Gen. Gorenc On Import of F-35 Debut To NATO At RIAT

Gen. Gorenc On Import of F-35 Debut To NATO At RIAT
Gen. Gorenc On Import of F-35 Debut To NATO At RIAT

RIAT: The F-35’s international debut here at RIAT isn’t just about NATO, Russia, China and other threats. It’s also about the Air Force’s future as Gen. Frank Gorenc, commander of US Air Forces Europe, knows. His son, Lt. Col. Stephen Nichols, was one of the F-35A pilots who deployed to Mountain Home Air Force Base…

F-22, Typhoon, Rafale: Lessons From The Trilateral Wargame

F-22, Typhoon, Rafale: Lessons From The Trilateral Wargame
F-22, Typhoon, Rafale: Lessons From The Trilateral Wargame

As former Air Force Chief of Staff “Buzz” Moseley once declared, “there is not a place on the face of the earth that the USAF will not fight their way into.” But this aspiration has been complicated by 15 years of fighting low-end opponents like the Taliban even as peer adversaries like China and Russia…

Russians ‘Closed The Gap’ For A2/AD: Air Force Gen. Gorenc

Russians ‘Closed The Gap’ For A2/AD: Air Force Gen. Gorenc
Russians ‘Closed The Gap’ For A2/AD: Air Force Gen. Gorenc

AFA CONFERENCE: “The alarming thing,” said the commander of US Air Forces in Europe, is that the Russians are catching up. “They’ve closed the gap.” “The advantage that we had from the air I can honestly say is shrinking,” Gen. Frank Gorenc said, “not only with respect to the aircraft that they’re producing, but the…

SecAF James: Russia Is ‘Biggest Threat’; F-22s May Come Soon

SecAF James: Russia Is ‘Biggest Threat’; F-22s May Come Soon
SecAF James: Russia Is ‘Biggest Threat’; F-22s May Come Soon

PARIS AIR SHOW: Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James came out swinging today here, forcefully telling reporters that she was here and traveling throughout Europe tp deliver a message of reassurance in the face of a “resurgent Russia.” “I would say, the biggest threat on my mind [is] the activities of Russia,” she said when asked by…

What The US, NATO Must Do To Counter Russia: Breedlove, Gorenc, & Odierno

What The US, NATO Must Do To Counter Russia: Breedlove, Gorenc, & Odierno
What The US, NATO Must Do To Counter Russia: Breedlove, Gorenc, & Odierno

Russia casts a long shadow nowadays, especially if you’re a neighbor. Armed with heavy tanks, jet fighters, long-range missiles, and the world’s slickest state-sponsored cyber-criminals, Russia is a very different threat from the so-called Islamic State, the Taliban, or even China. So how must the US and its NATO allies change gears, mindset and tactics to cope?…

US, Allies Wrestle With Intel Sharing Problems Exposed In Libya Ops

NATIONAL HARBOR: Last year’s Libya campaign revealed painful shortfalls in NATO, including intelligence sharing so molasses-slow that French pilots gave up on waiting for target data from US Predator drones. That’s something the allies are anxious to correct. “In Libya we got away with it. We made do, we had work-arounds, [but] we were not…