BLUF
Integrated with the RAAF’s Air Mobility Group, a modern airborne force would offer three core benefits highly relevant to the ADF’s evolving needs: rapid strategic response; flexible deterrence and presence; and support for littoral manoeuvre.Learning Outcomes
- Understand that Australia’s strategic environment has grown increasingly complex.
- Consider how an Australian airborne force could play a critical role in today’s military.
- Historical awareness that Australia’s airborne capability dates back to the Second World War, where the 1st Parachute Battalion was raised.
