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.
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.
Air and space power are critical to the conduct of Australian air operations in ADF joint warfighting.
China's current and evolving grey zone activities in the South China Sea, the East China Sea and Ladakh region
Air forces have long demonstrated warfighting effectiveness through the lethal application of air power in the battlefield.
In the Australian strategic consciousness the Pacific Islands loom very large.
In late 2020 the Chief of Air Force, Air Marshal M.
This presentation was a discussion on the growing interest in, and challenges with, Human-Machine Teaming (HMT).
Despite extremely positive academic and political rhetoric regarding the future of the defence relationship between the Royal Australian Air Force
