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26 Aug 2019

At the Critical Juncture 2nd Edition

Air forces have long demonstrated warfighting effectiveness through the lethal application of air power in the battlefield.

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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.

Effective Diplomacy Encompasses the ADF

The Indo-Pacific is facing increased and intersecting geopolitical, climate-related and health security risks.

The RAAF's Frozen Middle

It is a relatively common trend that solving an organisational strategic issue reveals another.
With the implementation of digital technology, came the resistance to change and
implementing change agents brought about the awareness of having a safe-to-fail culture.

The Temptation To Go Beyond Conventional Long-Range Strike

Daniel Cook
Australian Defence Force

SAASS Paper: Royal Australian Air Force 2025: A New Organizational Structure to Optimize Combat Effectiveness in an Era of Great Power Competition

The current RAAF organizational structure is top-heavy, unbalanced and too compartmentalized. This results in stove piped training, which inhibits high-end, networked and integrated joint collective training.

David Earl Borg, OAM

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Air Power Fellow Series

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Intelligence Support for Air Operations

Air power is distinguished from sea and land power by its flexibility, speed, ubiquity, range and shock effect. These characteristics give air power a unique ability to concentrate force
and manoeuvre rapidly over long distances

Pointless or Populism?

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’.

Oliver Jiang