Médecine The Medical and surgical aspects of aviation, by H. Graeme Anderson, M. B., Ch. B., F. R. C. S,… with chapters on applied physiology of aviation, by Martin Flack, M. A., M. B. lieut.-colonel, R. A. F., Director of medical research to the Royal Air Force and the Aero-neuroses of war pilots, by Oliver H. Gotch, M. B., Ch. B., M. R. C. P. (London), Surgeon-Lieutenant,… and an introduction by the Right Hon. the lord Weir of Eastwood, P. C, Secretary of State for the Royal Air Force. — Londres, H. Frowde, Hodder et Stoughton, 1919. In-8, 255 p.

1919 ◽  
Vol 1 (09) ◽  
pp. 1101
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
Applied Physiology ◽  
The Right ◽  
Surgical Aspects

In a Flat Spin

1983 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 496-500
Author(s):  
J. E. D. Williams
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Applied Mathematics ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
Pure Mathematics ◽  
The Right

An announcement of Wing Commander Anderson's recent death appears on another page. Mr William's spirited criticism of Anderson's ‘Rotations in Navigation’, and by implication his more recent note on Coriolis (May 1983 issue), was of course written before the sad news was known. It is published here without modification (and in spite of the author's offer to withdraw it) as would undoubtedly have been Wing Commander Anderson's wish.At the end of the last war Wing Commander E. W. Anderson was one of the most distinguished practising navigators in the Royal Air Force. ‘Andy’, as he is known to so many, has since become navigation's leading exegete through his work in this Institute, his articles, lectures and books. ‘Rotations in Navigation’, however, has got him in a flat spin. The reason why has wider implications worth examining.Andy starts by suggesting that the difficulty of explaining Coriolis ‘may be due to the intellectual danger of trusting mathematics without making sure that the right circumstances surround the formulae which emerge’. This observation illustrates how well one can write English without saying what one means. Circumstances, right or wrong, cannot surround a formula although the statement a formula makes may be irrelevant to our circumstances. It is precisely because pure mathematics is the language, as Russell put it, ‘in which we do not know what we are talking about or care whether what we say about it is true’, that applied mathematics is the language in which we are obliged to say what we mean or be seen to use the language wrongly.

What Should the Space Force Do? Insights from Spacepower Analogies, Doctrine, and Culture

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-180
Author(s):  
Peter L. Hays
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Armed Forces ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Tree Model ◽  
Royal Air Force ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
The Right ◽  
Space Acquisition ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. Space Force, a separate branch of the U.S. Armed Forces within the Department of the Air Force that was created in December 2019. Major initial priorities for the Space Force include developing space doctrine and incubating a space-minded culture; blunting counterspace threats; improving space acquisition; and accelerating creation of wealth in and from space. To assess the evolution of spacepower doctrine, the chapter uses Dennis Drew’s doctrine tree model and David Lupton’s four schools of thought about the strategic utility of space capabilities: sanctuary, survivability, control, and high ground. The chapter also addresses several cautions and concerns including the relatively small size of the Space Force; significant dissimilarities between creation of the U.S. Air Force in 1947 and the Space Force in 2019; unintended consequences in impeding airpower development from the United Kingdom’s creation of a relatively small and weak Royal Air Force in 1918; and potential concerns stemming from the highly politicized environment that birthed the Space Force. The chapter concludes by reminding readers that new organizations do not guarantee success and by urging application of the right lessons from past missteps.

The Royal Air Force: Budget Preparation, Control & Execution

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Syeda Noor-ul-Huda Shahid ◽  
Usman W. Chohan
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Royal Air Force

On Research and Other Matters

1922 ◽  
Vol 26 (140) ◽  
pp. 325-330
Author(s):  
S. Heckstall Smith
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
Air Force ◽  
The Other ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Secretary Of State ◽  
The Press ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Stimulation Of

If the thought of another war troubles you, then don't read this article. If you would rather say to yourself as the Secretary of State said to the Air Conference, “ There won't be another war for ten years, so why worry? ” then no doubt you will think with him that it is better to let other nations have alk the bother and expense of trying to advance; after all, we are jolly fine fellows and can soon pick up. If, on the other hand, you have imagination which gives you a nasty queasy sensation when you think of what might be, then perhaps the following notes, albeit disjointed and mostly stale, may at least conjure up in you thoughts of your own on the subject. This is all that is needed to help, our advancement in the air–the stimulation of spoken and written thoughts by the British nation, for if every taxpayer in the British Empire says “ Air Force,” then the Press and Parliament will say it too.

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