The Air Force Approach to Personnel Capability Support
The Air Force Approach to Personnel Capability Support describes the functions and enablers, delivered through personnel capability support (PCS),
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AFDN 1-19 Air-Space Integration
Air and space power are critical to the conduct of Australian air operations in ADF joint warfighting.
PME is NOT a Dirty Word!
Professional military education is not just box ticking for promotion—a continuum of air and space power education is required to build professional mastery and maintain professional currency.
A Critical Dependence: Providing Logistics Support to Air Operations
Ensuring that logistics support is organised as a single, coherent system that removes duplication and assists in the provision of a consistent, comprehensive and complementary flow of logistics support through each of the levels of war to enable the effective application of air power.
Defence Strategic Review: Air Force Reserve Workforce Targeted Reengagement
Defence Strategic Review: Air Force Reserve Workforce Targeted Reengagement
Shane Ivimey
Australian Defence Force
How to Reframe the Culture Around Joint Force and Become a Strategic Junior Leader
The ASPC Leader Enrichment Program blog series delivers the thoughts and concepts of the program's junior leaders as they tackle Module 2 - Nationa
Decreasing Reliance on Fossil Fuels to Increase Defence Capability
Decreasing Reliance on Fossil Fuels to Increase Defence Capability
Benjamin Cole
Australian Defence Force
The Weaponisation of Toys and Implications for the Air Force
The 'poor man's air force' is a term for employing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hobbyist drones or uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) to strategic level military effect, and that effect cannot be understated (Waters, 2018; Nadeau, 2022; Shift, 2023). The ability for terror organisations to coordinate multiple layers of effects, including using COTS drones, to destroy Command and Control (C2) nodes in Israel causes alarm. Couple this with the use of COTS drones for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, strike and battle-damage assessment missions, and the threat posed by what are essentially toys is alarmingly real.
Drone Swarms and their Potential within the Australian Defence Force
The onset of the war in Ukraine saw one of the most dramatic shifts in combined arms warfare since the introduction of the machine gun. This shift is attributed to the wide scale introduction of drones to the modern battlefield (Kagan et al, 2024). Principally the conflict is demonstrating drones pioneering new capabilities in reconnaissance, close air support and strategic strike with virtually zero risk to the operator.
How well does the workforce understand Air Force’s contribution to national power?
Effective realisation of national power in support of Australia’s national interests requires all Aviators to have a clear understanding of their c
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