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
Forthcoming events are at the top. Scoll down for all past events.
2010 Events:
29-30 September 2010:
29-30 April 2010: "Small Precision [Air] Weapons Conference" , CCT Canary Wharf, London. For deails click HERE!
26 February 2010: “The Changing Relationship between Time and Space: Some Implications for Air Power” by Group Captain Ian Shields, Assistant Director Air and Space, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
29 January 2010: “The Dowding System: The World's First IADS?” by Mr Christopher Finn, Senior Air Power Lecturer (Ops)
. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
2009 Events:
27 November 2009: “Non-Kinetic Air Power in Current Operations” by Air Vice-Marshall Steve Hillier, AOC 2 Gp, RAF. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
30 October 2009: “Air Power at the Battlefront: The Ultimate Morale Weapon?” by Dr Jonathan Fennell, Lecturer in Air Power Studies. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
25 September 2009: “Ethics and Air Power: A Personal View” by Group Captain Ian Shields, Assistant Director Air and Space, Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
10-13 September 2009: Conference: “Bombing, States and Peoples in Western Europe 1940–1945”, Queen's Building, Streatham Campus, University of Exeter. For details go to: http://centres.exeter.ac.uk/wss/bombing/conference.htm
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.
30 July 2009: Royal Navy "Shipshape" Conference, HMS Collingwood. For details click HERE.
26 June 2009: “Ethical Competence and Understanding War in International Relations” by Professor Mervyn Frost, Head of the Department of War Studies, King’s College London. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
22-23 June 2009: Conference: “Unmanned Combat Air Vehicles: Europe's Only Dedicated Forum on Combat-Capable Unmanned Aerial Systems". Le Meridien Piccadilly, London. For details see: http://www.ucavconference.com/daytwo.php
19 May 2009: Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham [click on red link for details] by Dr Sebastian Ritchie, Historian, Air Historical Branch (RAF): “Arnhem Revisted; The Myth and Reality of Operation Market Garden”.
13-14 May 2009: Conference: “Air Power Asia 2009: Future Capabilities and Requirements of Asian Air Power Doctrine for the 21st Century”. Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore. For details see: http://www.iqpc.co.uk/ShowEvent.aspx?id=166306
6-7 May 2009: “RAF Air Power Conference 2009”, Park Plaza Riverbank London.
For details go to: http://www.shephard.co.uk/events/41/raf-air-power-conference-2009/
24 April 2009: “The Battle of the "Rapido" River: 20 to 22 January 1944” by Mr Chris Finn, Senior Air Power Lecturer (Ops). KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
27 March 2009: “Carrier Air Power: An Opportunity for Greater Jointness, Adaptability and Flexibility”
3 February 2009: Air Power Seminar at the University of Birmingham [click on red link for details] by Air Commodore Peter Gray, rtd., Senior Research Fellow in Air Power Studies: “Strategic Leadership in Bomber Command from Inception to 1945”.
2008 Events:
28 November 2008: “Emerging Unconventional Threats to the UK: Risk and Response” by Dr Sally Leivesley, Managing Director, Newrisk Limited, Advisor on Catastrophic Risk. KCL Air Power Studies Seminar at the Royal Air Force College. To attend please contact Ms Debra Aitkenhead. Email: daitkenhead-kcl@cranwell.raf.mod.uk. Phone: 01400 266334.
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
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.
14-16 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
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.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
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/
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.
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.
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
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
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”
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
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
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
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”
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.
2007 Events:
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”.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
