As the prevailing geo-strategic circumstances continue to deteriorate at an alarming rate, and the 4th Industrial Revolution accelerates the global proliferation of advanced technology, how can air forces further develop a competitive advantage through more effective training?
John Conway
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“If we lose the war in the air, we lose the war; and we lose it quickly.”
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At what cost efficiency? One of the more difficult projects for Defence to conceive, plan, and execute, is an enterprise training system – and no more so than a defence…
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Critical questions around people power at the opening of the RAAF’s 100 years What makes the Royal Australian Air Force a great air force? And as Australia’s strategic circumstances evolve…
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AIR 6500 – Closing the gap between artificial intelligence and human performance Air forces, and defence forces more broadly, must find new ways of responding to an increasingly complex, lethal,…
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The time is right to review the integration of defence industry with ADF capability
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As Western militaries finalise the long and slow withdrawal from counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations in the Middle East, an even more complex problem arises: the problem of re-calibrating operational risk for activities below the threshold of conventional warfare in ‘grey zone’ competition.
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This in-depth feature outlines the need for a unifying mission to replace the counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency narrative of the past two decades
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History matters. While doctrine, tactics and plans tell us how to fight in the future, history teaches us what went wrong in the past.
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By John Conway This article appeared in the NOV-DEC 2019 issue of ADBR For Colonel Muammar Gadaffi and the Libyan military, a ten-minute window in the early hours of April 15 1986 would have been complete chaos. With…
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This article appeared in the JAN-FEB 2019 issue of ADBR. The arrival of the F-35A Lightning and transition to normal flying operations in Australia is underway. While the aircraft has received most of the publicity…
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The concept of a ‘wingman’ is as old as military aviation itself. Providing mutual support within a formation, the purpose of a wingman was established to protect the flight lead and provide…
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By John Conway The 2016 Defence White Paper categorically states “our most basic Strategic Defence Interest is a secure, resilient Australia. The first Strategic Defence Objective is to deter, deny…
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Why the F-35 is a force multiplier and accelerant in the next generation battlespace By John Conway This feature focuses on human factors and recent experience of air combat to…
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In the second instalment of this two-part feature, ADBR will look back on operational experience from the Cold War era in the air-land environment and identify some of the enduring…
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This feature appeared in the May-June issue of ADBR. Besides Jericho, there is another seven-letter, three-syllable word, beginning with ‘J’ currently doing the rounds in Defence circles – JEMSORA. Under…