Air and Space Power Conference 2024 Panel Moderator
Readiness and Resilience Across the Domains
Group Captain Hannah Jude-Smith
Chief of Staff to the Chief of Defence Force
Group Captain Hannah Jude-Smith joined the Royal Australian Air Force in 1999 as an intelligence officer and has conducted tactical intelligence for air combat, strike, maritime patrol, and control and reporting missions, both in Australia and on deployments in South East Asia and the Middle East. She has worked in operational intelligence roles in Combined Air and Space Operations Centres, and strategic intelligence roles with the Australian Signals Directorate. GPCAPT Jude-Smith commanded 87 Squadron, the Air Force’s mission intelligence squadron.
In addition to intelligence roles, GPCAPT Jude-Smith has conducted capability development and strategic planning for the Australian Defence Force, and a representational role in the United States.