April 2017 – The Central Blue

Fifth Generation Air Force: An Opportunity for Air Force to Adapt Physical and Medical Employment Standards – Ryan Ashen

In this post Squadron Leader Ryan Ashen argues that the changing workforce requirements of the Royal Australian Air Force as it transitions to a 'Fifth Generation Air Force' presents an opportunity to review its employment standards. The physical and medical standards of a Fifth Generation Air Force personnel may be quite different. I believe that a Fifth Generation Air Force [...]

By Editor|April 28th, 2017|Air Force|2 Comments

Air Power Command and Control Part I: Ideas Guide… – Chris McInnes

In a three-part series on the development of Western operational-level air power command and control arrangements, Wing Commander Chris McInnes looks at the interplay of ideas, technology, and people, as well as making some observations on the implications for Australian air power. In this first post, he looks at the ideas of air power [...]

By Editor|April 24th, 2017|Air Force, Future Warfare, Organisational Culture|1 Comment

Reflections on organisational change, merit and bias – Jenna Higgins

One of the key vectors in the Air Force Strategy 2017-2027 is ‘People Capability’, and Air Force has introduced a variety of strategies to increase representation of women to 25 percent by 2023. In this post, Flight Lieutenant Jenna Higgins reflects on the need to critically examine attitudes to merit and bias in order to bring [...]

By Editor|April 17th, 2017|Air Force, Organisational Culture|4 Comments

Are we missing out on valuable ISR opportunities? – Paul Hay

In a future networked force, can we afford to have single-mission platforms? Wing Commander Paul Hay makes the case for air mobility assets to be equipped with additional sensors, in order to optimise every asset and provide airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and communications capability across the operating environment. The acquisition of a suite [...]

By Editor|April 13th, 2017|5th Generation Air Power, Air Force, Capability Development, Future Warfare, Technology|2 Comments

Defending Australia in the Air-Sea Gap – Alan Stephens

This month marks the 75th anniversary of one of Australia’s most important feats of arms, the defence of Port Moresby by the Royal Australian Air Force’s No. 75 Squadron in March/April 1942. Between December 1941 and March 1942, Japanese forces shocked Australians when they swept southwards, capturing Malaya, the Netherlands East Indies and Rabaul in [...]

By Editor|April 10th, 2017|Air Force, History|Comments Off

The Hunter Killers: A Review – Squadron Leader Jimmy

Talk of innovation and the need for cross-pollination to break down stove-pipes is widespread in today's Air Force, but it is sometimes difficult for those in the field to see beyond the strategic messaging to embrace the operational importance of these concepts. In this review of The Hunter Killers: The Extraordinary Story of the [...]

By Editor|April 6th, 2017|History, Review|Comments Off

Moving Past the Capability Argument for an Inclusive Military – Jarrod Pendlebury

The Air Force recognises that diversity in the workplace will both increase the pool of potential recruits, and improve the quality of decision-making in the organisation. In this post 'Social Experimentation and Political Correctness Gone Mad: Moving past the Capability Argument for an Inclusive Military', Wing Commander Jarrod Pendlebury advocates for the need to [...]

By Editor|April 3rd, 2017|Air Force|1 Comment

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