Tuesday, June 21, 2011
MH-60R Helo Heads Down Under
Old news but good news.
Australia is about to get an advanced, capable, and cutting edge helicopter....now. Not in the next 10 years.
Will someone please drug test this guy or label him 5150?
Via Aviation Week (official magazine of EADS and EADS North America *note stated tongue in cheek---sorta).
After a lull period, EADS North America is seeing increased interest from the Pentagon about a potential purchase of Airbus Military C-212 light transports.Geez.
There is “intensifying interest” in the last month for the C-212 to potentially serve as a new light mobility aircraft, says Sean O’Keefe, CEO of EADS N.A. The program outline is still emerging, but O’Keefe says it could entail the purchase of 50-100 aircraft.
One of the drivers of twin-engine C-212 interest is a recognition that doing the mission with a single-engine aircraft is not suitable.
O’Keefe says EADS N.A. also is eyeing a special operations command requirement for transport aircraft. The C-212 is one of the aircraft the special operations community will be evaluating, he says.
Still unclear is what the commercial strategy would be for the U.S. program, including whether the aircraft would be assembled in the U.S.
WHAT IS THIS GUY SMOKING!
First we get word that the US military will be interested in purchasing the A400M. Now we get word that the US military is showing interest in the C-212.
Yep, O'Keefe needs to be drug tested or declared 5150.
My question is this. What happened to the C-27???? This from Wikipedia...
The United States received its first C-27J on 25 September 2008.[28] In September 2008, the C-27J Schoolhouse, operated by L-3 Link, officially began classes at the Georgia Army National Guard Flight Facility, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. By April 2009, the Army had accepted deliveries of two aircraft and had 11 more on order.[29] A proposal in May 2009 that the US Army/Army National Guard relinquish all of its aircraft to the US Air Force, primarily the Air National Guard, with a reduction of the total buy to 38 aircraft,[30][dead link]led the DoD to give total control of the US's C-27Js to the USAF in December.[21] Although the plan is for the C-27J to be entirely operated by the Air National Guard for direct support of the United States Army, today both Army National Guard and Air National Guard flight crews support the fielding of the aircraft. The US Air National Guard had received four C-27Js by July 2010 and began using them for testing and training. Purchase of 38 Spartans is anticipated with initial operational capability expected in October 2010.[31] The US Air Force has planned the C-27J's first combat deployment for summer 2011.[32]Wishful thinking is not a business plan.
EADS and EADS North America seem to be engaged in a whole bunch of wishful thinking.
Get ready for Exercise Mailed Fist.
Via CNN.
Washington (CNN) -- It's mid-June, a perfect time to visit the beach to watch porpoises play in the surf or seagulls strut the sand -- or you could watch a formation of Marine Corps warplanes darting over the shore at hundreds of miles per hour.Interesting.
But don't worry -- the United States hasn't declared war on your family's beach house. It's just part of a major Marine Corps exercise called Exercise Mailed Fist (translation: armored fist).
The exercise is designed to test the capability of every type of Marine Corps aircraft, including MV-22 Ospreys and F/A 18 Hornets, as well as some Navy ships and Air Force planes.
The drill will stretch from Quantico Marine Base in northern Virginia to the Navy's Pinecastle Bombing Range in Florida.
With thousands of Marines and other service members involved, it's the biggest such drill ever on the U.S. East Coast.
"Exercise Mailed Fist is the first exercise of its specific kind and the largest 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing exercise conducted in recent history," said Staff Sgt. Roman J. Yurek, Marine Corps spokesman. "In the past, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing units had to deploy to the West Coast to conduct this type of training."
Mailed Fist was not originally supposed to be one big exercise. But the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's commander, Maj. Gen. Jon Davis, decided to combine several smaller drills into one big exercise. Not only do the Marines train closer to home, the Pentagon saves money.
Most of the exercises will take place in the skies above or near Marine bases along the North and South Carolina coast.
From Monday until Friday, vacationers "who are located near the bases ... will see an increase in air and ground traffic at various times throughout the week, but there should be minimal impact on activity near beaches other than occasional fly-overs at relatively high altitudes," the spokesman said.
I forgot all about this test of a fully assembled (Marine Expeditionary Brigade I believe) amphibious assault force for experimentation and exercise.
This is the news the Marines should be shouting about...not saturating the air ways with a dog and pony in St. Louis. Just as a heads up, you should also read Information Dissemination. The author is upset about the Navy losing the narrative on Air-Sea Battle to the Air Force.
I hope Headquarters Marine Corps is paying attention and gets its act together not only for the Marine Corps sake but to help inform policy makers of what a value the Marine Corps provides------Regardless of the next gee-whiz battle concept that comes down the pike.
HyperStealth pushes hard into air and sea...
The Jordanian military is sold on fractal camo when it comes to their aircraft and ships...
But little did I know that they have also made in roads with the Slovakian Air Force...
Which only leaves us with one question. When will we see a branch of the US military experimenting with this camo pattern?
Monday, June 20, 2011
Top Ten Failed States.
via IO9.
Long story short. Nation building doesn't work.
Which means that counter insurgency hasn't worked.
Which means that we're wasting tax money.
Which means that we aren't affecting the lives of people that we're supposedly trying to help.
Which means that we're wasting our time.
Its time to nation build in the US...AMERICA FIRST.
What are the top ten failed states of the past year?
Annalee Newitz — Every year, Foreign Policy magazine and the Fund for Peace do a survey of "failed states," nations whose citizens they judge to be in the most dire circumstances in the world — largely because of government mismanagement and outright abuse.
The methods they use to pick the failed states is fascinating, though the biggest state fails may not surprise you.
Here are the states who ranked the highest in the Failed States Index, with their scores:
Guess what boys and girls. The US has been nation building in....Haiti...Afghanistan...Iraq. We've been sending aid like a parent sends money to a spoiled college attending alcoholic male to...Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe, SUdan, Chad, Somalia and Congo.1 Somalia 113.4
2 Chad 110.3
3 Sudan 108.7
4 Dem. Rep. of Congo 108.2
5 Haiti 108.0
6 Zimbabwe 107.9
7 Afghanistan 107.5
8 Central African Republic 105.0
9 Iraq 104.8
10 Ivory Coast 102.8
Long story short. Nation building doesn't work.
Which means that counter insurgency hasn't worked.
Which means that we're wasting tax money.
Which means that we aren't affecting the lives of people that we're supposedly trying to help.
Which means that we're wasting our time.
Its time to nation build in the US...AMERICA FIRST.
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