Mine's a GT - Pilot's View of first F-35B VL -- Ares/Aviation Week
BAE Systems' Graham Tomlinson, aka "GT", lead test pilot for the STOVL F-35B, says that, with today's first vertical landing, the flight-test team has "joined the dots" on everything the US Marine Corps (and the UK and Italy) need to operate the aircraft: from short take-off, conversion to conventional flight then back to STOVL mode, to vertical landing.
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Combatant Commanders Want C-130s for Afghanistan -- Defense News
Carrier Alternative Weekly -- New Wars
Colorado to Army - Make Chem Demil Harder, Please -- Armchair Generalist
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US troops to march on the Red Square to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nazi defeat -- Army Times
EADS tells Pentagon it might still vie for tanker deal -- Reuters
Combatant Commanders Want C-130s for Afghanistan -- Defense News
Carrier Alternative Weekly -- New Wars
Colorado to Army - Make Chem Demil Harder, Please -- Armchair Generalist
Bundeswehr Advocate Says Armed Forces are ‘Unprepared’ for Combat -- Defense Talk
The German Navy's Lack of Power Projection -- Information Dissemination
Information Warfare: China Inspires The World -- Strategy Page
JFCOM’s JOE Whacks Defense Industry -- Defense Tech
US troops to march on the Red Square to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nazi defeat -- Army Times