Education and the Enlisted Aviator
Winner of the WOFF-AF Creative Writing Award, this Blog investigates how Air Force can improve its enlisted aviators opportunities without requiring them to commission.
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Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Space Weather: A Potential Threat?
Sitra Khan
Australian Defence Force
Aircraft Technical Trade Development: An Airman’s Perspective
An expert opinion by the first ever enlisted Air Force Aviator Chief of Air Force Fellow. In order to maintain the highest possible level of aircraft airworthiness and availability the RAAF has been training and employing aircraft technical trades people in one way or another since its establishment in 1921.
Development of an ADF Integrated Air and Missile Capability to Combat Advanced Air and Missile Threats - 2019 Wrigley Prize Winner
Access to foreign bases has long been a critical enabler of the ADF, and ongoing access will be key to Australia’s future security. In the past, these Forward Operating Bases (FOB) were considered relatively secure, however continual improvements to the range and accuracy of missiles acquired by adversarial militaries have made these bases attractive targets, being the seemingly soft underbelly of western militaries.
In order to continue utilisation of FOBs, and to guarantee the safety of deployed forces, the ADF cannot remain idle to the threat of advanced air and missile attacks. As such Australia must look to develop its Air and Missile Defence (AMD) capabilities in order to remain secure in future operations.
The aim of the essay is to discuss a range of AMD design and operating concepts to inform the development of an ADF Integrated AMD (IAMD) capability.
This essay will be structured into four key areas: western nations’ historical and future reliance on FOBs to project power; the emerging threat of powerful state and non-state actors; Australia’s response to emerging air and missile threats; and, IAMD design and operational concepts in an Australian context.
A Critical Dependence: Providing Logistics Support to Air Operations
Ensuring that logistics support is organised as a single, coherent system that removes duplication and assists in the provision of a consistent, comprehensive and complementary flow of logistics support through each of the levels of war to enable the effective application of air power.
Nuclear Engine Air Power
Ready to explore possibilities for nuclear-engine air power? An informative perspective for air power practitioners on the general characteristics, history, prospects, and risks of nuclear-engines as they potentially disrupt air power and space power.
Cyber Security and Aviation Operations
This presentation will highlight the challenges that aviation operations are facing today and describe a new UNSW Canberra research project on auto
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Dr Elena Sitnikova
RAAF Air Power Conference 1992: The Qualitative Edge - A Role for Air Power in Regional Cooperation
As a platform for addressing current and prospective regional security concerns, this book provides a valuable contribution to exploring ideas and furthering dialogue in an area of vital concern to future regional security
Chief of Air Force Symposium 2023 Panel 3 - Boosting Space Capabilities: What is Competitive Edge in Space Innovation?
The final panel of the Chief of Air Force Symposium 2023 is focussed on the space domain, and ways of boosting our capabilities in space.
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Dr Annie Handmer, Air Vice-Marshal Catherine Roberts, Professor Tanya Monro, Dr James Palmer, Mr Matt Pearson
Beyond the Planned Air Force
Beyond the Planned Air Force (BPAF) expands Air Force’s perspective beyond the objective force envisioned in the Defence White Paper 2016 (DWP16) a
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