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Rapid Force Projection - Conference Proceedings
Multiple challenges are coming fast and simultaneously creating a future operational environment of unprecedented complexity. For example:
The Path to 5th Generation Electronic Warfare
Defence forces worldwide need to transform their air forces into organisations that can accommodate 5th generation air power technologies in joint
SAASS Paper No 6: Windows of Opportunity: East Timor and Australian Strategic Decision Making
This publication was initially published as part of the Drew Papers series by Air University Press, Alabam US.
RAAF Air Power Conference 1994: The War in the Air 1914–1994
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.
An Australian Space Industrial Base – Grand Strategy or Strategy of Grandeur?
It’s a pivotal moment to be engaged in the space sector in Australia.
WOFF-AF Creative Writing Award
The Warrant Officer of the Air Force (WOFF-AF) Creative Writing Award is now open for submissions. Submissions are not limited to essays or fo
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.
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.
New Year, Old Roots
For many Australian Defence Force members, their youth was spent in either Air Force, Army or Navy Cadets; and for some of our Air and Space Power