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  Directed Energy Weapons and Electromagnetic Bombs Systems and Basic Technology Australia's First Online Journal Covering Air Power Issues [ISSN 1832-2433] Information Warfare, Information Operations and Electronic Attack Air Power and National Military Strategy Issues

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Military Aviation History Topics



Australian Built Beaufighter Mk.21


The Royal Australian Air Force is one of the world's oldest air forces, and Australia has a proud history of contributing combat units or aircrew to military campaigns globally. Australian aircrew and RAAF units participated in major European, North African and Pacific theatre campaigns, the Korean War, the Vietnam conflict, and most recently the OEF and OIF campaigns.

This webpage indexes articles or papers on the APA site which have a historical focus.




Historical Articles

Australian Aviation  - 1992 -  Der Gabelschwanz Teufel (Revised and expanded with C.C. Jordan 1999) - Historical
Defence Today - May/June 2006 - Milestones: Early Operations Using Smart Bombs
Defence Today - July/August 2006 - Milestones: Early Fighter Cannon Armament
Defence Today - September/October 2006 - Milestones: Genesis of the Surface to Air Missile
Defence Today - January/February 2007 - Milestones: Battle of the Beams
Defence Today - March/April 2007 - Milestones: Stellar navigation to Satellite navigation
Air Power Australia - July 2005 - Warship Vulnerability
Air Power Australia - July 2006 - Dawn of the Smart Bomb
Defence Today - April/May - 2007 - Hitler's Legacy - Modern Islamofascism and its Nazi Origins

Related Topics and Links

APA - Mark Kopp's Aviation Art (November 2006)
Australian National Aviation Museum  - APA Imagery
Australian National Aviation Museum @ Moorabbin
RAAF Museum @ Point Cook
Aviation Heritage Museum of Western Australia @ Bull Creek
Australian War Memorial - Canberra
Australia @ War Website
Australian Military Aircraft Serials and Aircraft History


The EMW Wasserfall W-10 Surface to Air Missile narrowly missed out on operational use. It would have had a devastating impact on the Allied Combined Bomber Offensive in 1944-45.





F-22A Raptor Sukhoi Flanker F-111 Aardvark F/A-18A Hornet Joint Strike Fighter Weapons Aerial Refuelling and Airlift Issues ISR and NCW Issues Regional Capability Issues Defence Policy and Reform Issues Supporting Air Power in Australia
  Directed Energy Weapons and Electromagnetic Bombs Systems and Basic Technology Australia's First Online Journal Covering Air Power Issues [ISSN 1832-2433] Information Warfare, Information Operations and Electronic Attack Air Power and National Military Strategy Issues
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