RAF Air Power

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Год / месяц: 2016
Язык: English
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FOREWORDS
13 Rt Hon Michael Fallon MP
Secretary of State for Defence
15 Air Chief Marshal Sir Andrew Pulford GCB CBE ADC
Chief of the Air Staff
18 Philip Dunne MP
Minister of State for Defence Procurement
23 Paul Everitt
Chief Executive, ADS Group
25 Simon Michell Editor, RAF Air Power 2016
PARTNER PERSPECTIVES
28 Plan Jericho: the Royal Australian Air Force’s blueprint for a networked and integrated air force
Air Marshal Leo Davies AO CSC Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force
31 Preparing for the F-35A
General Yoshiyuki Sugiyama, Chief of Staff of the Japanese Air Self-Defence Force
INSPIRATION  PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE
32 Inspiration and innovation: reverting to type?
A refl ection on the RAF’s tradition of innovation and inspiration, dating back almost 100 years, and its relevance in addressing future challenges
36 SDSR: accommodating change
The 2015 Strategic Defence and Security Review presents both opportunities and challenges, as the RAF
prepares to expand for the fi rst time in a generation
INNOVATION  FUTURE EQUIPMENT
40 Future fi ghter
Examining the enhanced capabilities that the fi fth-generation F-35B Lightning II stealth strike-fi ghter will bring to the RAF
46 Introducing the P-8A Poseidon
This multi-mission aircraft will enter into service by 2020, delivering much-needed interoperability
50 Synthesising the future
Typhoon remains one of the world’s most capable multi-role fi ghters, with incremental upgrades keeping it at the forefront of technology