As someone diagnosed as #dyslexic as an adult, this chimes with my feelings. ‘[d]yslexia [has] caused me to distrust my intelligence which in turn [has] resulted in a lack of faith in my opinion [...] My lack of trust in my judgement [comes] from a fear of making mistakes.’

Do we need an academic journal focused on air power studies brodly defined? Would cover history, theory and contemporary operations. drrossmahoney.substack.com/p… #airpowerstudies #plsRT

In the late 1940s, Pieter Geyl, writing about French historians' views of Napoleon, coined the aphorism that history is an 'argument without end.' Words to live by! read.uolpress.co.uk/projects…

#callforsubmissions - The Third Brother Revisited: The Development of the #RAAF. Just over 10 days left to submit your ideas! drrossmahoney.substack.com/p… #airpowerhistory #plsRT

A piece written by me last year about the late Air Vice-Marshal Professor Tony Mason. One of the doyens of air power studies in the UK.

One fellowship application submitted. Unlikely to get it, but you have to be in it to win it!

So true... – at Brisbane, Queensland

Have you got something to say about #airpowerhistory (including #aviationhistory), theory, and contemporary operations?

9 years ago today, I boarded a plane and moved to Australia (my wife is Australian). I have never regretted the move, though things haven't always been easy.

Veterans and Australian War Memorial call for release of Afghanistan, Iraq official histories abc.net.au/news/2026-10-10/v… #officialhistory – at Beachmere, Queensland

#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… #RAAF #WW1 #ww2 #airpowerhistory #plsRT

My discussion of the early intellectual development of #airpowerhistory, from the earliest known doctorates in the field, including Noble Frankland's thesis. drrossmahoney.substack.com/p… #plsRT

The Early Intellectual Development of Air Power History drrossmahoney.substack.com/p… #airpowerhistory

The next oldest doctorate I have found is Noble Frankland's 1951 Oxford DPhil. There is an interesting story to be told here between the link between Frankland's doctorate, the work of the @AHB_RAF, and the official history of the Strategic Air Offensive against Germany.

The earliest thesis I have found is Eugene Emme's 1949 thesis from the University of Iowa on interwar German air power. #airpowerhistory

So much for air power studies being a niche subject. So far, I have identified c. 250 PhDs on the subject since the end of the Second World War.