Colonel

Joseph 

Speed 

Joint Air Power Competence Centre (2016-2019)

Colonel Joseph Speed graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in 1992. He has served as an F-16 instructor pilot, flight examiner, flight commander and assistant director of operations. He also has served as a director of operations and squadron commander of flying training and support squadrons. He is a command pilot with more than 2,800 flying hours, including 353 combat hours, and was a SEAD Instructor Pilot in the F-16CJ. He is currently serving as the Combat Air Branch Head at the Joint Air Power Competence Centre.

Information provided is current as of June 2018

From the Author

Challenges of Future SEAD Operations

An Insight into SEAD in 20 Years
By Col 
Joseph 
Speed 
By Lt Col 
Panagiotis 
Stathopoulos 
The advent of balloons in 1783, and their military employment during the American Civil War (1861–1865) and the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), In order to allow friendly aircraft to conduct missions and support joint air power [...]

SEAD Operations of the Future

The Necessity of Jointness
By Col 
Joseph 
Speed 
By Lt Col 
Panagiotis 
Stathopoulos 
Destroying or disrupting an enemy’s air defence has long been central to any air campaign because it enables friendly air superiority/supremacy that protects friendly forces and allows freedom of movement. Without effective Suppression of Enemy [...]

JAPCC Perspective on the Fifth Generation Aircraft Discussion

Air Warfare Communication in a Networked Environment
By Capt 
William A. 
Perkins 
By Col 
Carlos 
Presa 
By Col 
Joseph 
Speed 
Both the F-22 and F-35 have proprietary, directional datalink systems, which permit a high level of secure data transfer with each other, but have limited to no connectivity to other platforms. Many engineering solutions, including [...]

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