Brian Weston - expands on the huge task Richard Williams faced when the Australian Air Force was established on 31 March, 1921 ‒ the prefix

Brian Weston - outline of who was Richard Williams, and why is there a foundation bearing his name.

Brian Weston - announcement in 1968 that Britain would withdraw from its interests 'East of Suez' was to have long reaching consequences...

Brian Weston -A national commitment of impressive proportions...led to the establishment of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO),

Brian Weston - culmination of these developments saw, by 1959, 50% of Australia’s operational fighter force (two squadrons CAC Sabre

The Malayan Emergency foreshadowed the long timescales involved in conducting counter-insurgency warfare

It was the declaration, on 18 June 1948, of the commencement of the Malayan Emergency following the murder of three British estate managers

The 11,500 men of the RAAF who fought as part of the RAF’s Bomber Command in World War II comprised only 2 per cent of all Australians who e

It might seem curious, therefore, that three of the greatest battles in which Australians have fought are not acknowledged.

“Network-centric” warfare has become something of a cliché in advanced defence forces, especially for today’s “fifth-generation” era of capa

It was the 19th century British prime minister, Lord Palmerston, who famously remarked that in international relations there are “no eternal

Air supremacy has been the essential start-point of every Western-led military campaign from the end of World War II up to today. The West’s

The new FEGs were the Tactical Fighter Group (TFG), which included the supporting air direction units of the Air Defence Ground Environment

command arrangements meant there was no single appointment responsible for the oversight of either the tactical fighter force or the tactica

Following the conclusion of World War II, it was therefore not surprising the RAAF included the notion of an operational air group in its po

As one of the world’s oldest air forces, the RAAF has some interesting history in how it has organised its elements of air power. Initially,

This year has seen many 75th anniversaries of battles and campaigns from the darkest hours of 1942 with the Battle of the Coral Sea (4 to 8

Like the two previous fighter transitions, each with their unique characteristics and challenges, the introduction of the F-35A will pose so

Dr Alan Stephens - There is no question that most air combat pilots would prefer the MiG-15 to the Meteor. But the belief that the MiG-15 “

Brian Weston - ...it was not surprising Australia sought to augment its combat power with a long-range strike capability, with the English E