F-16s to Ukraine?
Allowing F-16s to be transferred to the Ukrainian Air Force, standing up training for their pilots and eventually converting them to fly the F-16 will solve an emotional appeal. It just won’t change the course of the war.
Tall Poppies
We all love the rock star performers who can solve the unsolvable, succeed against insane odds and triumph when people think that there is no hope. HR departments hate the people who are not like the rest of the gang and diminish or ostracize the ‘one offs’ who don’t behave like everyone else.
Capability Paradox
F-35 pilots today are an order of magnitude more lethal and capable than any previous generation of fighter pilots and yet that might not be enough to win a war against China. The jet does so much for the pilot in terms of global situation awareness, connectivity, and...The CRITICAL FLAW in $100 Million Fighter Jets
Hasard Lee produced an excellent YouTube video to explain to experts and lay-persons alike the issue related to managing the simplest of tasks in a fighter cockpit, peeing. I have written extensively on Optimizing Human Performance in fighter jets. The two...Optimizing Human Performance in Fighter Jets
We need to think of fighter pilots as high-end athletes; ‘Tactical Athletes’.
Empower them to fly the most expensive and lethal aircraft in history and educate them not only how to be stone cold killers but how to train and maintain their minds and bodies to be at the peak conditions in the harshest of environments…combat.
A Good Day for the RCAF
Lots of drama in this saga but ultimately the right jet for the right price, in the correct numbers with the jet at the right point in its development and maturity.
“Fail Fast Friday” Podcast with Trigger Jordan
I joined Kinsley ‘Trigger’ Jordan and his “Fail Fast Friday” episode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtCOWNfkj5Y) to talk about failure and how to rebound from setbacks. We all have stumbled in our personal and professional lives. The difference between those who...
Top 10 Reasons Why Canada Needs the F-35: #4: Capitalism beats Socialism
Now that Canada has decided on which fighter it wants, let’s talk about what else matters beyond the capability of the F-35 or how much it is all going to cost Canadians…. let’s talk about jobs. There was so much chatter about guaranteed work from the other competitors, jobs that may or may not have been linked to high tech aerospace work but that would have satisfied the socialist mindset of promised work, not necessarily valuable work. Instead, Canada chose capitalism and the chance to benefit from the enormous scale of production and sustainment linked to the franchise F-35 program.
Trudeau’s Speech
One of smartest political speeches in modern times, then candidate Justin Trudeau said: “We will not buy the F-35 fighter jet”. Strategically brilliant; that speech helped pivot an electorate in favor of Liberal party when to that point, polls ran the election as a 3-way race.
Auto Ground Collision Avoidance System – Saving Lives
I have talked a number of times in the recent past about the technology developed to prevent aircraft from hitting the ground…and killing the people in that plane. I guest-hosted a recent episode of the Fighter Pilot Podcast and interviewed USAF Lt Col...
Top 10 Reasons Why Canada Needs the F-35: #5: The Re-norming of Air Power
One of the biggest leaps Canadian defense has made in generations comes with the selection of F-35 for the Royal Canadian Air Force. What F-35 will force is a revolution across the entire Canadian Armed Forces, not just the RCAF and not just the fighter fleet. The...
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