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Exploring the development of air power from the earliest days of flight to now and the future. Editors: Dr Ross Mahoney, Dr Maria Burczynska, Dr Mike Hankins, Dr Brian Laslie, Abby Whitlock and Luca Chadwick. https://balloonstodrones.com
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Dr Ross Mahoney@airpowerhistory.bsky.social · 6d ago#CallforSubmissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the #RAAF up to 1945. Just days remain to submit an idea for this project on a pivotal period in Australian air power. drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #WW1 #interwar #WW2 #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#Fromthearchives - #BookReview – Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan balloonstodrones.com/2025/10/23/b... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
#BookReview – Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Richard Overy, Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan. London: Allen Lane, 2025. Hbk. Images. Notes. Further readings. Index. xiii + 206 pp. The decis…
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#callforsubmissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the #RAAF. Just over 10 days left to submit your ideas! drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
Call for Submissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945
A call for submissions for an edited volume on the development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945
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Thanks to everyone who ordered books and/or bookazines last week, those are now all on their way. I have some left of everything but the ‘Carrier aircraft of the Propeller Era’ Signed books, competitively priced
Matthew Willis (Naval Air History)@navalairhistory.com · 3w agoHi all, in need of a bit of cash and have some spare books and bookazines so if anyone wants a signed copy of any of these, please DM me
#fromthearchives - Air Vice-Marshal Professor R.A. ‘Tony’ Mason – A Reflection balloonstodrones.com/2024/10/15/a... #plsRT
Air Vice-Marshal Professor R.A. ‘Tony’ Mason – A Reflection
By Dr Ross Mahoney Editorial note: This piece was originally drafted not long after the passing of Air Vice-Marshal Mason. However, several personal reasons delayed its publication. On 12 Novemb…
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#FromTheArchives - Unseating the Lancer: North Korean Challenges in Intercepting a B-1B balloonstodrones.com/2017/10/13/u...
Unseating the Lancer: North Korean Challenges in Intercepting a B-1B
By Andy Zhao and Justin Pyke Introduction When North Korea threatened to shoot down a B-1B Lancer in response to a September 23rd flight operating off its east coast, a reasonable amount of discuss…
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Have you got something to say about #airpowerhistory (including #aviationhistory), theory, and contemporary operations? Consider submitting to @Balloons2Drones. balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #plsRT
Call for Submissions – From Balloons to Drones
Established in 2016, From Balloons to Drones is an online scholarly platform that analyses and debates air power history (including aviation history), theory, and contemporary operations in their b…
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#fromthearchives - #BookReview – Routledge Handbook of Air Power balloonstodrones.com/2018/10/10/b... #plsRT
#BookReview – Routledge Handbook of Air Power
By Dr Ross Mahoney John Andreas Olsen (ed.), Routledge Handbook of Air Power. Abingdon: Routledge, 2018. References. Index. xix + 405 pp. Hbk. It is often challenging to name a single person who is…
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#fromthearchives - #1944Revisited – Locating Japanese Radars: The First Dedicated Radar Countermeasures Units in the US Navy balloonstodrones.com/2024/10/08/1... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
#1944Revisited – Locating Japanese Radars: The First Dedicated Radar Countermeasures Units in the US Navy
By Thomas Wildenberg Editor’s note: In 2024, From Balloons to Drones will publish a series of articles that seek to provide a new perspective on the air war in 1944. If you are interested in contri…
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#callforsubmissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945. A call for submissions for an edited volume on the development of the #RAAF up to 1945. drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #WW1 #ww2 #airpowerhistory #plsRT
Call for Submissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945
A call for submissions for an edited volume on the development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945
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The Early Intellectual Development of Air Power History drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/the-early-... #airpowerhistory
The Early Intellectual Development of Air Power History
An overview of the early intellectual development of the history of air power.
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#fromthearchives - #ResearchNote – Redefining the Modern Military: An Airman’s Perspective by @brianlaslie.bsky.social balloonstodrones.com/2018/10/03/r...
