Dr Ross Mahoney
@airpowerhistory.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of 'From Balloons to Drones.' Specialist in Air Power History, Transport History, & Heritage. Brit in Brisbane, QLD. Tweets ≠ endorsement.
https://drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/ & https://balloonstodrones.com/
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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.’
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#Commentary – Filling the Fighter Gap: TürkiyeTurns to the Eurofighter After the F-35 Fallout balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/25/c...
#Commentary – Filling the Fighter Gap: TürkiyeTurns to the Eurofighter After the F-35 Fallout
By Ömer Ergün Özkan “If we cannot get the F-35, we will evaluate other options.” “There is no way we will step back from the S-400s.” “If the promises given to us are not kept, we will not approve …
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November 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
#Commentary – Filling the Fighter Gap: TürkiyeTurns to the Eurofighter After the F-35 Fallout balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/25/c...
#ResearchNote – The Historiography of Australian Air Power: Official Histories drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r... #airpowerhistory #officialhistory
#ResearchNote – The Historiography of Australian Air Power: Official Histories
Editorial note: This series of research notes on the historiography of Australian air power expands on sections of the bibliography available here. Australia, in general, and the Royal Australian A…
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November 23, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#ResearchNote – The Historiography of Australian Air Power: Official Histories drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/r... #airpowerhistory #officialhistory
Hotel booked for an impromptu visit to Canberra on Thursday!
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hotel booked for an impromptu visit to Canberra on Thursday!
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My little display on the MakR Gallery at GHMX Gaming, Hobby & Model Expo in Brisbane this weekend. #scalemodelling #figurepainting
November 21, 2025 at 11:20 PM
My little display on the MakR Gallery at GHMX Gaming, Hobby & Model Expo in Brisbane this weekend. #scalemodelling #figurepainting
Some documents ordered to be viewed at the AWM due to an impromptu visit to Canberra next week!
November 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Some documents ordered to be viewed at the AWM due to an impromptu visit to Canberra next week!
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In a recent #BookReview, @airpowerhistory.bsky.social reviews 'Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning,' edited by Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emaunuele Sica. balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b... #airpowehistory #PMEmatters
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
In a recent #BookReview, @airpowerhistory.bsky.social reviews 'Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning,' edited by Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emaunuele Sica. balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b... #airpowehistory #PMEmatters
Archivists: "I bring order to chaos..."
Historian: "I bring chaos to order..."
This was the running joke while I worked with some very talented archivists at the @rafmuseum.bsky.social.
Historian: "I bring chaos to order..."
This was the running joke while I worked with some very talented archivists at the @rafmuseum.bsky.social.
November 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Archivists: "I bring order to chaos..."
Historian: "I bring chaos to order..."
This was the running joke while I worked with some very talented archivists at the @rafmuseum.bsky.social.
Historian: "I bring chaos to order..."
This was the running joke while I worked with some very talented archivists at the @rafmuseum.bsky.social.
#BookReview – Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/18/b...
#BookReview – Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars
Reviewed by Dr John J. Abbatiello Kathy Wilson, Marshall’s Great Captain: Lieutenant General Frank M. Andrews and Air Power in the World Wars. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2024. Il…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A job... Well, it's from 1950, but still!
November 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A job... Well, it's from 1950, but still!
Sometimes, the most mundane-sounding documents reveal the most critical insights, such as who reported to whom. This comes from a source called the 'Distribution of Duties.' It's an RAAF publication outlining roles for those who worked at RAAF HQ (the RAF had something similar).
November 15, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Sometimes, the most mundane-sounding documents reveal the most critical insights, such as who reported to whom. This comes from a source called the 'Distribution of Duties.' It's an RAAF publication outlining roles for those who worked at RAAF HQ (the RAF had something similar).
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#OTD in 1941 the Luftwaffe conducted a raid against the RAF concentration of Whitforce on Giarabub (Jaghbub) landing ground (LG 107), causing havoc amongst 33 and 113 Squadron.
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Luftwaffe against Giarabub Aerodrome 15 November 41
Background Giarabub or Jaghbub is an oasis on the border of Egypt and Libya, far to the south of Fort Maddalena, and on the edge of the great sand sea. At the end of March 1941 it had fallen to Emp…
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November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
#OTD in 1941 the Luftwaffe conducted a raid against the RAF concentration of Whitforce on Giarabub (Jaghbub) landing ground (LG 107), causing havoc amongst 33 and 113 Squadron.
