Australia leverages its geography to shape its space ties with the US and address Defence needs.

LINKS TO: The RAAF Runway Content related to the Study of Military History

Extensive reading about air power enables military air force professionals to improve their strategic thinking, stay up-to-date with technological advancements, learn from history, understand policy and doctrine, enhance their professional development, foster critical thinking, manage risks effectively, and promote better interoperability with allies.

For the military professional reading military history is important because it provides valuable lessons, insights, and context for strategic thinking and decision-making in modern warfare.

This article provides a sobering account by a military historian Paul Fussell—who served in WW2 as an infantry officer—of what war is really like.

1950-1953: Korean War; fought between North Korea (supported by China, USSR) and South Korea (supported by UN, US). Ended in an armistice.

In the Battle of Britain, the UK employed an integrated air defence system to deny Nazi Germany air superiority over the English Channel and prevented Germany from invading the UK.