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
September 23, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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
#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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September 23, 2026 at 4:08 AM
#fromthearchives - #AirWarBooks by Dr Michael Hankins balloonstodrones.com/2021/09/22/a... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#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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September 20, 2026 at 11:19 PM
#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
#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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September 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM
#FromtheArchives - #ReviewArticle – Bomber Command at War balloonstodrones.com/2025/09/16/r... #WW2 #airpowerhistory #plsRT
#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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September 15, 2026 at 12:03 AM
#CallforSubmissions - From Balloons to Drones balloonstodrones.com/2023/02/04/c... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #plsRT
#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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September 14, 2026 at 11:57 PM
#fromthearchives - #BookReview – Korean Air War: Sabres, Migs and Meteors, 1950-53 balloonstodrones.com/2022/09/14/b... #airpowerhistory #KoreanWar #plsRT
Check out this #CallforSubmissions for an edited volume I am jointly putting together on the development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945 drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #WW1 #WW2 #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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September 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Check out this #CallforSubmissions for an edited volume I am jointly putting together on the development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945 drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #airpowerhistory #aviationhistory #WW1 #WW2 #plsRT
#CallforSubmissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945. Details of a planned volume edited by Ashleigh Brown, Dr Lewis Frederickson and me. drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #airpowerhistory #RAAF #AvGeek #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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August 31, 2026 at 1:23 AM
#CallforSubmissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the Royal Australian Air Force up to 1945. Details of a planned volume edited by Ashleigh Brown, Dr Lewis Frederickson and me. drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/call-for-s... #airpowerhistory #RAAF #AvGeek #plsRT
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
drrossmahoney.substack.com
August 29, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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
Has anyone managed to train/trick themselves out of panic attacks? I’m not allowed to tape these 2 weeks before surgery so I’m using a binder. As always, wearing a binder keeps me at the edge of a panic attack and I’m beginning to worry about how I’ll handle post-op compression for 6 weeks. 😭 #plsRT
August 27, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Has anyone managed to train/trick themselves out of panic attacks? I’m not allowed to tape these 2 weeks before surgery so I’m using a binder. As always, wearing a binder keeps me at the edge of a panic attack and I’m beginning to worry about how I’ll handle post-op compression for 6 weeks. 😭 #plsRT
#bookreview - Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/educating-... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
August 27, 2026 at 5:56 AM
#bookreview - Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/educating-... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
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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August 25, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Clearing the Skies for the Red Army – Part 2: The Destruction of Luftflotte IV balloonstodrones.com/2021/08/25/c... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
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?
drrossmahoney.substack.com
August 24, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Is there a need for an academic journal devoted to air power studies? drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/is-there-a... #airpowerstudies #airpowerhistory #plsRT
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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August 24, 2026 at 3:51 AM
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
Is there a need for an academic journal devoted to air power studies? drrossmahoney.substack.com/p/is-there-a... #airpowerstudies #plsRT
August 23, 2026 at 11:47 AM
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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August 23, 2026 at 11:09 AM
#ResearchNote - Project Suntan: The Huge Hydrogen Aircraft That Might Have Blown Up Southern California balloonstodrones.com/2023/08/23/r... #airpowerhistory #plsRT
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
journals.gold.ac.uk
August 12, 2026 at 11:19 PM
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
Details of my latest scholarly article on the deployment of the RAAF to Southeast Asia in the 1960s, published in 'Vortex,' the professional journal of the French Air and Space Force. open.substack.com/pub/drrossma... #airpowerhistory #VietnamWar #RAAF #plsRT
July 30, 2026 at 1:57 AM
Details of my latest scholarly article on the deployment of the RAAF to Southeast Asia in the 1960s, published in 'Vortex,' the professional journal of the French Air and Space Force. open.substack.com/pub/drrossma... #airpowerhistory #VietnamWar #RAAF #plsRT
Call for Submissions: Wither Air Power Studies? balloonstodrones.com/2026/01/13/c... #airpowerstudies #warstudies #CfP #plsRT
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 p…
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July 13, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Call for Submissions: Wither Air Power Studies? balloonstodrones.com/2026/01/13/c... #airpowerstudies #warstudies #CfP #plsRT
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan open.substack.com/pub/drrossma... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
July 13, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima and the Surrender of Japan open.substack.com/pub/drrossma... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
On 25 July, I will be talking at the 'Third Fort Lytton Military History Summit,' organised by the Queensland Military Historical Society. I will discuss how the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was treated in the official histories. #airpowerhistory #officialhistory #WW1 #plsRT
July 12, 2026 at 11:03 AM
On 25 July, I will be talking at the 'Third Fort Lytton Military History Summit,' organised by the Queensland Military Historical Society. I will discuss how the death of Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, was treated in the official histories. #airpowerhistory #officialhistory #WW1 #plsRT
#New #article - Learning Lessons: The Development of US Tactical Air Power and Air-to-Ground Coordination during the North African Campaign, 1942-1943 balloonstodrones.com/2026/07/02/l... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
Learning Lessons: The Development of US Tactical Air Power and Air-to-Ground Coordination during the North African Campaign, 1942-1943
By Major Darren Johnson During the Second World War, the United States (US) achieved success on the battlefield, largely due to its effective coordination of air and ground forces. The integration …
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July 2, 2026 at 12:59 PM
#New #article - Learning Lessons: The Development of US Tactical Air Power and Air-to-Ground Coordination during the North African Campaign, 1942-1943 balloonstodrones.com/2026/07/02/l... #airpowerhistory #WW2 #plsRT
