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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 James Jeffries. https://balloonstodrones.com
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#airpowerhistory vs #aviationhistory. Is there a difference? What, where, and why?

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Interestingly, even during the Second World War, Luftwaffe officers could keep up with what was published by the enemy. Here, an officer references de Seversky's 'Victory through Air Power' in a 1944 lecture at Gatow. #airpowerhistory #WW2

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Decoding WWII Plane Nose Art www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles... #airpowerhistory

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More books to look forward to... including titles by @mike-bechthold.bsky.social and @spitfirefilly.bsky.social drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/02/11/m... #airpowerhistory

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Would you like to see some reviews of journal articles added to our publishing repertoire? #airpower

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He does...

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Delivering #Airpower: How Innovation in Wartime Foreshadowed Modern Supply Chain Strategies muse.jhu.edu/article/951056

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#BookReview – A Reluctant Icon: Letters to Neil Armstrong balloonstodrones.com/2025/02/10/b...

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#Podcast - Look Ahead at 2025's Aerospace Books balloonstodrones.com/2025/02/04/p...

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Currently trying to rebuild a planned edited collection on the culture of air forces.

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Don't forget to sign up for our collaborative bibliography on @zotero.org, edited by the team from @balloons2drones.bsky.social. Covers #airpowerhistory, theory, and current operations in their broadest sense, including #spacepower. www.zotero.org/groups/51104... #plsRT

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North Vietnam’s Top Aerial Ace of the Vietnam War was a Menace nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/no...

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#CallforSubmissions - From Balloons to Drones balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #avgeek

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What are you looking forward to this year?

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OODA Loop or Coffee Break? Erich Hartmann and the Forgotten German ‘Decision Cycle’ balloonstodrones.com/2024/12/17/o... #airpowerhistory

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Did you know we publish #bookreviews that aim to be an accessible collection of open-access appraisals of recent publications and classic works about #airpower? If you want your review published, contact our book reviews editor, @brianlaslie.bsky.social #airpowerhistory #AviationHistory #avgeek

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#CallforSubmissions - From Balloons to Drones balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #airpowerhistory #airpower #aviationhistory

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Happy New Year to all our editors, contributors, and followers. Here is to an exciting 2025!

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#Acquisitions - Relentless Skies - Volume 1: The Most Efficient Airman (1910-1942) drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/01/01/a...

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What #airpower related goodies did you get for #Xmas?

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Merry Christmas to our editors, contributors, and followers. We hope you had a great time. (We know we are a day late, but we we having a day off 😉)

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As we near the end of 2024, what has been the best #airpower/aviation book released this year? #discuss #airpowerhistory ##aviationhistory

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'OODA Loop or Coffee Break? Erich Hartmann and the Forgotten German ‘Decision Cycle’' by Stephen Robinson balloonstodrones.com/2024/12/17/o... #airpowerhistory

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We are looking for book reviewers. If you are a postgrad, academic, policymaker, service personnel or relevant professional researching #airpower, contact us if there is a volume you want to review. balloonstodrones.com/book-reviews/ #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #plsRT

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We launched our new website earlier this year and will be updating our content in the New Year to share more of our Journals and to keep you up to date with our events. rafhistoricalsociety.org.uk

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U.S. Air Force Might Need To Reassess Bomber Force Size theaviationist.com/2024/12/08/u...

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New USAF focuses: fighter-like drones and electromagnetic warfare | Bill Sweetman | www.aspistrategist.org.au/new-usaf-foc...

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The US Air Force is redesigning itself | Bill Sweetman | www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-us-air-f...

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#ResearchNote – Orders of Precedence Matters… balloonstodrones.com/2024/12/06/r...

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Air Samurai: Is Naval Aviation Overtraining Pilots in the Age of Automation? @warontherocks.bsky.social warontherocks.com/2023/11/air-...

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Interested in #airpower? Its history, theory, and current operations? Then consider writing for @balloons2drones.bsky.social. We are currently seeking submissions for 2025. balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #plsRT

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A new(ish) piece by my based on my ongoing research into the military culture of the RAAF.

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#ResearchNote – Orders of Precedence Matters… balloonstodrones.com/2024/12/06/r... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #plsRT

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'Air War Over the Ardennes' with Brian D. Laslie, John Curatola & Sean Scanlon at The National WWII Museum Conference www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip3S... #airpowerhistory

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#CallforSubmissions – From Balloons to Drones balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory

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For much of its history, air power has typically been associated with air forces, not other services' air arms. This has been because air power has been closely linked to ongoing debates over the ownership of assets, capabilities, and operations. 1/

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Submit an idea!

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#CallforContributors – The 'Airfix' School of History: The Development and Writing of #AirPowerHistory drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/c... #aviationhistory #militaryaviation #MilHist

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#ResearchNote - Top 10 #AirPowerHistory Books of this Generation balloonstodrones.com/2024/11/19/r... #aviationhistory #militaryaviation #MilHist #plsrt

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#ResearchNote - Top 10 #AirPowerHistory Books of this Generation balloonstodrones.com/2024/11/19/r...

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#ResearchNote - Top 10 #AirPowerHistory Books of this Generation balloonstodrones.com/2024/11/19/r...

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Call for Contributors – The 'Airfix' School of History: The Development and Writing of Air Power History drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2024/11/11/c... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #MilHist #AvGeek

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