Air Power Studies Division
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Since late 2005, cadets on the RAF's Initial Officer Training Course at the Royal Air Force College Cranwell have enjoyed a far more extensive and rigorous academic syllabus than before.
That syllabus now includes international relations, politics, strategic thought, a strong module on the ethics of war, and of course air power history and analysis, all of which is taught and assessed at undergraduate level. The curriculum is the handiwork of the Air Power Studies Division, a specialist branch of King's Defence Studies Department, which is part of the War Studies Group
The Air Power Studies Division aspires to provide world-class, broad and critical defence-related education to RAF non-commissioned officers as well as officers across various levels from initial officer training and junior NCO courses through to the RAF's flagship single-service course, the Higher Air Warfare Course. Based at the historic and prestigious Royal Air Force College in Lincolnshire, where it provides most of its lecturing, in April 2008 the team also began teaching Royal Air Force recruits and NCOs at all levels at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. The team works closely with the RAF Regiment on its various academic activities and sets and assesses its major essay competitions.
The Air Power Studies Division, which serves as a core component of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies (RAF CAPS), aims to develop into a national (and internationally recognised) centre of excellence in Air Power and related Defence research and teaching. It also seeks to generate academic discourse and public awareness of Air Power's unique abilities, activities and accomplishments across the spectrum of conflict. It holds monthly seminars and convenes major international conferences on air power themes and topics.
The team is committed to supporting the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff and the Directorate of Defence Staffs with specialist advice and the production of high-level research.
To learn more about the staff of the Air Power Studies Division and their areas of academic interest, please visit their staff profiles.
That syllabus now includes international relations, politics, strategic thought, a strong module on the ethics of war, and of course air power history and analysis, all of which is taught and assessed at undergraduate level. The curriculum is the handiwork of the Air Power Studies Division, a specialist branch of King's Defence Studies Department, which is part of the War Studies Group
The Air Power Studies Division aspires to provide world-class, broad and critical defence-related education to RAF non-commissioned officers as well as officers across various levels from initial officer training and junior NCO courses through to the RAF's flagship single-service course, the Higher Air Warfare Course. Based at the historic and prestigious Royal Air Force College in Lincolnshire, where it provides most of its lecturing, in April 2008 the team also began teaching Royal Air Force recruits and NCOs at all levels at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. The team works closely with the RAF Regiment on its various academic activities and sets and assesses its major essay competitions.
The Air Power Studies Division, which serves as a core component of the Royal Air Force Centre for Air Power Studies (RAF CAPS), aims to develop into a national (and internationally recognised) centre of excellence in Air Power and related Defence research and teaching. It also seeks to generate academic discourse and public awareness of Air Power's unique abilities, activities and accomplishments across the spectrum of conflict. It holds monthly seminars and convenes major international conferences on air power themes and topics.
The team is committed to supporting the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff and the Directorate of Defence Staffs with specialist advice and the production of high-level research.
To learn more about the staff of the Air Power Studies Division and their areas of academic interest, please visit their staff profiles.