From Balloons to Drones

From Balloons to Drones

'From Balloons to Drones' is an online scholarly platform that seeks to provide analysis and debate about air power history, theory, and contemporary operations in their broadest sense including space and cyber power. https://balloonstodrones.com/

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Episoder(51)

19: Frank Blazich - Civil Air Patrol vs. the U-Boats

19: Frank Blazich - Civil Air Patrol vs. the U-Boats

During World War II, the Civil Air Patrol conducted anti-submarine operations, including giving civilian volunteer pilots the authority to drop bombs on enemy targets. To tell us about the role CAP pl...

1 Okt 202128min

18: Brian Laslie - The Air Wars in Vietnam

18: Brian Laslie - The Air Wars in Vietnam

Next year is the 50th anniversary of the Linebacker campaigns--the last major bombing campaigns of the Vietnam War. To evaluate the legacy of air power's contribution to that war, Brian Laslie discuss...

1 Sep 202126min

17: Daniel Jackson - Rescuing the Flying Tigers

17: Daniel Jackson - Rescuing the Flying Tigers

In World War II, American airmen flew key missions in the China, Burma, India theater. A vastly higher percentage of them were able to survive and return home after being shot down, compared to other ...

1 Aug 202132min

16: Jeff Shesol - John Glenn, Pilot and Astronaut

16: Jeff Shesol - John Glenn, Pilot and Astronaut

John Glenn captured the hearts and imagination of many Americans as the first US astronaut to orbit the earth, and he had extensive combat experience as a pilot before that. Prolific and celebrated au...

1 Jul 202127min

15: The Bomber Mafia

15: The Bomber Mafia

The recent book 'The Bomber Mafia' (by Malcom Gladwell) has generated a lot of interest in the topic of strategic bombing in World War II. On this episode, three of the editors at From Balloons to Dro...

1 Jun 202136min

14: Greg Daddis - The Vietnam War and Men's Adventure Magazines

14: Greg Daddis - The Vietnam War and Men's Adventure Magazines

Before and during the Vietnam War, some of the most popular magazines among those who served were pulp fiction men's adventure magazines. Greg Daddis (former US Army Colonel and professor of military ...

1 Mai 202129min

13: Lieutenant General David Deptula, USAF (Ret.) - The First Gulf War

13: Lieutenant General David Deptula, USAF (Ret.) - The First Gulf War

Lt. Gen. David Deptula (USAF, retired) was the principal attack planner for the Desert Storm coalition air campaign in 1991. Today, 30 years after the Gulf War, he joins us for a talk about that air c...

1 Apr 202133min

12: Rebecca Siegel - The Women Astronaut Training Program

12: Rebecca Siegel - The Women Astronaut Training Program

Rebecca Siegel, author of 'To Fly Among the Stars: The Hidden Story of the Flight for Women Astronauts,' joins us for a chat about the Mercury Program and the 13 women who went through astronaut train...

1 Mar 202131min

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