Northrop Grumman Responds to Inaccurate Comments Concerning the U.S. Air Force KC-45A Award Decision
(NOTE: Our source in DC says these tanker commentaries come straight from their respective company PR Depts—the analysis [Word.doc] in the last one was Boeing’s…)
LOS ANGELES – March 5, 2008 – When the process to replace America’s aging fleet of KC-135 aerial [...]
CHICAGO, March 10, 2008 – The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] will file a formal protest on Tuesday asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the decision by the U.S. Air Force to award a contract to a team of Northrop Grumman and European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS) to replace aerial refueling tankers [...]
Here’s another fantastic op-ed by the only airman willing to stick his neck out and say what needs to be said. Of course it helps if you can write like this, but still…
One of the lodestars of great writing is concentration–and Dunlap concentrated so much in these few words, especially in his last paragraph.
I dig Arkin’s blog, even if I’m not so keen on Arkin:
As The Post reports today, President Bush is facing pressure to increase the number of troops in Afghanistan. The military is undertaking a strategic review similar to the review that resulted in the “surge” in Iraq, and commanders in Afghanistan are calling for more [...]
The hideous little article and a lengthy discussion thread can be found at the American Prospect. Times are tough, and the lashing out continues…
Our friend in Washington passed along a very interesting analysis:
Three reasons why USAF is under attack:
1. The national security strategy vacuum: From 1981 through 2001, our national security strategy was deterrence and containment, with airpower playing the largest single role. During that period, the USAF enjoyed a position of respect and support. Since 2001, our national security strategy [...]
Nice to read a national columnist who gets it. The war in Iraq should not be about reinforcing failure (the army is broken, so we need more army), but about reinforcing success. Airpower has done more for American military capability (and for positive Americanism abroad) than any other force, and it is time to put [...]
Jim Oberg alerted me to this article from the Russian News and Information Agency RIA Novosti:
MOSCOW, September 11 (RIA Novosti) – Russia has tested a thermobaric bomb that is the most powerful in the world, a top military official said Tuesday.
Known as a vacuum bomb, it uses a fuel-air explosive and can create overpressures equal to [...]
From a blog, http://armyofdude.blogspot.com/, ostensibly form a soldier in Iraq. At least some of the grunts know why airpower is important. Of course, if we had used a hellfire or LGB, we probably would be accused of killing a boatload of civilians. But that is bad, even if the insurgents are now emplacing IEDs in [...]