Elements Of Power

Commentary and discussion on world events from the perspective that all goings-on can be related to one of the six elements of National Power: Military, Economic, Cultural, Demographic, Organizational, & Geographical. All Elements are interrelated and rarely can one be discussed without also discussing its impact on the others

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Centennial of Naval Aviation #3

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1926 'Bare Base' Naval Operations Here's a post for the "maintainers". I know it might be hard to believe for some, b...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 6

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 6: A-10s 'Forever' ? (scroll down for links to Parts 1-5 and 'Sidebars) As noted prev...
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CAS Myths Sidebar: Army-Air Force Views on CAS and Airpower

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(scroll down for links to Parts 1-6 of CAS Myths and another 'Sidebar') The current (IMHO myopic) Army view of airpower persists i...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

CAS Myths Sidebar: The A-10 and the 'Cult of the Gun'

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The A-10 and the 'Cult of the Gun' (scroll down for links to Parts 1-6 of CAS Myths and another 'Sidebar') The AGM-65 Mav...

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 5

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 5: Defining a New CAS Platform: the Evolution of the A-10 (scroll down for links to Parts 1-4,6 and...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 4

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 4: Origins of the A-X Program (scroll down for links to Parts 1-3,5,6 and 'Sidebars) In June ...
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Sunday, July 24, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 3

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 3: Vietnam and the Rise of the “No-CAS Air Force” Myth (scroll down for links to Parts 1,2,4-6 and ...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 2

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 Part 2: Those "not so good old days” (scroll down for links to Parts 1,3-6 and 'Sidebars) ‘ Lea...
Friday, July 22, 2011

Debunking The Close Air Support Myths: Part 1

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CAS, the Air Force, and the A-10 (scroll down for links to Parts 2-6 and 'Sidebars) I've posted a bit of what I’m about to cover...
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Saturday, July 16, 2011

Hoss Cartwright on Long Range Strike

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Looks like Hoss is Still a Little Slow , even when trying to circle the wagons to protect the Womenfolk and Rice Bowls . I suspect the Rice ...
Friday, July 15, 2011

Army of JSF-Haters STILL Short of Logicians

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I'm back home (as of 00:30 hrs) Thursday from a business trip. Blog-wise, my immediate aspirations are to try to 1) ferret out the real ...
Saturday, July 09, 2011

From "The Hill" --Think tank to Obama: Defense budget not your domestic ATM

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H/T Instapundit . From an article at The Hill  ... The Heritage Foundation marks the moment when President Obama lets the mask slip and ...
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I am a '3rd Generation Aerospace' Professional and a retired Air Force Senior NCO. I maintained and tested airborne precision guided weapons the first half of my Air Force career [including AIMVAL/ACEVAL, TASVAL79, AIM-9L FOT&E--IYAAYAS!] and flight tested RPVs, Drones and Cruise Missiles [XBQM-106A, Pave Tiger/Panther, CALCM, ACM and 'others'] the second half. Since my AF retirement I have worked on many aircraft, UAV and weapons programs. I have worked systems, flight, and laboratory test programs about half the time, and have worked R&M Engineering, Depot Operations, and Operations Analysis (Combat and Logistics) the other half, I am now the Lead Engineer xx x xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (doing 'stuff') on yet another major weapon systems program and still involved in a wide range of Aerospace Engineering and Military Operations Research activities for multiple programs.
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