As someone who has had to interact up and down the chain as well as across the interagency, it's much more complicated than DOD vs State in determining which country is in which planning and...
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it's much more than State vs DOD
As someone who has had to interact up and down the chain as well as across the interagency, it's much more complicated than DOD vs State in determining which country is in which planning and...
General Comer's experience
Tom,
In fact, Major General Comer was not a navigator, he was a Rescue and Special Operations helicopter pilot. In fact, if memory serves me, he was the fisrt "pure" helo pilot to the rank of...
It's been under development for a few years now,...
It's been under development for a few years now, it's based on the Supacat HMT here: http://www.supacat.com/supacat_products_hmt400.htm
They have partnered with LockMart for US production, from...
training aircraft as COIN
It's not so much that these are all training a/c, it's just that they are relatively cheap, two seat propellor driven a/c that can fly at slower speed than jets, and given current (also relatively...
fighting Airman
Now for some shameless self promotion...
If you are interested in using Airman as soldiers, I think you'll really like my latest post at Excalibur. The quote from Churchill is just phenomenal and...
Skyraider versions
That’s actually a great question Dominique! I knew there was a door on the left side of the fuselage and never knew what it was for either. On this site:...
A-1's and T-28's
That A-1 was a beast, another similar aircraft was the T-28, initially used by both the Navy and USAF for training and later by the USAF as a close air support weapon. I've attached a link to my...
AT-6 COIN Concept paper
Folks,
I have posted a Concept paper on acquiring the AT-6 for COIN operations at my site here: http://www.excaliburrd.com/projects/
Also, I have also stood up a collaboration and innovation...