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#ResearchNote – No. 1 Squadron RAAF Goes to War in Malaya
By Dr Ross Mahoney Editorial note: This article first appeared on the author’s website. It has been reproduced here with permission. On 26 July 1950, No. 1 Squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) conducted its first operations in support of Operation FIREDOG, the British Commonwealth’s air operations against insurgents during the Malayan Emergency. …

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#ResearchNote – The RAF Staff College (Overseas) at Haifa
By Dr Ross Mahoney Editorial note: This article first appeared on the author’s website. It has been reproduced here with permission. During its existence from 1922 to 1997, the Royal Air Force (RAF) Staff College was located in several different places. When the Staff College was initially founded in 1922, it was located at Andover and …

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#Interview – Sergeant Joseph Frantz: The First Aerial Combat Victory
Editorial note: In 1976, Joseph Frantz, the pilot of the aeroplane credited with the first aerial victory in history, was interviewed by the Service Historique de l’Armėe de l’Air (French Air Force Historical Service) about his experience. This article was published in Vortex 8, the professional journal of the French Air and Space Force. It …

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Call for Submissions: Wither Air Power Studies?  
2026 marks the 10th Anniversary of the establishment of From Balloons to Drones. To mark this anniversary, From Balloons to Drones plans to publish a series of articles examining the state of air power studies. In 2017, From Balloons to Drones that asked the question ‘Wither Air Power Studies?.’ More recently, in a 2024 article …

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Wings over Lebanon: Local Ingenuity and American Assistance in the War against the Islamic State
By Lieutenant Colonel Dr Daniel Jackson, USAF, and Major (ret) Wael al-Taki, LAF 2 August 2014: Hundreds of Islamic State and al-Nusra Front militants stormed Lebanese Army positions in the Bekaa Valley, fifty miles east-northeast of Beirut. Under relentless fire, Lebanese troops conducted a fighting withdrawal, calling frantically for reinforcements. Amid the chaos, the militan...

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