The Final Flight of Buzz 14
Fifty years ago today, just after midnight eastern time, a B-52D took off from Massachusetts, for the final leg of a journey to its home at Turner AFB near Albany,…
A "Culture of Fear"
More bad news for the boys and girls in blue: the cheating scandal among Air Force nuclear missile launch officers at Malmstrom AFB, Montana is growing. The Associated Press reports…
The Mess Down South
There are at least a couple of “teachable” moments from the winter storm that has paralyzed much of the south. First, as is often the case during a weather-related debacle,…
A Military that Looks Like America
At this point in his tenure, you’d think that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel would be preoccupied with budget cuts, force reductions, and the litany of threats our military must guard…
Empty Words
Late Friday, with words of more Russian troops arriving in Ukraine’s Crimea Region, President Obama got tough: “Delivering a blunt warning to Moscow, President Barack Obama expressed deep concern Friday…
Gutted
To no one’s surprise, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Monday that the U.S. military will undergo even more dramatic cuts in the years to come. The proposed reductions include: –…
The Missing Links
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been missing for 10 days now, and investigators appear to be no closer to figuring out what happened to the Boeing 777 and the 239…
The Mysterious Mr. Ali
Three days after it disappeared over the Gulf of Thailand, the fate of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 officially remains a mystery. Search teams are combing thousands of square miles of…
Into the Sea?
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said today that Flight MH370 was lost in the southern Indian Ocean more than two weeks ago. The announcement was based on “new” satellite data…
Another Case of Passing the Buck?
At this point, there is much we don’t know about the motives of Army Specialist Ivan Lopez, who gunned down 16 of his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood yesterday, killing…
The Search for Booker
Fox News reports that federal authorities have launched a nationwide manhunt for a military recruit who planned a “Fort Hood-style jihad” against his fellow soldiers. Here’s the good news (so…
Out With a Bang
North and South Korea engaged in a little sabre rattling today, firing hundreds of artillery shells into each other’s territorial waters along the so-called Northern Limit Line (NLL), the naval…
Buh-bye Dave
When Elvis died in 1977, one show business wag called it a “good career move,” noting that a performer who had become irrelevant (or worse) in his latter years would…
Connect the Dots (and Follow the Money)
While the NBA takes a bow for adroitly handling the Donald Sterling fiasco, they might want to take a step back and look at the next steaming pile they’re about…
Your Monday Morning Briefing
Ran across this recent PowerPoint from the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, which paints a grim picture of Air Force combat capabilities against more technically-advanced foes. The study, authored…
Bread, Circuses and Game Shows
President Obama finally offered his first, extended remarks on the VA scandal yesterday. It was the sort of calculated, deceptive performance we’ve come to expect from the administration; the President…
Helping "Bradley" Become "Chelsea"
When Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning was convicted last year of passing reams of classified information to Wikileaks, we predicted that the former private wouldn’t simply disappear into a cell…
"The Man Who Won the War for Us"
American troops prepare to go ashore in a Higgins Boat on D-Day, June 6, 1944 They remain iconic images of the “Longest Day:” American GIs, gathered behind the ramp of…
Saving Kurdistan
A convoy of ISIS fighters rolls toward the conquest of another Iraqi city. As government security forces dissolve, the Kurdish Peshmerga may be the only military forces capable of defeating…
Today's Reading Assignment
..The estimable Ralph Peters, writing at National Review online, examines how the Obama Administration has made a mockery of military honor with the Bowe Bergdahl case. A brief excerpt: “If…