The Air Force Strategy 2020 directs command teams to be novel, creative and think critically to challenge the status quo. This is necessary

The Central Blue welcomes first-time contributor Matt Kelly, who is the first to share his thoughts in The Central Blue’s latest series,...

2020’s time dilation makes Elon Musk’s comments about the end of the fighter jet era at February’s Air Warfare Symposium seem far more than

In his first post with The Central Blue, Mark Bell encourages our readership to engage more, and encourage reading and reflection by merely

Air forces are generally techno-centric organisations, and often express themselves through technology.

First Class People for a Fifth-Generation Air Force Part 2: Where Next? How? – Ulie Yildirim

Two thousand eighteen has been another busy year for The Central Blue as we continue to pursue the blog’s aims of fostering informed discuss

Editorial Note: There is no doubt that people are our greatest asset and the key to fully realising a fifth-generation Air Force. We are...

Chris McInnes explores the role of cognition in warfare and asks whether we understand the types of cognition needed in the future, and what

Robert Vine continues his exploration of the Australian Defence Force’s (ADF) future challenges and options for controlling the air by

02 September 2018 Since the end of the Cold War, Western air operations and training  have been built on wresting control of the air over...

17 August 2018 On 23 August 2018, the Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar on #jointstrike to discuss the imperative for...

20 July 2018 marked the 49th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landing on the Moon. To mark that occasion and contribute to...

Culture is what defines, unites, and sets a group apart from others. Within the Air Force, culture drives formal and informal rules in how w

Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that

Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series of articles that

11 March 2018 Editorial Note: Between February and April 2018, The Central Blue and From Balloons to Drones, will be publishing a series...

14 February 2018 In this final post in his four-part series exploring the history of Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) organisational...

11 February 2018 In his previous two posts, Brian Weston has described the changes in the RAAF’s organisational structure from formation...

n the second Central Blue debrief, we talk with former Chief of Air Force Air Marshal Errol McCormack (Retd.) about his Air Force career