Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies

On 23 August 2007 Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy, Chief of the Air Staff, RAF, launched the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies, also known as RAF CAPS. [http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/RafChiefUnveilsTheLatestWeaponInTheRafsInventory.htm Ministry of Defence | Defence News | Defence Policy and Business | RAF Chief unveils the latest weapon in the RAF's inventory ] ] Based at the Royal Air Force College, this think tank and research centre claims to bring together academia with serving members of the RAF to analyse how air power has been used in the past and how best it might be used in a modern, complex world of increasing ambiguity. It aspires to act as the RAF’s centre for strategic and conceptual thinking about air power, to "encourage and promote the study of air power, particularly within the Service and academia, but also throughout the broader intellectual community (including the media and think-tanks)". [ [http://www.airpowerstudies.co.uk/index.htm CENTRE FOR AIR POWER STUDIES | Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies (RAF CAPS) ] ] It hosts a website, runs major conferences [ [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/defence/news/news Forthcoming research conferences :News and events :King's College London ] ] , offers fellowships and, since 2008, publishes a journal called "Air Power Review". [http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafcms/mediafiles/BC18F893_1143_EC82_2E16AC19F19FE2D2.pdf] [ [http://www.raf.mod.uk/downloads/airpowerreview.cfm RAF - Air Power Review ] ] Its Board is headed by Air Vice-Marshal Richard Garwood, Air Officer Commanding No. 22 (Training) Group. Its staff consists of key members of the Royal Air Force and air power studies academics from King's College London's Air Power Studies Division. [ [http://www.kcl.ac.uk/schools/sspp/defence/apsd.html Air Power Studies Division :Defence Studies Department :King's College London ] ] [ [http://airminded.org/2007/11/14/raf-cranwell-and-a-conference/ Airminded · RAF Cranwell and a conference ] ]

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* [http://www.airpowerstudies.co.uk/ Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies] : official website.