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Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 📢 You have until 4 June to submit your abstracts for Future Battlefield Innovation 🛰️🤖 an October conference exploring AI, drones, cyber warfare, logistics and the future battlefield. For more info visit : www.rafmuseum.org.uk/news/cfp-bcm... #MilitaryHistory #FutureWarfare

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

@bcmh-news.bsky.social is pleased to announce its summer conference, Whither Operational Art, on 20 June at Falklands House, Oxpens Road, Oxford, OX1 1RX. Papers from the Middle Ages to today, and Evesham to Taiwan. Non-BCMH members welcome. Programme and tickets: www.bcmh.org.uk/bcmh-summer-...

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A final reminder that the call for papers for the BCMH 2026 Conference 'Whither Operational Art' in Oxford on 20 June closes tomorrow, 1 April. www.bcmh.org.uk/bcmh-confere...

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thanks @rafhistory.bsky.social. Grateful for the opportunity to speak on Falklands Close of Air Support from our book and also to join the @bcmh-news.bsky.social general committee.

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Huw Bennett @bennetthuw.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Uncivil War, my book about the British Army and the Troubles in the early 1970s, is out in paperback on 15 January. Come and hear me talk about it at the National Army Museum on 13 February: www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...

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Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-75

Join historian Huw Bennett as he examines the interactions between the British Army and paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during the most violent phase of the Troubles.

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Harry Raffal @rafhistory.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

A fantastic opportunity to share your research with an engaged audience. We host a wide variety of papers, from studies on archeology in East Anglia to research on African air power

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The call for papers for the @bcmh-news.bsky.social 2026 annual conference, 'Whither Operational Art', on 20 June 2026 at Oxford OTC, is here: www.bcmh.org.uk/bcmh-confere...

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Harry Raffal @rafhistory.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Good to be able to join the @rafhistorical.bsky.social seminar on the RAF and Oman. Chaired by Sit Glenn Torpy, the first paper, from Graham Pitchfork, is providing context to the relationship by exploring the early history

Graham Pitchfork, speaking at the RAF Museum as part of the RAFHS Seminar

Sir Glenn Torpy, speaking at the RAF Museum

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Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

⏰ Less than a week to go! The RAF Museum Annual Conference begins 4 Sept ✈️ Two days of inspiring talks on New Perspectives in Military Aviation Research. Tickets £60 / £40 concessions 🎟️ Or watch every session FREE on Crowdcast 💻🌍 Book here 👉 bit.ly/4dQFyvU #AviationHistory #AviationResearch

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I am looking forward to participating in the @rafmuseum.bsky.social conference again next week, giving a paper on reconceiving J. C. Slessor's Air Power and Armies as applied history, and engaging with the other fascinating papers. Thank you @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social for organising it.

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Harry Raffal @rafhistory.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Fantastic to see Close Air Support out as an Ebook. Lots of hardwork editing with @ac1shaw.bsky.social to produce a volume covering the FWW to the present and exploring CAS inoperations beyond those usually considered. At £16 it is a steal!

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Delighted that @rafhistory.bsky.social and my 'Close Air Support' is now available as an eBook at a launch price of £16. www.helion.co.uk/military-his...

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

My third and final edition of the Journal of the @rafhistorical.bsky.social as editor is in print. It's the proceedings of the RAF culture seminar at @rafmuseum.bsky.social , organised by @sophyantrobus.bsky.social , @rafhistory.bsky.social, wonderfully guest edited by @sophyhiggins.bsky.social.

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I am delighted my review of Rich Milburn's fascinating examination of Sir Charles Portal as a strategist is published in the RAF Chief of the Air Staff's Reading List 2025. Also includes @paul-cyfecta.bsky.social review of Arutunyan & Galeotti's 'Downfall' airspacepower.com/wp-content/u...

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Harry Raffal @rafhistory.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Fantastic to be at the RAF Historical Society as Gus MacDonald was presented the Two Air Forces Award for his chapter in @ac1shaw.bsky.social and my work onClose Air Support www.helion.co.uk/military-his...

Gus Macdonald receiving a glass plaque and certificate from Richard Johns

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David Jordan @davidjair.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Approaches to Offensive Counter Air, 2025. RAF (top) Ukraine (below)...

A composite photograph - a pair of Typhoon FGR4 and a two-ship of F-35 Lightning II at top; at the bottom of the photograph a line up of articulated trucks to serve as a generic indication of the means by with Ukraine attacked Russian bomber bases, 1 June 2025.

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Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

📢 Join us at the RAF Museum London on 20 May, 12pm for a Lunchtime Lecture: “The Smuts Report 1917: A New Perspective” with historian Neil Datson ✈️ Was the RAF's creation a bold vision—or a strategic misstep? 🤔 🎟️ Free in-person (registration req’d) or livestream via Crowdcast 🔗 bit.ly/4knavu1

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Lunchtime Lecture - RAF Museum

The Smuts Report 1917: A New Perspective On Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 12pm, Neil Datson will explore the legacy of the Smuts Report. This talk will […]

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Working on a proposal which contrasts Thomas Hippler's idea of early strategic bombing theory as ahistorial historicism with Slessor's intent for his history based Air Power and Armies to allow practitioners to be 'be wise before the event'. @drmeganekelleher.bsky.social @rafhistory.bsky.social

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Royal Air Force Museum @rafmuseum.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

✈️ RAF Museum CFP for our 2025 annual conference — just 1 week left! ⌛ 📅 Deadline: 25 April We're seeking bold new takes on air power: untold stories, fresh methods, & environmental impacts. 🎓 ECRs welcome! 💸 Bursaries available 📍 4–5 Sept | RAF Museum London 🔗 Full details at bit.ly/3QWgJUS

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Twenty per cent discount today on @rafhistory.bsky.social and my co-edited Close Air Support: Case Studies on the Integration of Air Power on the Battlefield. Order here www.helion.co.uk/military-his...

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Society for Army Historical Research @societyarmy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Still plenty of time to sign up to John Alexander's online talk this Thursday, which looks at army-air cooperation on the Northwest Frontier. Members and non-members can register for free at: my.demio.com/ref/7vqiBVpQ...

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RUSI @rusi.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

🎙 In the latest Talking Strategy episode, we speak with Dr Harry Raffal @rafhistory.bsky.social (@rafmuseum.bsky.social) about ‘the architect and patron saint of modern air power’, Marshal of the RAF Viscount Hugh Trenchard. Learn more here: rusi.org/podcasts/tal...

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John Alexander @ac1shaw.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Close Air Support: Case Studies on the Integration of Air Power on the Battlefield, the anthology of 2023 BCMH and @rafmuseum.bsky.social CAS conference co-edited with @rafhistory.bsky.social, now available from Helion Books. Order here www.helion.co.uk/military-his...

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Clive Richards @cliverichards.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Secondly, my chapter examining the development and employment of Aerial Rocket Artillery helicopters by the US Army is in the collection Close Air Support, edited by Harry Raffal (@rafhistory.bsky.social) and John Alexander (@ac1shaw.bsky.social) and published today by Helion.

Front cover of 'Close Air Support: Case Studies on the Integration of Air Power on the Battlefield', edited by Harry Raffal and John Alexander

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RAF Historical Society @rafhistorical.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

We launched our new website earlier this year and will be updating our content in the New Year to share more of our Journals and to keep you up to date with our events. rafhistoricalsociety.org.uk

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