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Seven Perennial Challenges to Air Forces
This publication is out of print.
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.
Rethinking Air Force preparation and mounting for joint force operations in the Indo-Pacific
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) needs to integrate air power into the joint force in order to maximise their contribution to the exercises in
What is Air Force’s contribution to Joint Force Effects - both domestically and internationally?
Like all aspects of the ADF, the Air Force has the need to contribute and enable Australia’s larger national power strategies.
Strategic Air Power Doctrine for Small Air Forces
The essence and purpose of doctrine. It develops strategic air power doctrine through an understanding of the air environment and the characteristics and structure of air power itself
This is not a Game - Wargaming for the Royal Australian Air Force
Wargaming will never 'prove' anything or predict an outcome with certainty. It is merely a means of studying a problem and highlighting or exploring important issues. It will never be a substitute for actual operational experience.
Fireside Chat: An Hour with the Chief of Air Force
Explore the Air Force Strategy and Chief of Air Forces future direction as we have discussion with Chief of Air Force. We discuss Air Power, Space Power Strategy and Air and Space Power in a Box.
Sailors, Soldiers and ??? - Building an Air Force Identity
The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is changing.