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CONTENTS
VOLUME 29 NO 08 | NOVEMBER 2021
FOCUS ON
DEFENCE BUSINESS JP9360 focus on space 32
REGULAR NEWS
AND REPORTS
Editorial 04
News Review 06
Books 162
The View from Canberra 142
Corporate Profiles 143
From the Source 162
NEWS about the future 138
100 YEARS OF RAAF
A century of Australian airpower 1921 – 2021. P36
100 YEARS OF RAAF
The Royal Australian Air Force: 1921-2021 36 A conversation
RAAF ON OPERATIONS
The RAAF on operations and exercises. P78
with partner nations
RAAF Operational Picture Gallery
Training for the 21st Century
An airdrop like no other
Air Force’s heavy lifters
KC-30A and E-7A – the great enablers
Maintaining the information edge
FROM THE 68 SOURCE
Chief of Air 78 Force Air
Marshal
92 Mel Hupfeld
100 “WE ARE NOW IN THE 104 SECOND CENTURY OF AIR
FORCE, A FAST-MOVING 112 ERA FOR AUSTRALIAN AIR
AND SPACE POWER” 118 P162
Which submarine will Australia build? 06
RAAF to replace damaged Growler 13
CDIC to be replaced 13 US approves
Australian TNT 14 Loyal Wingman to be built in
Toowoomba 18 Bale Defence to build
rough terrain vehicles 18 First Block 3 Super Hornet
for US Navy 20 Babcock wins contract
for HF radio comms 20 Poseidon fleet
modifications complete 24
Engine defect strands
RAN minehunter 24
AIRPOWER
Air Force’s ISREW
specialists 54
F-35A – a critical node 58 Regional engagement
ON THE COVER: The RAAF celebrates 100 years in 2021 and looks to the next 100.
Air 6500 in-depth 130