Call for Submissions: #AirForce2121
Submissions due 1 October 2021 Following this week’s celebration of the Royal Australian Air Force’s 100 years of service, we at The...
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- Mar 31, 2021
- 2 min
How can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality? - Kate Yaxley
Look to the sky! In our third instalment in our series on how can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality, Squadron Leader Kate Yaxley draws...
- Mar 28, 2021
- 2 min
How can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality? - Luke Webb
In our second instalment in our series on how can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality, Luke Webb demonstrates how good questions are key...
- Mar 27, 2021
- 2 min
How can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality? - Matt Kelly
At the start of the year, The Central Blue posed the question: How can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality? We're excited to share with...
- Mar 20, 2021
- 10 min
Losing Jefferson
Can a machine grow beyond its programming and learn to be brave? Wing Commander Trav Hallen uses science fiction to explore an Air Force...
- Mar 14, 2021
- 8 min
The bedrocks of deterrence – National resilience, technology, innovation and strategy
The Central Blue editor, Wing Commander Ulas Yildirim, challenges current strategic thinking with a thought-provoking article on...
- Mar 6, 2021
- 3 min
#futureautonomous – Call for Submissions – Editorial
#futureautonomous On 8 April, The Sir Richard Williams Foundation is holding a seminar to discuss Next Generation Autonomous Systems. The...
- Feb 28, 2021
- 8 min
Effective risk management in an era of strategic competition: An alternative view
This week The Central Blue editor, Wing Commander Ulas Yildirim, discusses risk management within the Australian Defence Force. The...
- Feb 21, 2021
- 7 min
Developing, retaining and re-investing talent in the Defence workforce
In her first post, Flight Lieutenant Samantha Hewitt delved into the merits a break in service can offer, and how to choose if this is...
- Feb 14, 2021
- 9 min
Beyond Drones And Robots: Untapped Potential In The ADF
The future is now! Flight Lieutenant Jacob Simpson demonstrates how Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are practical and...
- Feb 7, 2021
- 8 min
Where the Good Ideas Are: Engaging Allies in the Contest of Ideas
The Central Blue welcomes back Wing Commander Trav Hallen, along with United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Clayton Aune in this week’s
- Jan 24, 2021
- 5 min
AVOCADO 101: An Air Force guide to the Australian Command and Staff Course - Matt Kelly
For the first post of 2021, The Central Blue welcomes Squadron Leader Matt Kelly to provide some timely advice for our Air Force readers
- Jan 7, 2021
- 1 min
Call for submissions: How can you help make the #AFSTRAT a reality?
Toward the end of 2020, The Central Blue made a call for submissions to answer the question: #AFSTRAT – What is the Air Force Strategy?
- Dec 13, 2020
- 4 min
Announcement: The Dr Alan Stephens Air Power Literary Prize winner
As we enter the final approach on the most astounding of years, we are also set to announce the inaugural winner of the Dr Alan Stephens Air
- Dec 7, 2020
- 9 min
#AFSTRAT 2020: Framework or Fallacy? - David Hood
Our final instalment within the #AFSTRAT series is offered by Wing Commander David Hood who pits the new strategic vision against strategist
- Nov 29, 2020
- 12 min
#AFSTRAT: Creative Forces – Concepts to Support Military Creativity – Chris Kourloufas
The Air Force Strategy 2020 directs command teams to be novel, creative and think critically to challenge the status quo. This is necessary
- Nov 22, 2020
- 6 min
#AFSTRAT 2020: We’re on the road to… somewhere – Marija Jovanovich
History is a story written by the victors – but how do we formulate the story when history hasn’t happened yet?
- Nov 15, 2020
- 6 min
How RAAF Air Power Lost Its #AFSTRAT and Got It Back - Dr Heather Venable
The Royal Australian Air Force is breaking through nearly a century of Western militaries’ operational focused 'air force strategy.'
- Nov 10, 2020
- 5 min
#AFSTRAT: Agile and Coherent Governance: More Than Just a New Set of Regulations – Josh Vicino
The Central Blue welcomes Josh Vicino, who is sharing his thoughts in The Central Blue’s latest series, ‘What is the Air Force Strategy?’...
- Oct 25, 2020
- 4 min
#AFSTRAT: Seeing the Bigger Picture: Developing Strategic Acumen in RAAF Personnel – Matt Kelly
The Central Blue welcomes first-time contributor Matt Kelly, who is the first to share his thoughts in The Central Blue’s latest series,...
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