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

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

F-35 Transonic Acceleration vs. an F-16 Block 60 'Hot Rod'

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UAE's Block 60 in early livery over the Arizona Desert ( original source ) Updated (at bottom of post) and 'bumped' 'T...
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015

John Q. Public Making Up F-35 Stuff

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Make you a bet.... Hat Tip Op-For Op-For has a post up linking to a post at a blog called John Q. Public. The JQP post regurgitates ele...
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Friday, March 13, 2015

The F-35 and the Infamous Transonic Acceleration Change

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Part 3 : Updated and Bumped (Part 1  here : Part 2  here ,  and 'Bonus' Block 60 Comparison  Here ) I'm still working on th...
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Friday, March 06, 2015

The Air Force Reaffirmed "A-10 retirement decision" in a "Week"

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Anyone with reasonable exposure to the 'issue' could have done the same thing.  If I thought anyone was interested, I could lead a...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2015

There's Legal Analysis, and then there's REAL Analysis

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I usually enjoy Eugene Volokh's stuff. Though his move to the WP was disconcerting, I got over it. But Volokh has a BIG swing and a mi...
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Tyler Rogoway Sets Off a Global Disinformation Cascade

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He Owes the World an Apology but Don’t Hold Your Breath: It’s His 'Job' Rogoway opens with the little Punk Journalistic lie in th...
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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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