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Exploring the development of air power from the earliest days of flight to now and the future.
Editors: Dr Ross Mahoney, Dr Maria Burczynska, Dr Mike Hankins, Dr Brian Laslie, Abby Whitlock and Luca Chadwick.
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Editors: Dr Ross Mahoney, Dr Maria Burczynska, Dr Mike Hankins, Dr Brian Laslie, Abby Whitlock and Luca Chadwick.
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Great to be able to speak to Brian Hemingway about his father's wartime servicesnd to view his logbook and medals. Brian shared a real insight into John as a person and his service separate to the mythology of the Battle.
November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Great to be able to speak to Brian Hemingway about his father's wartime servicesnd to view his logbook and medals. Brian shared a real insight into John as a person and his service separate to the mythology of the Battle.
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A couple of useful hours spent at the AWM starting some research on the official history of the RAAF during the Second World War and the War History Section.
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 AM
A couple of useful hours spent at the AWM starting some research on the official history of the RAAF during the Second World War and the War History Section.
#Commentary – Filling the Fighter Gap: TürkiyeTurns to the Eurofighter After the F-35 Fallout balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/25/c...
#Commentary – Filling the Fighter Gap: TürkiyeTurns to the Eurofighter After the F-35 Fallout
By Ömer Ergün Özkan “If we cannot get the F-35, we will evaluate other options.” “There is no way we will step back from the S-400s.” “If the promises given to us are not kept, we will not approve …
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November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#Commentary – Filling the Fighter Gap: TürkiyeTurns to the Eurofighter After the F-35 Fallout balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/25/c...
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A job... Well, it's from 1950, but still!
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A job... Well, it's from 1950, but still!
In a recent #BookReview, @airpowerhistory.bsky.social reviews 'Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning,' edited by Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emaunuele Sica. balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b... #airpowehistory #PMEmatters
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In a recent #BookReview, @airpowerhistory.bsky.social reviews 'Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning,' edited by Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emaunuele Sica. balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b... #airpowehistory #PMEmatters
In our #latest #BookReview, John Abbatiello reviews Kathy Wilson's 'Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars.' Published by @kentuckypress.bsky.social balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/18/b... #airpowerhistory #WW2
#BookReview – Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars
Reviewed by Dr John J. Abbatiello Kathy Wilson, Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2024. Il…
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November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
In our #latest #BookReview, John Abbatiello reviews Kathy Wilson's 'Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars.' Published by @kentuckypress.bsky.social balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/18/b... #airpowerhistory #WW2
#BookReview – Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/18/b...
#BookReview – Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars
Reviewed by Dr John J. Abbatiello Kathy Wilson, Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2024. Il…
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November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
#BookReview – Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/18/b...
4th, 5th, 6th Generation Fighters: One Big Myth Is Warping Airpower Strategy - nationalsecurityjournal.org/4th-5th-6th-...
4th, 5th, 6th Generation Fighters: One Big Myth Is Warping Airpower Strategy
Do 4th-, 5th- and 6th-generation fighter labels help us think about airpower, or are they hiding the real technology choices the U.S. must make?
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November 18, 2025 at 11:04 AM
4th, 5th, 6th Generation Fighters: One Big Myth Is Warping Airpower Strategy - nationalsecurityjournal.org/4th-5th-6th-...
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Sometimes, the most mundane-sounding documents reveal the most critical insights, such as who reported to whom. This comes from a source called the 'Distribution of Duties.' It's an RAAF publication outlining roles for those who worked at RAAF HQ (the RAF had something similar).
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sometimes, the most mundane-sounding documents reveal the most critical insights, such as who reported to whom. This comes from a source called the 'Distribution of Duties.' It's an RAAF publication outlining roles for those who worked at RAAF HQ (the RAF had something similar).
#Updated - The @balloons2drones.bsky.social 'Air and Space Power Bibliography' now contains 1,779 titles and is growing. www.zotero.org/groups/51104...
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#Updated - The @balloons2drones.bsky.social 'Air and Space Power Bibliography' now contains 1,779 titles and is growing. www.zotero.org/groups/51104...
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Jan Smuts, zeroth air minister? airminded.org/2025/11/12/j...
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💻 If you missed last week's webinar ‘The Next Battle of Britain: IAMD in the Age of Escalation’ you can now catch up online.
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November 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
💻 If you missed last week's webinar ‘The Next Battle of Britain: IAMD in the Age of Escalation’ you can now catch up online.
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Innovating Combat Preparations during the U.S. War in Vietnam: The Genesis of Enhanced Air Force Training direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
Innovating Combat Preparations during the U.S. War in Vietnam: The Genesis of Enhanced Air Force Training
Abstract. The U.S. Air Force's periodic Red Flag exercises, starting in late 1975, came about as a result of evolutionary institutional changes in how the Air Force trained its pilots for war. Contrar...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Innovating Combat Preparations during the U.S. War in Vietnam: The Genesis of Enhanced Air Force Training direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
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#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b...
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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How do European and American Developments in Early Airpower Compare? www.rfmwilliams.com/how-do-europ...
How do European and American Developments in Early Airpower Compare? — R.F.M. Williams
Between 1905 and 1914, the various powers in Europe and the United States developed air power at a much different rate. During this period, the United States lagged behind significantly in air power d...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:56 PM
How do European and American Developments in Early Airpower Compare? www.rfmwilliams.com/how-do-europ...
How Australia could build a northern wall of drones | Malcolm Davis | www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-australi...
How Australia could build a northern wall of drones | The Strategist
Australia should consider implementing a wall of drones to its north, to enhance its strategy of denial, consistent with its unique strategic and operational circumstances. Such a drone wall would con...
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November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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#updated - Air and Space Power Bibliography. Now consists of 1,710 items! www.zotero.org/groups/51104... #airpower #AvGeek
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#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Attack Helicopters Must Hunt the Hunters
“Bingo” means the point of no return: the call that fuel is running dry and the mission is over. The same call now threatens the attack helicopter itself.
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