How to Defeat ISIL: It’s All About the Strategy
As the NATO alliance’s panjandrums meet in Wales and debate the best ways to destroy ISIL and make Vladimir Putin’s Russia stop doing whatever it wants in Ukraine, we offer this schemata for defeating ISIL. It’s penned by Dave Deptula, the man who ran the air war against Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom. Take note especially of his argument about the ability of aircraft to operate effectively today without boots on the ground to help f
Hampton Roads lawmakers aim to protect Langley Air Force Base
7:10 p.m. EDT, September 5, 2014 HAMPTON — The region’s four U.S. representatives had breakfast with local officials Friday to discuss a topic that’s crucial to the area’s economy — how best to defend Langley Air Force Base in a time of military budget cuts and uncertainty. Langley contributes an estimated $1.2 billion a year to the Hampton Roads economy, but federal spending cuts are already whittling away at that number. The Air Force announced in July it will cut 742 posit
