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Editor Director Defence Studies (RAF) Production and Design Media Services General enquires on Journal distribution may be made to the following address: Deputy Director of Defence Studies (RAF) Headquarters Defence Academy Shrivenham Swindon Wiltshire SN6 8LA Tel: 01793 314847 E-mail: obarnes.dds@da.mod.uk Those wishing to be placed on the distribution list should write direct to the Editor The views expressed are those of the authors concerned, not necessarily the MoD. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form without prior permission in writing from the editor. Unless by prior arrangement, articles and photographs will not normally be returned. Editorial board: Gp Capt A Byford, D Def S (RAF), Chairman Gp Capt N Meadows, DRAFD JSCSC Mr S Cox, Head of AHB (RAF) Dr C F Anrig, Dean RAFC Mr C Hobson, Hd Library Services, JSCSC Dr D Jordan, DSD, JSCSC Wg Cdr O Barnes, Dep D Def S (RAF) Mr Peter Gibson, Hd of Media Services, Air Cmd Photographs courtesy of: AirTeamImages.com (Commerical) Defence Image Database (MoD) Fleet Air Arm Museum (MoD) US Department of Defense (DoD) Print: No1 AIDU, RAF Northolt
1 France and the Development of British Military Aviation Air Vice-Marshal Peter Dye 14 The Myths and Realities of Air Anti - Submarine Warfare during the Great War Col John Abbatiello 32 Through a Glass Darkly: The Royal Air Force and the lessons of the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 Sqn Ldr Brian Armstrong 56 British Thinking on Air Power - The Evolution of AP3000 Gp Capt Christopher Finn 68 The Quest for Relevant Air Power - Continental Europe Dr Christian Anrig 92 Air Power and the Russian - Georgian Conflict of 2008: Lessons Learned and Russian Military Reforms Stéphane Lefebvre/Roger McDermont 114 Letter from America Gp Capt Carl Scott 124 Historic Book Review Air Cdre Neville Parton 134 Book Reviews 140 Viewpoint Sqn Ldr Andrew Wilson
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of ‘détente’ between the RAF a
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Deputy Director of Intelligence, pr
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The American Army Air Corps shared
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Air War Spain and China Committees
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Hewitt was anxious to use the weapo
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to appease army sensitivities. A tw
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comment and with a far wider distri
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the generation of national air powe
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warfare with the aim of exploring w
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the constraints of the Central Regi
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October 2002. 14 Correspondence bet
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In the course of operation Desert S
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Between 24 March and 9 June 1999, N
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Kyrgyzstan, on 27 February 2002. On
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open a new front for air operations
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into the EU’s CFSP. 45 These incl
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Capabilities not only have to exist
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spear still remains problematic. Re
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it seems to be unnoticed that the S
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French Air Force was in charge of t
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capabilities will be coherent and w
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d’aujourd’hui, No. 208 hors sé
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Conference 2005 (London, 25-27 Janu
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The August 2008 military conflict b
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ceasefi re regime in place. 7 Addin
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spectrum air defences Georgian pers
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186 military personnel, although it
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the multi-tiered system. Moreover,
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to invest in new procurement plans
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without a father or a mother, while
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Lieutenant-General Anatoliy Khrulev
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4 ‘Georgia: Sliding Towards Autho
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35 Twelve Tu-22M3R are believed to
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On October 29 2008, the New York Ti
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‘We need a new model for deterren
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It is not that it is difficult, the
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we might hold at risk. It is very r
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Gen (ret’d) Hayden (Director CIA)
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clear academic aptitude, and libera
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in the form of the Malcolm Clubs, w
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say I “thought” and “felt”
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of an air force in counter-insurgen
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from complimentary. There are broad
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‘…and with the dangers of infil
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the book: ‘At each sunset the for
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and saw years of research, and mill
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