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2020 was a big year for the nation, with Defence and defence industry playing an important role in the nation's post-COVID recovery. In this top five, we will cover the most popular Strike and Air Combat domain stories of the year.

In this podcast hosts Phil Tarrant and Steve Kuper discuss the massive year that wasfor the Royal Australian Air Force, which has seen major progress across the acquisition cycle including\xa0on some of Australia's largest Defence projects, with the growing fleet of fifth-generation\xa0F-35 Joint Strike Fighters and\xa0announcements around Australia's acquisition of an armed remotely piloted aerial system (RPAS).

2020\xa0has also seen major progress and advancements across the Air Force's fleet of E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning command and control aircraft, KC-30A Multi-role Tanker Transport (MRTT) and airlift aircraft fleet.\xa0

However, 2020 was a year dominated by a focus on air combat and strike capabilities with public conversation focusing on the F-35\xa0and America's decision to cancel the F-22 Raptor in the mid-2010s, with concerns about Australia's\xa0long-range strike capability gap\xa0becoming increasingly topical talking points.\xa0

Enjoy the podcast,\xa0

The Defence Connect team