Related items

This article began as a response to Daniel Cook’s recent article on ‘Turning the Tap Off – Stopping the Flow of Pointless Jobs in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF)’ (Cook, 2023); as such, it will address some of the points raised in that article within the context a broader trend towards what I term ‘military populism’.

Effective realisation of national power in support of Australia’s national interests requires all Aviators to have a clear understanding of their c

Defence can only achieve an intellectual edge if its members are consistently engaged and curious.

Limited by resources and size the F-35 was the best, and largely only, option available to the ADF that guaranteed long term defense interests.

In Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat (Higham & Harris, 2016), historians Robin Higham and Stephen Harris assemble a team of experts to investigate examples of failure and defeat in the application of air power. Overall, Why Air Forces Fail is an interesting and important book because it analyses the reasons why air forces have suffered defeat and failure. It draws some important lessons in this regard, and it provides an excellent resource for those studying air power.

Welcome once again back on the rollercoaster!

Rethinking Air Superiority - Towards an Integrated Framework for Modern AirpowerKazunobu SakumaJapan Air Self-Defence ForceFor over a&nbs

Like all aspects of the ADF, the Air Force has the need to contribute and enable Australia’s larger national power strategies.