Like all aspects of the ADF, the Air Force has the need to contribute and enable Australia’s larger national power strategies.
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’.
Australian companies, researchers and academics are being pushed by the Australian Government to embrace the fourth industrial revolution.
Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Sitra Khan
Australian Defence Force
There is a blunt but effective thought experiment for anyone in a leadership role: if you see yourself as the village hero, but everyone you lead sees you as the village idiot, you have a problem.
Can the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) correctly prioritise jointness?
application of aerospace power has seen significant developments since 1994, most notably through American-led operations in Central Europe and Afghanistan, and continuing technological advances with weapons, uninhabited vehicles, space-based systems and information systems.
Unlike defensive air operations which are reactive, offensive air operations are undertaken where and when an air force chooses.
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
