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  • 19 Apr 2010 - - Time - Defense of the Realm: Britain's Armed Forces Crisis IISS LogoSuch assertions cut little ice with 60% of his compatriots who, according to a survey for the National Army Museum, believe Britain should never have gone into Iraq. The real value of the inquiry may lie in the detailed testimonies provided by witnesses from politics, civil service and the military that are forming a kind of virtual manual of how to not to run such operations. General Frederick Viggers, Britain's senior military representative in Iraq in 2003, told the inquiry that a lack of expertise in Wh
  • 24 Feb 2010 - - Aviation Week - U.K. AESA Radar Drive Focuses On Typhoon Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ Air Marshal Steve Dalton, the chief of the air staff, says he wants to neck down to the Typhoon and the Lockheed Martin F-35 as soon as practicable. This includes the provision of a complex ground attack capability on the Typhoon. Last week at the International Institute of Strategic Studies, Dalton also raised the issue of the remaining fatigue life in the GR4 fleet, given the higher than expected operational utilization.
  • 18 Feb 2010 - - Independent - Falkland Islands: First it was sovereignty, now it's oil Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ Earlier this week Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, the head of the Royal Air Force, drew attention to the situation in the South Atlantic in a speech to the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) referred to the increasingly tense situation around the Falkland Islands to stress the need for maintaining air superiority.
  • 17 Feb 2010 - - Xinhua News - British air force chief joins public debate over future defense strategy Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ The professional head of Britain's air force joined the public debate around the British government's plans for its armed forces with a speech which argued that jet fighters should not be cut to save money in the defence budget. Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton said in his speech "Dominant Airpower in the Information Age" given at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, a London-based thinktank.
  • 17 Feb 2010 - - Independent - Sir Stephen Dalton: Modern warfare makes the RAF more, not less, crucial to Britain Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ Air and space power isn't an optional luxury that can be added to an erstwhile military operation on the ground or at sea; rather, it provides the essential foundation for any sort of military endeavour. Air power is unique. It sets and shapes the critical conditions before and during operations on the ground or at sea. There are circumstances when air power alone has the capability to achieve the desired political or military effects, just as in the 1920s and 1990s or early 2000s. Consider those situations
  • 16 Feb 2010 - - Scotsman - Air power is not an 'optional luxury', says Chief Marshal Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ In a speech to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, he said that it was important to retain the ability to mount a wide range of operations using various "levers" of force.
  • 16 Feb 2010 - - Financial Times - Air force chief defends role and spending Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ Britain must resist squandering the strength of its air force by allowing Afghanistan to be a prison for our thinking about overhauling the armed forces, the head of the air force said on Monday. In a forthright speech that challenged arguments made by other service chiefs, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, chief of the air staff, argued that to prepare for yesterdays requirements for counterinsurgency would be dangerous and wrong.
  • 16 Feb 2010 - - Guardian - RAF chief backs power in the skies Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton speaks on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’ Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton, chief of the air staff, said the Afghanistan campaign would not necessarily be a model for future overseas operations, and warned that the post-election strategic defence review should not focus only on building a "niche" counter-insurgency force. In an apparent dig at General Sir David Richards, the head of the army, Dalton told the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London: "We need to think very carefully whether our Afghanistan-era force structure is a
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‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’

Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton

On Monday 15 February 2010, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton KCB ADC BSc FRAeS CCMI RAF,  Chief of the Air Staff delivered an address on ‘Dominant Air Power in the Information Age’. Read More

 

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The second in a series of addresses on defence strategy by UK service chiefs


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Air Chief Marshal Dalton Address