@rafhistory.bsky.social @rafmuseum.bsky.social @smoorebofb1940.bsky.social @airminded.org @airpowerhistory.bsky.social
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#Acquisition - Wings over Malyan Jungle drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/a...
#Acquisition – Wings over Malyan Jungle
The historiography of the use of air power during the Cold War is dominated by works dealing with the US involvement in Vietnam. However, air power played a significant role in other conflicts, suc…
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November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
#Acquisition - Wings over Malyan Jungle drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/a...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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#Updated - The @balloons2drones.bsky.social 'Air and Space Power Bibliography' now contains 1,779 titles and is growing. www.zotero.org/groups/51104...
Zotero | Groups > Air and Space Power Bibliography
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November 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#Updated - The @balloons2drones.bsky.social 'Air and Space Power Bibliography' now contains 1,779 titles and is growing. www.zotero.org/groups/51104...
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Cracking open the fortress siege lines was a combined arms endeavour, armour, infantry, artillery and a very substantial air force component. A total of 270 planes were concentrated for the attack. @airpowerhistory.bsky.social @mike-bechthold.bsky.social @rafhistory.bsky.social
Axis Air Force Strength for the Planned Attack on Tobruk, November 1941
Background This post is based on a document from the war diary appendices to Panzergruppe War Diary August to November 1941, the section dealing with the planning for the attack on Tobruk[1]. Rei…
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November 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Cracking open the fortress siege lines was a combined arms endeavour, armour, infantry, artillery and a very substantial air force component. A total of 270 planes were concentrated for the attack. @airpowerhistory.bsky.social @mike-bechthold.bsky.social @rafhistory.bsky.social
For the 'hundredth' time (ok, not quite, but close!), I am trying to set up a catalogue of all the archival research I have conducted over the years. Wish me luck!
November 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
For the 'hundredth' time (ok, not quite, but close!), I am trying to set up a catalogue of all the archival research I have conducted over the years. Wish me luck!
My latest #BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/b... #airpowerhistory #avgeek
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
My latest book review at From Balloons to Drones. This time it is an edited volume on the role of learning of air forces. It is a must read for anyone interested in the subject of Professional Mili…
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November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
My latest #BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning drrossmahoney.wordpress.com/2025/11/07/b... #airpowerhistory #avgeek
Bookshelf: Revisiting TB Millar’s 'Australia’s Defence' 60 years on | Euan Graham | www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-re...
Bookshelf: Revisiting TB Millar’s Australia’s Defence 60 years on | The Strategist
While new books offer topicality, occasionally it pays to revisit the classics for a reality check on the essentials of continuity and change. Published 60 years ago, TB Millar’s Australia’s Defence i...
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November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Bookshelf: Revisiting TB Millar’s 'Australia’s Defence' 60 years on | Euan Graham | www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-re...
My latest #bookreview... #airpowerhistory
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b... @kentuckypress.bsky.social #airpowerhistory #avgeek
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My latest #bookreview... #airpowerhistory
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#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b...
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning
Reviewed by Dr Ross Mahoney Randall Wakelam, David Varey and Emanuele Sica (eds.), Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2020.…
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November 6, 2025 at 1:26 AM
#BookReview – Educating Air Forces: Global Perspectives on Airpower Learning balloonstodrones.com/2025/11/06/b...
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#Updated - Air and Space Power Bibliography www.zotero.org/groups/51104... #airpowerhistory #militaryaviation #avgeek
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November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
#Updated - Air and Space Power Bibliography www.zotero.org/groups/51104... #airpowerhistory #militaryaviation #avgeek
Article sent off for peer review. Let's hope that reviewer 2 is nice ;-)
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Article sent off for peer review. Let's hope that reviewer 2 is nice ;-)
An interesting piece of personal history. These are questions I prepared for the interview at the RAF Museum to get me my role as their historian in 2013. A piece of nostalgia. @rafhistory.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
An interesting piece of personal history. These are questions I prepared for the interview at the RAF Museum to get me my role as their historian in 2013. A piece of nostalgia. @rafhistory.bsky.social