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Power Plus Attitude: Ideas, Strategy and Doctrine in the Royal Australian Air Force 1921-1991

Like any form of combat power, air power does not develop in isolation; nor is it static. Even
if there were no formal process linking its theoretical development and practical application
to other elements of national security, plainly it will remain responsive to a range of external
influences from the wider civil and military communities which combine to shape the
national security outlook.

Train Like We Fight

The ASPC Leader Enrichment Program blog series delivers the thoughts and concepts of the program's junior leaders as they tackle Module 2

Kylie Gibson, Sophie Clark, Ewen Hadfield, Daniel Loane, Laura Pearson, Lance Purdon

Air/Space

27 Oct 2023

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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’.

Low Cost Mass-Produced Drones: a Tactical Advantage

Air Marshal Chipman, former Chief of the Air Force, announced on the eve of the 2023 Avalon Air Show that Australia needs to consider and invest in low-cost mass-produced (LCMP) drones.

Culture, Values and ‘Being a good human’

The Air Force Strategy (AFSTRAT) was released in September 2020 with the intent of informing how Air Force will posture itself to deliver air and s

Space as a Strategic Geography

Pete Wooding
Australian Defence Force

How Can We Prepare for Something We Can’t Predict?

Introduction (Siovahn Daly)

Siovahn Daly, Dearna McEvoy, Adam Dahmer, Samuel Trew & Cyrelle Mitchell

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