{"id":63555,"date":"2021-03-31T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T04:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/?p=63555"},"modified":"2021-03-31T16:45:36","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T05:45:36","slug":"usaf-pacific-chief-says-fifth-generation-raaf-a-leader-in-the-indo-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/usaf-pacific-chief-says-fifth-generation-raaf-a-leader-in-the-indo-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"USAF Pacific chief says fifth-generation RAAF a leader in the Indo-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"801\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-63561\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35s3103.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35s3103.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35s3103-205x137.jpg 205w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35s3103-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35s3103-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/f35s3103-332x221.jpg 332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>At a time of increasing strategic tension in the Indo-Pacific, the United States sees the Royal Australian Air Force as an extremely capable partner in the region.<\/p>\n<p>Interviewed by <em>The Strategist<\/em>, the commander of the US Pacific Air Forces and of the air component of US Indo-Pacific Command, General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, says he\u2019s flown and operated with the RAAF throughout his career and it\u2019s an \u2018absolutely top-notch\u2019 air force. \u2018There really is none better from the professional wisdom standpoint,\u2019 he says.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ek0ax4hdytU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Now you\u2019re leading the world in many aspects of putting together airpower in a way that can create effects across a wide spectrum of capabilities. That\u2019s impressive and we\u2019re watching and following, frankly, from the US Air Force standpoint in many ways.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>One platform that has deeply impressed Wilsbach is the E-7A Wedgetail command and control aircraft based on Boeing\u2019s 737 airliner and developed for the RAAF\u2014which turns 100 today.<\/p>\n<p>The Wedgetail proved highly successful on missions over Iraq and Syria during the war on the Islamic State terror group and Wilsbach saw it at close quarters when he was director of operations for US Central Command. \u2018They did a fantastic job.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He sees the Wedgetail as an ideal contender to replace the ageing E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft, or AWACS, used by the US. \u2018I\u2019ve been a huge fan of the E-7, from the standpoint of reliability, but it\u2019s got a lot of capabilities that the E-3 does not have,\u2019 Wilsbach says.<\/p>\n<p>PACAF is responsible for a vast region\u2014about half the world\u2019s surface\u2014much of it covered by water. There aren\u2019t a lot of ground-based radars, says Wilsbach. \u2018We certainly can get some situational awareness from space, but the fact is, is that we need to have an airborne moving target indicator, some kind of aircraft that has a radar on it or a sensor on it that can detect flying objects and then network that information back to the air operations centre and shooters, for that matter.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wilsbach has also been extensively briefed on Boeing Australia\u2019s \u2018loyal wingman\u2019 program and saw the uncrewed aircraft take its first flight at the Woomera testing range in February. He says the USAF is very interested in the wingman and in manned\u2013unmanned teaming and unmanned platforms generally.<\/p>\n<p>Attacking a well-defended target, an aircraft with a highly trained pilot might not come back. But if the wingman gets shot down, there\u2019s not the worry that you\u2019ve \u2018lost a buddy,\u2019 Wilsbach says. \u2018We\u2019re certainly watching it very closely and evaluating how we want to implement this as we go into the future.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He says it\u2019s remarkable that the wingman took just three years to develop to its first flight. \u2018And I\u2019m really thankful for the leadership that the RAAF has shown.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re in follow mode right now and we\u2019re quite happy about that because the RAAF has been a leader a number of times throughout history.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He says he\u2019s impressed at the effectiveness with which the RAAF is assembling a fifth-generation air force. \u2018That\u2019s another area of leadership that\u2019s very impressive.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s 2020 defence strategic update indicated that the security situation in the Indo-Pacific was deteriorating and raised the possibility of a major conflict arising with much less than the 10 years\u2019 warning time previously considered likely. So, how seriously does the PACAF commander view the situation and how important is it for his nation to have allies in the region?<\/p>\n<p>Wilsbach says he\u2019s concerned about developments in the region, including what China is doing in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the Chinese Communist Party, not necessarily the Chinese people themselves, he says, had promised the people of Hong Kong that they could exercise democratic principles. Now they\u2019ve gone back on that promise.<\/p>\n<p>Then there\u2019s friction on China\u2019s land border with India, where China has taken over land that India claims.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We feel like that\u2019s not in accordance with international law and certainly is abrasive to one of their neighbours. We\u2019ve seen them in the South China Sea and the East China Sea, either taking over islands that didn\u2019t belong to them or building new ones from reefs or sand bars or whatever. That\u2019s certainly not in accordance with international law. We\u2019ve seen them exercising economic coercion. When they don\u2019t like something that a country has done, they impose pretty aggressive economic measures to place costs on that country.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>When Seoul agreed to allow the US to put the THAAD missile defence system on the peninsula, China imposed economic measures that cost South Korea millions and perhaps billions of dollars.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And then the predatory lending processes that we\u2019ve seen around the region, where they lend a bunch of money to nations that need help with one thing or another, knowing that they can\u2019t pay them back, and then use that as leverage to get something that they want. And I call that buyer\u2019s remorse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All of these things lead me to be concerned about a lack of a rule of law and a respect for other nations by complying with international law and norms. That has me worried.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The situation demonstrates the importance of allies, says Wilsbach.