FAB 3000 Glide Bomb: Threat or Stunt?
On 21 March 2024 former Defence Minister Shoigu visited a military-industrial enterprise in Nizhny Novgorod region. The name of the plant was not disclosed. The...
Tag : air power
Saving the Royal Air Force
This week, the Royal Air Force met in conference with the world’s Chiefs of the Air Staff, as it does every year, to discuss the...
Afghan Air Wars by Michael Napier
Michael Napier has come up with a bit of a gem here. This is a highly detailed and fascinating insight into how both Russian and...
Russian airpower in Ukraine – Nuisance or Menace?
Introduction and Purpose – After Hubris came Nemesis One year after Vladimir Putin unleashed his war machine for what he thought would be a short...
‘An extremely big threat’: Russian glide bombs make their debut in the war
On 24 March 2023, ten Su-35Ss, the Russian Air Force’s most advanced fighter, conducted a bombing raid against several border settlements in Sumy province. The...
Air mobility and the war in Ukraine
On 17 January 2022, the Government of the United Kingdom announced that it would be supplying weapons to Ukraine. The first Royal Air Force (RAF)...
Ukraine – lessons for Western air power
The Telegraph recently ran one of the more bizarre analyses to have arisen from the war in Ukraine. In it, Gareth Corfield, supported by...
We need to talk about RAF Air Transport
Twenty years ago today (23 August 2021) UK Army soldiers arrived in Macedonia. They went there as part of a NATO mission to collect weapons...
Should British Battlefield Helicopters be Operated by a Single Service?
Time for a Change? This year’s Defence Command Paper revealed that the 4 medium-sized helicopters currently operated by the 3 Services would be replaced by...
#WavellReviews “Air Power’s Lost Cause – The American Air Wars of Vietnam” by Brian D. Laslie
Air forces have a relationship with technology that is on a par with that of moths and flames, and the Vietnam air war was no...