Representatives from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States have met in the Northern Territory to discuss future collaborative air defense partnerships.
Senior strategy and logistics representatives from Australia, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and New Zealand attended the A4 Five Eyes Collaboration Forum (FVEYS) in the Northern Territory last month.
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This year’s forum, which provided air defense personnel with opportunities to strengthen partnerships and relationships with allies and promote logistics interoperability across the air domain, was themed “Strength in Partnership: Agile, Integrated, Ready,” demonstrated through the multinational collaboration on display at the event.
Air Force Air Commodore Sandy Turner, who hosted the event, highlighted the value of the connections and conversations FVEYS generated.
“The ability to meet face-to-face and have frank and honest conversations about the barriers and challenges each of our nations faces is incredibly important.”
“The forum ensures that we can operate together, both through competition and in times of conflict, if necessary. We share the same values and the same goal, which is to ensure stability and peace in the region,” he said.
At the five-day forum, representatives from each nation presented a national update on the current challenges and emerging threats they face. Maj. Gen. Kenyon Bell (US) said this type of discussion and updating is useful in centralizing allied readiness and establishing logistical and competitive advantages.
“Logistics wins wars,” he said.
“[The forum] “It makes sure we don’t exceed our ability to sustain ourselves from an operational standpoint.”
Following these discussions, the results of previous FVEYS exercises were discussed to assist in the planning of future multinational initiatives and exercises, all with the goal of increasing collaborative defense capabilities and increasing interoperability.
“We need to understand where our logistics are most important, where we need to work most closely with our partners and how best to maximize our interoperability,” said UK Royal Air Force Chief of Engineering and Logistics Air Commodore Watson.
“The more we can exercise and operate seamlessly together, the more effective deterrence we can provide to potential adversaries.”
