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Learning from the Adversary: Insights from the Early Russian Rotary-Wing Campaign
By Lt Col
Emiliano
Pellegrini
The rotary-wing attack platform differs from fixed-wing air power in both form and function – in many militaries it is not an air asset at all, but fire support with rotors, tasked and controlled by [...]
Rebalancing Combat Aviation Training
Integrating Synthetic Environments for Multi-Domain Mission Readiness
By Lt Col
Antonio
Gutierrez
Combat pilots have always preferred to fly, and that preference has shaped how militaries train. However, in recent decades, simulator training has increasingly supplemented live flight hours. As the synthetic training environment evolves in sophistication [...]
Faster Than the Threat
AI-Enabled Decision Advantage for NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence
By Lt Col
Sebastian
Kurzepa
It begins subtly, much like any other day on duty. Sensor networks deployed along NATO’s Eastern Flank start registering small deviations from expected patterns. At the same time, satellite imagery reveals launchers for advanced missile [...]
From Controller to Integrator
The Evolution of the TACP in Contested Airspace
By Maj
Harun
Elbeyi
For decades, Allied ground forces have operated on the assumption that fixed-wing air support would be available, responsive, and decisive. However, the evolution of the modern threat environment challenges this premise. Particularly along the Eastern [...]
Optical Satellite Communications
Lasers in Space are No Longer Sci-Fi
By Maj
Lucas J.
Stensberg
High in the Arctic Circle, a formation of Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACPs) flies an intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) mission to collect on enemy air defence systems. Beyond line-of-sight from any other airborne platform or [...]
Quantum Technologies for NATO Air and Space Power
Military Risks, Operational Implications, and the Imperative for Allied Action
By Lt Col
Nakul
Nayyar
By Lt
Dr. Matthias
Rößler
Once confined to academic laboratories, recent advances in quantum technologies have the potential to affect key enablers of NATO Joint Air and Space Power. Among those key enablers are Air Command and Control (Air C2), [...]
Bringing Directed Energy Weapons into Focus
Integrating Emerging Capabilities into NATO Air Defence
By Mr
James
Black
By Mr
Stuart
Dee
For some, directed energy weapons (DEWs) represent the realisation of a ‘Star Wars’ vision of modern conflict, and a timely solution to proliferating air, missile, and drone threats. The reality is that years of research [...]
Evolving Aerial Refuelling for Contested Airspace
By Maj
Eric
Yuan
Modern air campaigns are inherently dependent on the operational reach of tanker fleets. For decades, the Alliance designed an air operating model around the assumption that High Value Airborne Assets (HVAAs) could operate within safe [...]
Mind the Gap
Integrating NATO and NORAD C2 Across the Arctic
By Col
Kevin
Anderson
On 12 February 2026, Swedish Air Force JAS-39 Gripens departed Iceland for Greenland to join Royal Danish Air Force F-35s and German Typhoons in Operation Arctic Sentry, NATO’s first Enhanced Vigilance Activity (eVA) dedicated to [...]
How to Train Your Pilot
Rethinking Early Pilot Training in an Age of Live, Virtual, Constructive
By Col
William
Barksdale
By Col
Vito
Cracas
There is a memorable moment in the DreamWorks animated film ‘How to Train Your Dragon’, where the young protagonist, Hiccup, realises that no number of books or lectures can teach him to fly a dragon. [...]
The Hellenic International Flight Training Centre
A Strategic Enabler of NATO Air Power
By Maj Gen
Marios
Bantouvas
By Lt Col
Athanasios
Sdrakas
Pilot training has become a strategic determinant of combat air power. The technology of warfare has advanced rapidly, but training systems have not always evolved at a commensurate pace with modern aircraft systems. In contested [...]
Reflections on Five Years at the JAPCC
Strategic Change, Alliance Adaptation, and the Enduring Relevance of Joint Air and Space Power
By Lt Gen
Thorsten
Poschwatta
In the past five years, the world has changed with a speed and intensity few would have predicted. When I assumed my duties as Executive Director of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre, we were [...]