#ResearchNote – Redefining the Modern Military: An Airman’s Perspective
By Dr Brian D. Laslie Editorial Note: In this Research Note, Assistant Editor, Dr Brian Laslie reflects on his contribution to a new volume about military professionalism entitled Redefining the Mo…
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We publish review articles that examine the top ten books that have influenced writers on air power. To learn how to contribute to 'From Balloons to Drones,' visit our submissions page. balloonstodrones.com/submissions/ #plsRT
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Established in 2016, From Balloons to Drones is an online scholarly platform that seeks to analyse and debate air power history, theory, and current operations in their broadest sense, including sp…
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From Balloons to Drones@balloons2drones.bsky.social · last mo.#fromthearchives - #AirWarBooks by Dr Michael Hankins balloonstodrones.com/2021/09/22/a... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#fromthearchives - #AirWarBooks by Dr Michael Hankins balloonstodrones.com/2021/09/22/a... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#AirWarBooks – Dr Michael Hankins
Editorial Note: In the next instalment of our Air War Books series, our Podcast Editor, Dr Michael Hankins, discusses the ten books that have influenced and shaped his writing as an air power histo…
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#fromthearchives - #BookReview – Eagles Over Husky: The Allied Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, 14 May to 17 August 1943. Reviewed by @brianlaslie.bsky.social balloonstodrones.com/2018/09/19/b... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
#BookReview – Eagles Over Husky: The Allied Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, 14 May to 17 August 1943
By Dr Brian Laslie Alexander Fitzgerald-Black, Eagles Over Husky: The Allied Air Forces in the Sicilian Campaign, 14 May to 17 August 1943. Solihull: Helion & Company, 2018. Images. Maps. Table…
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#FromtheArchives - #ReviewArticle – Bomber Command at War balloonstodrones.com/2025/09/16/r... #WW2 #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#ReviewArticle – Bomber Command at War
Reviewed by Dr Dan Ellin Marcus Gibson, The Greatest Force: How RAF Bomber Command became the No.1 factor in Britain’s total, destructive defeat of Nazi Germany. York: Marcus Gibson, 2025. Illustra…
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#CallforSubmissions - From Balloons to Drones balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #plsRT
Call for Submissions – From Balloons to Drones
Established in 2016, From Balloons to Drones is an online scholarly platform that analyses and debates air power history (including aviation history), theory, and contemporary operations in their b…
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#fromthearchives - #BookReview – Korean Air War: Sabres, Migs and Meteors, 1950-53 balloonstodrones.com/2022/09/14/b... #airpowerhistory #KoreanWar #plsRT
#BookReview – Korean Air War: Sabres, Migs and Meteors, 1950-53
Michael Napier, Korean Air War: Sabres, Migs and Meteors, 1950-53. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2021. Images. Notes. Bibliography. Glossary. Appendices. Index. Hbk. 320pp. Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney…
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#fromthearchives - #ResearchNote - Wither Air Power Studies? balloonstodrones.com/2017/09/13/r... #airpowerstudies
#ResearchNote – Wither Air Power Studies?
By Dr Ross Mahoney I started writing this post several months ago, but for various reasons, it lay dormant until a recent Twitter exchange began with Brian Laslie. Brian suggested that Mark Clodfel…
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#fromthearchive - Blinded by the Rising Sun? American Intelligence Assessments of Japanese Air Power, 1920-41: Part 2 – 1930-1937 balloonstodrones.com/2017/08/29/b... #airpowerhistory #WW2
Blinded by the Rising Sun? American Intelligence Assessments of Japanese Air Power, 1920-41: Part 2 – 1930-1937
By Justin Pyke Editorial Note: In the second part of a three-part article, Justin Pyke examines American intelligence assessments of Japanese air power during the inter-war years. This second part …
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Call for Submissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945 drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #airpowerhistory #RAAF #plsRT
Call for Submissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945
A call for submissions for an edited volume on the development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945
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Clearing the Skies for the Red Army – Part 2: The Destruction of Luftflotte IV balloonstodrones.com/2021/08/25/c... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
Clearing the Skies for the Red Army – Part 2: The Destruction of Luftflotte IV
By Dr Luke Truxal Editorial Note: In the conclusion of a two-part series on the contribution of US air power to the conduct of the Second Iași-Chișinău Offensive, Dr Luke Truxal examines the role o…
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Is there a need for an academic journal devoted to air power studies? drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/is-there-a... #airpowerstudies #airpowerhistory #plsRT
Is there a need for an academic journal devoted to air power studies?
Do we need an academic journal dedicated to air power studies?
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Blinded by the Rising Sun? American Intelligence Assessments of Japanese Air Power, 1920-41: Part 1 – The 1920s balloonstodrones.com/2017/08/24/b... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
Blinded by the Rising Sun? American Intelligence Assessments of Japanese Air Power, 1920-41: Part 1 – The 1920s
By Justin Pyke Editorial Note: In the first of a three-part article, Justin Pyke examines American intelligence assessments of Japanese air power during the inter-war years. This first part examine…
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Is there a need for an academic journal devoted to air power studies? drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/is-there-a... #airpowerstudies #plsRT
#ResearchNote - Project Suntan: The Huge Hydrogen Aircraft That Might Have Blown Up Southern California balloonstodrones.com/2023/08/23/r... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#ResearchNote – Project Suntan: The Huge Hydrogen Aircraft That Might Have Blown Up Southern California
By Dr Michael W. Hankins I am fascinated by aircraft designs that ‘could have been.’ Maybe it’s just my nostalgia for childhood drawings of imaginary aeroplanes, but I love looking at the concept f…
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#Commentary – How Iran’s Missiles Exposed the Achilles’ Heel of American Power balloonstodrones.com/2026/08/20/c... #airpower
#Commentary – How Iran’s Missiles Exposed the Achilles’ Heel of American Power
By Ayeza Areej On 28 February 2026, Iran launched Operation True Promise-4, a wave of ballistic missiles and drones into Israeli airspace. The strikes were launched in response to US and Israeli at…
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Thoughts on Military History | Dr Ross Mahoney | Substack
This is the Substack of Dr Ross Mahoney. It serves as a platform for my reflections on various research projects, bibliographies, and book reviews related to my interests. Click to read Thoughts on Mi...
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Back in 2018, I put together a special edition of the 'British Journal of Military History' with Dr Michael Molkentin, focusing on the development of British air power during the First World War. It is open access. Check it out. journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bj... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
Vol. 4 No. 2 (2018) | British Journal for Military History
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