War

June 10, 2019

Opinion

From Syria to Yemen in the Middle East, Libya to Somalia in Africa, Afghanistan to Pakistan in South Asia, an American aerial curtain has descended across a huge swath of the planet. Its stated purpos…

No Proof India Shot Down Pakistan F-16

March 6, 2019

Opinion

The clash between India and Pakistan involving their respective air forces last week has led to claims and counter-claims from the two South Asian rivals. While India claimed its air force entered Pak…

Washington’s Backfiring Bombing

January 9, 2019

Opinion

Wikipedia tells us that “The Times Square Ball is a... prominent part of a New Year’s Eve celebration commonly referred to as the ball drop, where the ball descends 43 metres in 60 seconds... to …

The US Air Force Is Preparing for a Great Power War Against Russia and China

November 10, 2018

Opinion

In September, at the Air Force Association’s annual Space & Cyber Conference, Heather Wilson — Donald Trump’s Secretary of the U.S. Air Force — presented the Trump administration’s new roadmap f…

Why India’s Air Force Is Dying

April 7, 2018

Military

To observers of India's defense environment, the country's procurement process is a deeply bureaucratized labyrinth of incompetence and ineffectiveness. A 27-point internal memo prepared in 2017 by Mi…

US Prepares for Forcible Entry Operations in Remote Theaters of War

December 28, 2017

Opinion

One area where America has a significant advantage over any putative adversary is in logistics. No other nation can challenge the US ability to conduct overseas operations, deploy and sustain joint fo…

US Global Thunder Exercise Timed to Coincide with Other Events

November 1, 2017

Opinion

The US Strategic Command (StratCom) kicked off its largest annual training exercise on October 30 with the commencement of Global Thunder 2018. The training event involves StratCom’s headquarters at O…