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That\u2019s the one thing that we\u2019ve got going for us because if you look at the number of countries that will line up and say, \u201cYeah, I\u2019m with China\u201d, it\u2019s a pretty short list. But if you look at the number of countries that are like-minded, like the US and Australia, there\u2019s a lot on our team.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We can take advantage of that because when China looks at the US or if they look at Australia, they\u2019re not just looking at Australia or the US, they\u2019re looking at our entire team and they\u2019ve got to put that into their calculus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018If they want to take it to the next level and create a conflict or a crisis, they have to calculate through what that\u2019s going to mean for them, if we\u2019re relatively unified. And I think that\u2019s the strength of having allies and partners that are like-minded and are working toward objectives together.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Joint training on intense exercises such as Australia\u2019s Talisman Sabre and the US\u2019s Cope North and Red Flag is vital to give the allies an edge, Wilsbach says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We intend for those types of training to stress the force and to present difficult problems for the tacticians to solve \u2026 because they\u2019ll improve their performance. They\u2019ll increase their capability over time and then they\u2019ll learn and they\u2019ll actually develop new tactics, new techniques, new procedures to be able to win in a very difficult environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Potential adversaries are also doing this and they\u2019re getting better as well. We absolutely need to make this difficult because our adversaries will try to make it difficult if we ever get into a conflict. That\u2019s why it\u2019s so important to do this on a high end, as well as frequently, because these are skills that are perishable oftentimes and we want to make sure that we\u2019re proficient at these events as well.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Australia refers to contested areas short of conflict as the \u2018grey zone\u2019 and it\u2019s strongly focused on competing effectively there with potential adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We have different terminology, but it means the same thing,\u2019 says Wilsbach. \u2018We call it competition. I think it\u2019s very, very similar.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>He says dealings with a potential opponent can\u2019t be limited to military activity. \u2018In the US, we\u2019re counting on other parts of our government to help us out with this competition.\u2019 That\u2019s likely to involve the State Department, Treasury, Commerce and more. A whole-of-government effort is likely to be much more effective than military action alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018All of those things will be important to perhaps avoid a crisis or a conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We\u2019re competing every single day in our operations, not just in the air force but \u2026 the navy and the marines and the army and the space force are conducting operations to compete with our adversaries around the globe. In my area of responsibility, that means China. It means Russia. It means North Korea and other parts of the globe. It means Iran. Those are the main competitors for us at the moment.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>RAAF chief Air Marshal Mel Hupfeld <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspistrategist.ru\/air-force-chief-says-raaf-will-be-faster-smarter-and-have-longer-reach-in-its-next-100-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told <em>The Strategist<\/em><\/a> recently that technology was developing so fast that there has to be very careful examination of what could replace traditional aircraft or other platforms. It might not even be aircraft, but space-based sensors linked to weapon systems on the land or oceans.<\/p>\n<p>The US military is advancing a concept it calls joint all-domain command and control, or JADC2, designed to connect information-gathering systems from all of the services into a single network.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The point of JADC2 is to create dilemmas for your adversary at a volume and a pace that makes a coherent response impossible,\u2019 says Wilsbach.<\/p>\n<p>He wants to expand these principles to bring in allies and partners as well to create what he calls \u2018synchronised and integrated fires\u2019. \u2018They could be kinetic or non-kinetic. They could happen from space. They could happen from cyber. They could be subsurface by a submarine, they certainly could be from an aircraft, and so on.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Once a force knows what\u2019s happening in the environment, awareness of all of those domains, along with the ability to instruct those deployed to create effects synchronised with the other effects, is a combination that\u2019s very difficult for an opponent to respond to, Wilsbach says. \u2018You\u2019ll be creating those effects so fast that your adversary will not be able to respond in a way that will be effective for them.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The technology to pull it all together is evolving rapidly. \u2018We\u2019ve got to be really careful because the technology that we\u2019re acquiring today is incredibly expensive, and you don\u2019t want to buy something that\u2019s going to be obsolete in a few years or even next year. We have to be very wise and cautious as we go forward, to pick technologies that will be worth their weight.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wilsbach says the enduring ties that bind the Australian and US air forces are the same ties that bind the two nations and other allies. \u2018And that is like-mindedness from the standpoint of our national objectives of freedom and democracy and the rule of law.\u2019 Certainly, he says, Australia and the US share the objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific in a rules-based order.<\/p>\n<p>He says he has prepared a video to be sent to the RAAF to mark its anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And the other message that we\u2019ll have is, \u201cThank you for the incredible friendship\u201d, because it\u2019s not lost on me that every time I have been in harm\u2019s way, I\u2019ve been either shoulder to shoulder or in very close proximity to an Aussie. And what that says to me is that we share values and we\u2019re willing to commit our nations\u2019 treasures, which are really our young people, to further peace and stability and freedom around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018And that means a lot to me. And I know it means a lot to the Australian people. And so we\u2019re thrilled for the RAAF celebrating their hundredth anniversary. And we\u2019ll definitely be celebrating with you.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At a time of increasing strategic tension in the Indo-Pacific, the United States sees the Royal Australian Air Force as an extremely capable partner in the region. 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