Boeing History

William Boeing bought his first plane and taught himself how to fly in the early 1900’s and as soon as he left the ground crashed his seaplane and nearly destroyed it. Once he destroyed the plane he started to realize that because it would take so long for him to get the necessary parts to make his plane airworthy again he could build his own custom plane in a shorter amount of time. The fascination with seaplanes directed him toward building his own seaplane with his friend G.C. Westervelt in their hanger on Lake Union in Seattle. World War I might have been the reason why Boeing exists today because once the U.S. Navy received word of the B & W Seaplane they ordered 50 of them and Boeing Airline Company was born. The vision of Boeing was to not just stop at seaplanes and once World War II started they saw the demand for fighter planes and began to make the P-12. This made Boeing the leading manufactuer of fighters over the next decade. In 1928 Boeing designed the Boeing 80 which was their first plane with one intention, to fly 12 passengers commercially as a airline. The main issue

When it comes to succeeding at anything, it is important to plan, prepare, and rehears the outcome. In a combat zone, this becomes even more important because lives and the success of the mission depend on it. This was not the case however, during a fight called Operation Anaconda. The purpose of this paper is to point out what went wrong with the lack of planning, coordination, rehearsal, and preparation between Air and ground communications, and how it proved to be critical during Operation Anaconda. The ending results were a delayed execution and several friendly casualties.

In the later years of the Vietnam war, Americans no longer felt the need for excessive spending by the government on the military. One way in which the government tried to cut back spending was with the Budget and Impound Control Act. Passed in 1975, it was congress’ way to limit the amount of control the president had on defense spending. Years later, in 1977, Jimmy Carter was elected president of the United States and ran on a platform that prioritized the reduction of defense spending. During his presidency, Carter reduced defense spending by cutting various military projects such as the B-1 bomber

To fully identify how counterintelligence supports the maneuver commander an understanding of the operational framework that the maneuver units operate in must be understood. The Army’s overall conceptual framework has changed over time due to the Army’s participation in conflicts. To appreciate the current mission of maneuver forces a quick glance of recent history must be accomplished. In 1982 the Army’s capstone doctrine focus was AirLand Battle. This primarily

This instructor pilot had just finished his AVCATT mission and was understandably frustrated by the handling characteristics of the simulator. Obviously, The AVCATT is not without its limitations. It will never approach the flight realism of the 2B-38. But low-level flight is something that can be trained in the aircraft far more easily than threat reaction. Each resource has its purpose, and the AVCATT is perfectly suited to train ASE and threat-related tactics. It’s up to us as leaders and influential aviators at our units to take advantage of, and properly employ these

For over forty years, the Aegis weapon system has been the main form of defense for the U.S. Navy’s surface ship fleet. Created by Lockheed Martin, this defense system has separated itself from any other since being created in 1983. In a world where defensive threats can come in many forms the Aegis system has adjusted and overcome all possible threats truly making it the most elite and necessary onboard ship system to have. With the use of SPY-1 radar, the Aegis display system, the weapons control system, and the command and decision system, Aegis is able to attack land targets, submarines, and surface ships simultaneously making it the most dominant system for the US Navy to use today. Along with surface and subsurface combatants, Aegis can defend against aircraft and their

2. Fighter aircraft are classified into generations (gen). Currently the United States has the only combat ready fifth gen fighter, the F-22. The introduction of the F-35 will increase United States air dominance by providing stealth capabilities, integrated sensor information, and advanced network operations. This will allow the F-35 to act as a mobile command and attack center.1 The R&D that went into the JSF program not only created a new airframe, however other technologies including the Northrop Grumman’s Distributed Aperture System (DAS) which incorporates into Rockwell Collin’s helmet mounted display system (HMDS).2, 3 The DAS collects imagery data from six infrared cameras located around the airframe. This real time video allows the F-35 pilot to “see through” their aircraft. The DAS displays in the HMDS, the world’s most advanced display system that promises to increase the pilot’s situational awareness, tactical capability and mission effectiveness.4

Commanders are facing a wide range of tasks, missions and operations ranging from low to high intensity situations that span the tactical and operational levels and also the battlespace is forever evolving. The ability of making effective and timely decisions the commanders needs a curtain degree of Situational Awareness (AS) at all levels in order to act quickly and decisively.

Space and cyberspace have evolved as key operating domains that support cross-domain interoperability (Air Force Operating Concept, 7). The Joint Force Commander (JFC) will be able to achieve Air and Maritime cross-domain synergy by leveraging space and cyberspace capabilities to improve mission command.

The NextGen Air Transportation System is a complex, revolutionary redevelopment of the broad U.S. air traffic control system that includes many challenging and interrelated components and concepts, including a fundamental transfer from a RADAR, ground-based system to a GPS, satellite-based system. Its multi-year implementation, touches virtually every aspect of aviation operations. As such, it presents many potential human factors challenges that can potentially directly affect aviation safety. Next, I will creatively apply the knowledge of human factors and aviation safety that I have developed over the

The Command Element (CE) serves as the brain center of the MAGTF. Its functions are naturally wide ranging. The CE is concerned with Command and Control (C2), Current Operations and Future Operations planning, rear area operations and security, supply and sustainment, as well as everything in between, across the entire range of military operations. However, just as the human brain cannot function effectively without a wide variety of optical, auditory, and tactile inputs, the CE is similarly restricted without all appropriate information. Perhaps no aspect of the CE is more important to the single-battle concept than the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets. This is not to downplay the necessity or importance of the

Jane's. (1973). Northrop Corporation (F-5 series of aircraft). In Jane's, Jane's All the World's Aircraft (pp. 387-391). London: Jane's Yearbooks.

Air Force pilots are considered by many to be some of the most intelligent and skilled people in the military, and are recognized as a force to reckon with in wartime due to their efficiency in combat missions.Their extensive training led to the development of their reaction times, and ability to improvise on the spot during a mission if a problem, or problems, emerge. Typical combat missions extend beyond the enemy lines to hit important weapons depots, installations, or high-value targets. They perform these missions with amazing precision, much like a surgeon's scalpel. This is very important, due to the high level of danger flying a aircraft at several hundred miles-per-hour over enemy territory, whilst dealing with the constant threat of ground fire, and enemy

Combining the unique benefits of live and virtual domains enhances training by increasing opportunities to train with joint and multinational partners, enabling realistic combat scenarios, and ensuring interoperability of systems. While live training exercises are limited by the number of players available, through distributed LVC-OT more players can be brought into training scenarios. This expanded access to training events allows for a realistic blue force laydown for readiness training that supports specific theater campaign plans and named operations. Rather than relying on costly just-in-time live mission rehearsals, joint and combined forces tied together in a continuously available virtual battle space can regularly rehearse and hone TTPs prior to deploying. Additionally, realistic models and simulations more accurately represent red forces, in capability and numbers, to challenge blue force training objectives and modern weapon systems capabilities. [INSERT EXAMPLE RF or VF] This capability is critical as the Air Force prepares for the challenges of full spectrum combat versus near-peers in contested environment.

In today 's military, leaders are continuously seeking ways to incorporate new technology to take the place of human soldiers. It has long been an important goal to be able to remove the human element from the modern battlefield, thus enabling high risk or sensitive political operations to be conducted without the fear of capture or exploitation of US military personnel. One such incident occurred during the Cold War, on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita