Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, KCB CBE DSO ADC BSc (Eng) FRAeS FCGI RAF, launched the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies (RAF CAPS) on 23 August 2007.
The official launch and the unveiling of a RAF CAPS plaque at the
Left to right: Group Captain Neville Parton (Director Defence Studies RAF), Air Commodore Rob Cunningham (Commandant of the Royal Air Force College), Dr Joel Hayward (Dean of the Royal Air Force College), Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy (Chief of the Air Staff), Mr Sebastian Cox (Head of the Air Historical Branch), Air Vice-Marshal Tim Anderson (Assistant Chief of the Air Staff)
Based at the Royal Air Force College in Cranwell, Lincolnshire, the Centre has three units operating synergistically at its core: the Air Power Studies Division of Kings College London; the Directorate of Defence Studies (RAF); and the Air Historical Branch (RAF).
The Centre aspires to strengthen the relationship between academia and the RAF and to utilise the enhanced collaboration to develop and stimulate thinking about air power in both areas, as well as more broadly throughout the
The Centre aims to:
· Act as the RAF’s centre for strategic and conceptual thinking about air power.
· Encourage and promote the study of air power, particularly within the Service and academia, but also throughout the broader intellectual community (including the media and think-tanks).
· Develop a reputation for academic excellence in air power studies in order to become the UK’s foremost centre for air power thinking.
· Undertake directed campaign studies and disseminate the lessons resulting from those studies.
· Act as an inclusive and non-partisan hub for the coordination and facilitation of collaborative air power activities in the UK.
The Centre's three Directors are:
Mr Sebastian Cox [click to email]
Head of the Air Historical Branch
Dr Joel Hayward [click to email]
Dean of the Royal Air Force College
Group Captain Al Byford [click to email]
Director Defence Studies (RAF)
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