The RAAF's Frozen Middle Part Two
Dylan Williamson
Australian Defence Force
Defence can only achieve an intellectual edge if its members are consistently engaged and curious.
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.
Evolution of Air Bases - Darwin Revisted
David Miller
Australian Defence Force
This book examines three alliances to determine the lessons learned that can apply to a possible future expansion of the Five Power Defence Arrange
The Air Power Development Centre has supported the development of Air Power concepts and strategies since 2004.
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.
The Air and Space Power Conference 2026 addressed the topic of air and space power in national defence.
How Modern Warfare Requires a Whole-of-Nation ApproachJason KorenstraAustralian Defence Force
Introduction
