History – IAF in Lebanon War (1982) …Here’s one …

BySteeljawscribe 24 July 200617 January 2010

History – IAF in Lebanon War (1982)

…Here’s one from the historical archives during the last dust-up in the region. For fellow Hawkeyes, what primary rule do you see the IAF crew violating?
-SJS

Air Warfare

Hawkeyes… (NOT Univ of Iowa)
BySteeljawscribe 12 February 200728 February 2010

Have a couple of irons in the fire — hopefully at least one will be out later this week. Space/missile roll-up tomorrow/Wednesday. In the meantime, a couple of Hawkeye clips for your viewing pleasure… From the ’06 show at Oceana (look close, you’ll see some ‘vapes). This Hawkeye has the new props — while there…

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Air Warfare | history lessons | Navy

Battle of Coral Sea (Day 1): Seventy Years Later
BySteeljawscribe 7 May 2012

Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942 –The Events of 7 May 1942 The Battle of Coral Sea by Robert Taylor The first day of the carrier battle of Coral Sea, 7 May 1942, saw the Americans searching for carriers they knew were present and the Japanese looking for ones they feared might be…

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Air Warfare | Missile Defense | Navy

IAMD Acquisition Updates: E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and SM-3 Blk IIB
BySteeljawscribe 17 April 2011

Couple of developments in the last week with regards to major systems in our Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) plans for the coming decades: Item: The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has awarded concept definition contracts to three teams competing for the SM-3 Block IIB advanced interceptor (aka: Next Generation Aegis Missile (NGAM)). Designed to…

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Geopolitics

Israeli Exit Strategy in Lebanon?
BySteeljawscribe 19 July 200617 January 2010

Writing in today’s Washington Post, Charles Krauthammer posits: There is crisis and there is opportunity. Amid the general wringing of hands over the seemingly endless and escalating Israel-Hezbollah fighting, everyone asks: Where will it end? The answer, blindingly clear, begins with understanding that this crisis represents a rare, perhaps irreproducible, opportunity. The opportunity? Well, the…

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Air Warfare

A JSF Program Re-Structuring on the Horizon?
BySteeljawscribe 23 October 200924 October 2009

DoDBuzz is reporting new cost estimates for the JSF program are going to jump by over $17.1B.Â Apparently the concurrent nature of the program lies at the heart of the massive revision upwards of program costs.Â So much so that Nunn-McCurdy is starting to be invoked: â€œUnfortunately, DoD has put all its eggs in the…

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Air Warfare | Flightdeck Friday | history lessons | Navy

Project CADILLAC: The Beginning of AEW in the US Navy (Part II)
BySteeljawscribe 9 October 201011 October 2010

Project CADILLAC (Part II) Â Â Â Â Project Cadillac was more than just a program to develop radar â€“ it would develop an entire AEW system — Radar, IFF, relay equipment, shipboard receivers, and airborne platform. Such an undertaking would be ambitious enough in peacetime, at the height of a critical stage in the…

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