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3 August 2010: Lord Trenchard Memorial Lecture 2010: "Air, Space and Cyber Power: Strategic Choice and Operational Necessity" to be given by Air Chief Marshal Simon Bryant at 1300 on 16 Sep 2010.  RUSI, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2ET

 

The UK Secretary of State for Defence has stated that the ultimate purpose of the Armed Forces is to provide options and choices to decision makers. This lecture will make the case that air, space and cyber power is uniquely well placed to meet this aspiration. In his lecture, Air Chief Marshal Bryant will explore the contribution that a ‘full-service’ air force might make to delivery. He will consider how these capabilities could provide options for deterring conflict at the strategic level and, when necessary, act as a key component in the delivery of lethal force at the operational level.

 

For further details please click this link:

 

http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E4C518D2C8DAE2/

 

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28 July 2010: The University of Birmingham now has its own unofficial air power studies blog, which can be accessed at the following URL: http://airpowerstudies.wordpress.com/about-us/

 

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27 July 2010: RAF CAPS Fellow:

 

The Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies has the pleasure of announcing its award of a fellowship to Group Captain Philip Lester, who will use the fellowship to update and rewrite AP3000: A Brief History of the Royal Air Force. Group Captain Lester has recently completed his MPhil in International Relations at the University of Cambridge as a Tedder Fellow of the RAF.

 

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12 July 2010:

 

The UK Military Space Primer, published by the UK MOD Development, Concepts and Doctrine Centre (DCDC), will be launched at RUSI on Thursday 22 July 2010. The event is free, and open to anyone interested (RUSI membership not required). Doors open at 1700, with speakers presenting and taking questions 1730-1830. Finish will be at 1900 prompt. Timing will allow attendance at the ADS Farnborough Dinner that evening, if applicable. RUSI is at 61 Whitehall, London (next to the Banqueting Hall. Nearest Underground stations Embankment or Charing Cross). If you would like to attend, please register via the RUSI Website at:

 

http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E4C212EE0A420C

 

 

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29 June 2010: Added the new CAS Reading List 2010.

 

 

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28 June 2010: Air Power Review Volume 13 No 2 (Summer 2010) is now available for downloading from the Air Power Review page and from this link:

 

To download Volume 13 No 2 please click HERE!  

 

 

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14 June 2010: For a link to the RAAF Air Power Development Centre's electronic newsletter, Aimpoint, please click:

 

http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/Publications/Aimpoint/150/Current-Issue.aspx

 

The intent of this newsletter is to provide members of the RAAF, the ADF and the public with a quick and easy means of remaining current with worldwide developments relating to air power and to stimulate discussion on Australian air power. These newsletters also provide an update on APDC activities such as air power conferences and seminars, links to APDC products such as air power doctrine, books and Pathfinders, and noteworthy air power articles from around the world.

 

If you are not on the distribution list, you may subscribe to Aimpoint by following the link:

 

http://airpower.airforce.gov.au/forms/SubscribeWorkFlow.aspx

 

 

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11 June 2010: Added to the publications page the new RAF CAPS publication, Understanding Air Power: The Royal Air Force’s Contribution to the Defence and Security of the United Kingdom.

 

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17 May 2010: Added the registration form for the Thursday 30 September 2010 conference, "Twenty Years in Iraq: RAF Operations in the Gulf since 1990". For a copy of the registration form, please click HERE. To download the conference flyer, please click HERE.

 

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12 May 2010: Added to the Calendar of Events page a new air power studies event:

 

19 June 2010: "Air Power: The Challenges of High Command in Peace and War", A University of Birmingham Day School arranged as a Tribute to Air Vice-Marshal Tony Mason, CB CBE MA Dsc FRAeS DL. Phone Mrs Carolyn Sweet on 0121 414 3983 or e-mail her at C.Y.Sweet@bham.ac.uk.

 

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25 April 2010: Air Power Review Volume 13 No 1 (2010) is now available for downloading from the Air Power Review page and from this link:

 

To download Volume 13 No. 1 please click HERE!  

 

 

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20 April 2010: A PDF of the new RAF DIN 2010DIN07-054 for the CAS's Fellowships can be downloaded for reading and printing by clicking  HERE. It supersedes 2009DIN07-035.

 

 

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27 March 2010: Added to the Calendar of Events page five new air power studies conferences:

 

29-30 July: Unmanned Aircraft Systems Defense and Tactics Conference & Expo, Washington, D.C. For deails click HERE!

17-18 June: RAF Air Power Conference 2010 Optimising the Air and Space Contribution to National Security, Victoria Park Plaza, London. For details click HERE!

20-21 May: Air-Land Integration And Joint Fire Support 2010, CCT Venues, CCT Canary Wharf, London. For deails click HERE!

29-30 April 2010: Small Precision [Air] Weapons Conference, CCT Canary Wharf, London. For deails click HERE!

28-29 April: Air Power Asia 2010, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Muscat, Oman. For deails click HERE!

 

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20 March 2010: Added to the publications page the new AP 3002 Air and Space Warfare - Second Edition   [click to read]

AP 3002 is the companion publication to AP 3000 (British Air and Space Power Doctrine). It builds on the "what and why" of AP 3000 and captures those established and emerging practices that guide "how" air forces plan and conduct air and space warfare. In addition, it complements subordinate publications such as the AWC Tactics Manuals "use of systems" series. To download this new version of AP 3002, please click HERE!

 

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27 January 2010: Added to the Calendar of Events page a new seminar:

 

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.

 

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