If, as the eminent strategist and military historian Edward Luttwak has argued, the people in our armed services define themselves...

Economics is almost always a factor in warfare; in the case of advanced air power it is an imperative. 100 million-dollar baby: An RAAF...

A boom in consumer drone sales has spawned a counter-industry of start-ups aiming to stop drones flying where they shouldn’t, by...

Are Western defence forces obsessed with platforms at the expense of technological innovation? According to a recent history of the US’s...

Western defence forces need to do more to counter the emerging threat of COTS drones A COTS drone being tested by the US Army Cyber...

This year’s opening article revisits the F-35B debate sparked by Jenna Higgins’ post from December 2016. Steve George’s...

Australia’s 2016 Defence White Paper detailed the government’s intention to acquire armed unmanned aircraft within the next decade. A...

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

‘Flexibility is the key to air power’ is one of the favourite clichés of the professional airman. In this post, Flight Lieutenant Jenna...

Today, 2nd December, marks three months since The Central Blue published its first post. Though the start has been modest (25 posts...

When we discuss the politics of air power it is generally in the context of its employment, not its development. The F-35 appears to have...

The term ‘Red Team’ has made the transition from its origins within military war-gaming to the lexicon of both government and business....

The Air Tasking Order (ATO) is the cornerstone of modern air power command and control: If you’re not on the ATO, you don’t fly. But...

The study of strategy is a daunting undertaking. Not only must students wade through the dense tomes of the strategy masters but they...

The Royal Australian Air Force is experiencing a renewed focus on Professional Military Education and Training (PMET). Not only are...

The demand for airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) assets has grown exponentially in recent years, as commanders...

Strategic imagination is as important to the Royal Australian Air Force’s future success as the innovation that lies at the heart of Plan...

The success of the Royal Australian Air Force’s Plan JERICHO rests on the development of innovative ways to exploit the capabilities that...

‘Anyone writing airpower theory today has a great deal of rewriting to do, because some large conceptual weeds have been allowed to...

Recent incidents of civilian casualties resulting from air strikes in Syria, Yemen, and Afghanistan have brought the spotlight back onto...