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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 Analyses




Carlo Kopp and Corey Jordan
 Australian Aviation 1992
 Der Gabelschwanz Teufel
Carlo Kopp Australian Aviation Nov 2001 The War on Terrorism [PDF]  
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Apr/May 2007 Hitler's Legacy - Modern Islamofascism and its Nazi Origins [PDF]
Carlo Kopp Air Power Australia
 Jul 2005
 Warship Vulnerability
Carlo Kopp Air Power Australia Jul 2006
 Dawn of the Smart Bomb





Historical Photo Essays




Paul Cropper Air Power Australia Jul 2010 Monino Central VVS Museum Bomber Aircraft
Paul Cropper
 Air Power Australia Jul 2010 Monino Central VVS Museum Fighter and Attack Aircraft
Paul Cropper Air Power Australia Jul 2010 Monino Central VVS Museum Transports, Helicopters and ISR
Carlo Kopp Air Power Australia Jul 2010 Cold War Air Power - A Pacific Perspective
Carlo Kopp Air Power Australia Jun 2010 CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk / CVW-15
Carlo Kopp Air Power Australia May 2010 CV-41 USS Midway / CVW-5
Carlo Kopp Air Power Australia Jun 2010 RAAF F/RF-111A/C/G





Defence Today Milestones Series




Carlo Kopp
 Defence Today May/Jun 2006 Early Operations Using Smart Bombs
Carlo Kopp Defence Today July/August 2006 Early Fighter Cannon Armament
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Sep/Oct 2006
 Genesis of the Surface to Air Missile
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Jan/Feb 2007
 Battle of the Beams
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Mar/Apr 2007
 Stellar Navigation to Satellite navigation
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Aug/Sep 2007
 Genesis of the Bunker Busting Bomb
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Oct/Nov 2007
 Origins of the Assault Rifle
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Dec 2007
 Ballistic Missile Operations
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Jan 2008
 Early Cruise Missile Operations
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Mar/Apr 2008
 Early Air Defence Radar
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Oct/Nov 2008
 Cruise Missiles Post World War II
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Dec 2008
 Soviet Cruise Missiles Post World War II
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Mar 2009
 Early Directed Energy Weapons programs
Carlo Kopp Defence Today Jun 2009 Early Soviet SAM Operations


Related Topics and Links

Australian National Aviation Museum @ Moorabbin  /  Australian National Aviation Museum  - APA Imagery
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
APA - Mark Kopp's Aviation Art (November 2006)



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.





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