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“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act. ” 

Eric Arthur Blair, writing as George Orwell,
British writer and satirist , 1903 - 1950








Air Power Australia Aims




Australia requires a modern integrated joint national force structure for its
defence. The purpose of Air Power Australia is to contribute to the development
of such a joint force structure.


Air Power Australia is a non-profit entity established with the primary aim of
air power research and analysis, especially in the context of a modern
integrated joint national force structure.

Air Power Australia is not affiliated with the Department of Defence, the
Australian Defence Force or any other Commonwealth organisation.





Air Power Australia Website




The  Air Power Australia website was established in October, 2004, with the aim
of  promoting air power; stimulating public and parliamentary debate on air
power topics; educating the community; and, publishing and archiving papers and
articles on air power topics. The website covers a wide range of air,  land and
sea warfare topics, especially where these are related to the integration and
synergy of air, land and sea warfighting capabilities.

The views stated in posted articles are those of their respective authors, and
all posted materials retain the copyright of the respective owner or owners.




Air Power Australia Analyses
ISSN   1832-2433




Air Power Australia Analyses is Australia's first online peer reviewed scholarly
journal covering air power and related topics, established in 2004. Its aim is
to provide a platform for academic and professional research, analysis and
discussion papers focussed on the military science aspects of modern air power
and its applications. Research publications cover the areas of policy, policy
reform, strategy, technological strategy and basic technology. All publications
are fully peer reviewed, and APA policy is to engage two or more reviewers for
each publication.





Air Power Australia Background




Australia is on the threshold of a major reduction in its relative military
capabilities against the broader region. Since the early 1990s the region has
experienced unprecedented growth in military capabilities, most noticeably in
air power and in modern guided weapons, largely of Russian origin. In this
rapidly evolving strategic environment, Australia is actively reducing the
relative capability of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), rather than
seeking to maintain its historical advantage in capability.

This capability reduction is being effected in the short term by premature
retirement of the F-111 strike fleet, which provided around 50% of the nation's
strike capability. In the long term, myopic insistence on a single type
replacement of the F/A-18A and F-111 forces, the preferred Joint Strike Fighter 
to be used in roles it was not defined for.  It is thus not expected to provide
the capability advantages historically enjoyed by the RAAF, as it is a
battlefield strike and close air support system rather than a general purpose
fighter bomber like the F-22A. Numerous industry proposals to affordably
increase RAAF capability exist, for instance by further expansion of the tanker
fleet using surplus commercial airliners.

Unless Australia rapidly implements aggressive policy changes in long term
planning for the RAAF force structure, Australia's slide in capabilities
relative to the Asia-Pacific-Indian region will continue unabated.

Air Power Australia was founded by Dr Carlo Kopp and Mr Peter Goon.  The
research findings  presented by Air Power Australia are derived from rigorous
quantitative analyses that have been peer reviewed in order to provide a
benchmark for analytical technique and debate in Australia.  Air Power Australia
does not seek to dwell on the question of who is right or wrong when it comes to
Australia's defence capability needs; Air Power Australia will focus on what is 
right for Australia and future generations of Australians.

We hope APA website and associated endeavours contribute to securing a more
appropriate air power force structure for the defence of current and future
generations of Australians.  Our future will depend on an RAAF  force structure
which is more cost effective, reflects the innovative Australian ethos and
carries far less risk than that currently planned for by the Department of
Defence.






“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends
upon his not understanding it. ”


Upton Beall Sinclair, Jr.
I, Candidate for Governor: And How I Got Licked, 1935




“To conquer the command of the air means victory; to be beaten in the air means
defeat and acceptance of whatever terms the enemy may be pleased to impose... ”

“Victory will smile upon those who anticipate changes in the character of war,
not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after changes occur. ”  
               



General Giulio Douhet
The Command of the Air, 1921




























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