Effective realisation of national power in support of Australia’s national interests requires all Aviators to have a clear understanding of their c
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’.
Strategist Joseph Caldwell Wylie argued that strategies were implemented through two general types of operational patterns: (1) cumulative warfare, which involves “a collection of lesser actions” where tactical actions gradually built up to have strategic impact; and (2) sequential warfare, which is “a series of discrete steps” where each lead to the next; an example being the island hopping campaign across the Pacific during World War Two.
Applying Wylie's Cumulative and Sequential Patterns to Air OperationsPeter Layton
It is a relatively common trend that solving an organisational strategic issue reveals another.
With the implementation of digital technology, came the resistance to change and
implementing change agents brought about the awareness of having a safe-to-fail culture.
Joyce MedranoAustralian Defence Force
Introduction
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A Code of Ethics for Drone Users
Christian Enemark
University of Southhampton
Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Sitra Khan
Australian Defence Force
