It is an honour to introduce my first edition of the JAPCC Journal as the new Assistant Director, especially during the significant milestone of JAPCC’s 20 anniversary. This moment invites reflection on the past two decades and [...]

Since the beginning of the Cold War, NATO’s extended military presence has been broadly located in Northwestern Europe. Much of its military logistical infrastructure is located in the English tidal range, consisting of European coastal [...]

‘Prospicere in pace oportet quod bellum iuvet’ – ‘Prepare in peace what you may need for war.’ This timeless Latin adage has never been more relevant. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped Europe’s security landscape, [...]

The rapidly evolving landscape of contemporary warfare has introduced new challenges to Integrated Air and Missile Defence (IAMD) and fundamentally altered the dynamics of defence and deterrence within NATO. Emerging threats, such as Unmanned Aircraft [...]

‘I believe that in the future, whoever holds Alaska will hold the world.’ Billy Mitchell, US military aviation pioneer Alaska may appear isolated on a map, but it is actually the closest US state to [...]

On the modern battlefield, military forces face a complex environment where success depends on controlling geographic domains such as land, air, sea, and space while exploiting non-physical operational areas like cyberspace, the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS), [...]

In May 2024, the Secretary of the US Air Force, Frank Kendall, took a groundbreaking flight aboard a modified F-16 (X-62A VISTA), while it was controlled exclusively by autonomous, artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled software. As the [...]

NATO has enthusiastically embraced the procurement of the F-35 Lighting II, and for good reason. The aircraft’s incredible capabilities contribute significantly towards deterring NATO’s security threats. However, with all the emphasis on the F-35, it [...]

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not new in the military context. Often, however, AI is misunderstood as software able to create autonomous weapons systems (aircraft, robots, decision-making tools, etc.). Both the civilian and military realms have [...]

In April last year, we marked an important milestone in Romania’s recent history by celebrating the 20 anniversary of establishing NATO’s first air headquarters, now Allied Air Command. I want to offer the readers an overview [...]

In modern warfare, where skies serve as both battlegrounds and corridors of deterrence, the mastery of air power stands paramount. It is the backbone upon which nations’ and alliances’ defence and deterrence capabilities rest. Our era, defined [...]

After an exhilarating three years in Kalkar, my tenure as the JAPCC Assistant Director and Managing Editor of this Journal will end in September 2024. I am immensely grateful to my editorial team, under the [...]