Air Marshal J. W. Newham, AC served as Chief of the Air Staff, RAAF from 21 May 1985 to 2 Jul 1987. After joining the RAAF in 1951, he flew fighter aircraft in Korea, Malta and Malaysia. In June 1973, he led the first flight of F111s on delivery from USA to Australia. He was Staff Officer Operations and Senior Air Staff Officer at Operational Command; Director-General Operational Requirements, Chief of Air Force Operations and Plans, Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and Head of the Australian Defence Staff in Washington. He is a graduate of the RAAF Staff College and the Royal College of Defence Studies.
Source Detail:
RAAF Air Power Studies Centre
ISBN 0 642 18866 1
Publication Type:
Original
Reviews:
The document is published with approval from the Director, Aerospace Centre (formerly, RAAF Air Power Studies Centre) and Air Marshal Newham. Although near 11 years have elapsed since the Air Marshal's presentation to the RAAF History Conference 1992, it can be viewed as an indictment of Australian Defence management; which has arguably degenerated to a shameful shambles with an ongoing succession of poor Force Structure and equipment procurement decisions. - BRIAN DIROU
