The RAF CAPS invites air power studies and related organisations to add their seminar, conference or other activity to this Calendar of Events. Please email full details to the Directors at RAF-CAPS@cranwell.raf.mod.uk
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2007 Events:
22-23 August 2007: "Air Power, Insurgency and the 'War on Terror'" The Conference of KCL's Air Power Studies Division and the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies.
28 September 2007: “Air Power and Counter-Insurgency" by Wing Commander Harry Kemsley, OC 5 Sqn, RAF Waddington. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
16-18 October 2007: "The Role of Air Power in Expeditionary Security and Stability Operations" The Conference of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre (Kleve, Germany).
26 October 2007: “Air Power: The Ethics of Coercion" by Dr Andrew Conway, Lecturer in Air Power Studies at the Royal Air Force College. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
30 November 2007: "Maritime Air Power: Core Capabilities and Roles" by Major Gjert Lage Dyndal, Senior Military Lecturer, Royal Norwegian Air Force Academy. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
11 December 2007: Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham by Air Commodore Ray Lock: “The Realities of War in the Air: A Personal Perspective”.
2008 Events:
25 January 2008: "My Experiences in the Combined Bomber Offensive" by Douglas Hudson, Ex-Bomber Command, RAF. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
29 January 2008: Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham by Mr Sebastian Cox, Head of the Air Historical Branch, “Air Power in the First Gulf War 1991, an RAF Historian’s Perspective”
29 February 2008: "Killing Civilians: Methods, Madness and Morality in War" by Dr Hugo Slim, Director, Corporates for Crisis. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289
28 March 2008: "Drop-Zone Borneo: The RAF Campaign, 1963-1965" by Roger Annett, RAF, rtd. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289
25 April 2008: "Axiological Targeting: The Importance of Strategic Values" by Dr Anna Maria Brudenell, Cranfield University. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289
6 May 2008: Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham by Dr Christina Goulter, Senior Lecturer, King’s College London at the Defence Academy of the UK: “Air Power and Counter-Insurgency Operations”
30 May 2008: "Integrated Air Operations in Contemporary Warfare" by Air Commodore Paul Colley, Director Air and Space at the Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC). KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289
12-13 June 2008: “Air Power and Strategy: Challenges for the 21st Century” A Joint Conference of the Defence Studies Department of King’s College London and the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies. To be held at the Joint Services Command and Staff College, Shrivenham, UK. For further information contact Dr Christina Goulter. Email: cgoulter.jscsc@defenceacademy.mod.uk Phone: 01793 788191
27 June 2008: “Arnhem Revisited: The Myth and Reality of Operation Market Garden" by Dr Sebastian Ritchie, Historian, Air Historical Branch (RAF). KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
29 August 2008: “Why Space is a National Security Issue” by Gp Capt Ian Shields, DCDC AD Air. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
2-3 September 2008: “1918: The Genesis of Modern Warfare: The Birth of the Royal Air Force and the Hundred Days Campaign” A Conference of the Centre for First World War Studies, University of Birmingham, in conjunction with the Director Defence Studies (Army), Director Defence Studies (Royal Air Force) and Director Defence Studies (Royal Navy). University of Birmingham. To offer a paper please contact Professor Gary Sheffield (g.d.sheffield@bham.ac.uk). For further details and an application form, visit: http://www.1918modernwar.bham.ac.uk/
26 September 2008: "Drop-Zone Burma: An Analysis of Allied Air Supply 1942-1945" by Roger Annett, RAF, rtd. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289
6-8 October 2008:
“Europe, NATO and Air Power: A Conference for Officer Cadets” Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein, Germany. Organised by King’s College London and The Royal Air Force College. Contact: Major Quentin Wilkins. Telephone: +44 (0) 1400 266326. Email: qwilkins@cranwell.raf.mod.uk14-16 October 2008: "Joint Air Power and Decision Superiority in the 21st Century" The Conference of the Joint Air Power Competence Centre (Kleve, Germany). Further details from Gp Capt John Alexander at alexander@japcc.de
31 October 2008: "Air Power and Civilians in Times of Conflict" by Professor Anthony Grayling, School of Philosophy, Birkbeck University of London. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Dr Andrew Conway. Email: aconway-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266289.
6-7 November 2008: Chief of the Air Staff’s Air Power Conference: "The Application of Air Power". The Defence Academy, Shrivenham, Wiltshire. Free and open to all serving personnel. To attend, please contact Jane Curtis, PA to Director Defence Studies (RAF). Email: jcurtis.dds@da.mod.uk. Phone: 01793 314834
2009 Events:
26-27 August 2009: “Air Power and the Environment: the Ecological Implications of Modern Air Warfare" The Conference of KCL's Air Power Studies Division and the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies.
