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Mar 2, 20207 min read

Planning to Win: Structuring the Force – Part 2 – Gus McLachlan

MAJGEN Gus McLachlan AO (Retd) shares his thoughts on how to best approach force structure to gain a winning advantage.

Sep 2, 20186 min read

Preparing to Fight for the Skies Part 1 – Robert Vine

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...

Aug 8, 20184 min read

#jointstrike Closing the ADF’s Deterrence Gap – Malcolm Davis

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

May 6, 20187 min read

Air Force Culture in the 21st Century – Claire Pearson

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

Mar 21, 20187 min read

Observations on the Character of Future #highintensitywar – Jenna Higgins

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

Mar 4, 20186 min read

2026: Operation Iranian Freedom – Phil Walter, Diane Maye, and Nathan Finney

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

Feb 18, 20184 min read

#highintensitywar: A series introduction – Editors of TCB and From Balloons to Drones

18 February 2018 During 2017, a major war on the Korean Peninsula became a distinct possibility. As the rhetoric over North Korea’s...

Feb 4, 201811 min read

A Central Blue debrief with Air Marshal Errol McCormack AO (Retd.)

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

Jan 28, 20185 min read

A month on from #DEFAus17: An Officer Cadet breakin’ it down – Brent Moloney

#DEFAus17 is the key event for the Australian Defence Entrepreneurs Forum (DEF), affiliated with the US and UK branches as well as the Kiwi

Oct 8, 20175 min read

Exploiting the Niche: The C-27J Spartan Battlefield Airlifter — Brad Drew

Is the Spartan a miniature Hercules or an oversized Caribou? Brad Drew argues the Spartan’s unique combination of capabilities means the...

Jul 30, 20174 min read

The Australian Defence Force’s collaborative future is bright — David Caligari

In this post, our first serving Australian Army contributor — Captain David Caligari — argues collaboration across the Australian Defence...

Jul 16, 20176 min read

An ISR Force by Design — Paul Hay

This week saw the Australian Defence Force (ADF) undertake its largest amphibious landing since the Second World War as part of its...

May 12, 20174 min read

Silos of Intellectual Excellence — Emily Chapman

In this post, Emily Chapman makes the case for increased ‘jointness’ in professional education, outlining a number of proposals to...

Mar 13, 20174 min read

Meeting the challenge of integrated operations – Robbin Laird

Like the RAAF, the Royal Norwegian Air Force is currently undertaking a major modernisation program, including the acquisition of F-35As,...

Dec 14, 20166 min read

Chicken and Egg: Progressing Air-Land Integration – Nathan Thompson

One of the key ways of improving air-land integration in the Australian Defence Force is through the conduct of effective joint...