Paul Johnston

Paul Johnston is an Air Force officer of the Canadian Forces, currently posted to Aerospace Warfare Centre in Trenton Ontario, where he lives with his wife Sheila, four children and the family dog Wolseley. Currently, Paul is a doctoral student at Queens University in nearby Kingston, in the history programme. My area of research interest is the history of tactical air power. Visit my site on Allied tactical air power in Normandy.

Some Published Work

• A history of militay staff systems in the new Canadian Air Force Journal
• A history of the evolution of the wing and headquarters organization of the Canadian Air Force
• The Question of British Influence on US Tactical Air Power in World War II published in the spring 2005 edition of Air Power History
• `Air Rollback': Tactical Targets ... Independent Air Power?, published in the RAF's Air Power Review Summer 2003 edition.
• Tactical Air Power Controversies in Normandy published in Canadian Military History Spring 2000.
• "No Cloak and Dagger Required: Intelligence Support to UN Peacekeeping" Intelligence and National Security Vol 12 No 4 (October 1997) pp 102-112. Republished as a chapter in Peacekeeping Intelligence: Emerging Concepts for the Future Edited by Ben de Jong.
• Hardpounding: Attrition and Manoeuvre in Warfare (a chapter in The Changing Face of War)
• Doctrine Is Not Enough: The Effect of Doctrine on the Behaviour of Armies published in the Autumn 2000 edition of Parameters.
• D+20,000: Still Fighting the Normandy Campaign in the Spring 2000 edition of The Canadian Canadian Army Journal (at the time titled the Army Doctrine and Training Bulletin.
• Atomic Reflections: Hiroshima and Morality in War

Education

• Doctoral Candidate, History
  Queens University, 2008-present
• Master of Arts, War Studies,
  Royal Military College of Canada, 1996
  Thesis: " Second Tactical Air Force and the Normandy Campaign: Controversy and Under-developed Doctrine"
• Honours Bachelor of Arts, Military and Strategic Studies,
  Royal Roads Military College, 1984-1988

Professional Experience

• Deployment to ISAF Headquarters, Kabul Afghanistan: 2006-2007,
  Chief Assessments Officer, Joint Intelligence Centre
• Deployment to Canadian Air Base, Persian Gulf Region: 2002
  Contingent Intelligence Officer
• 2007-present: ISR doctrine staff officer, Aerospace Warfare Centre
• 2003-2006: Staff Officer, A2 Readiness, 1st Canadian Air Division / Canadian NORAD Region Headquarters, Winnipeg
• 2002-2003: Intelligence Standards Officer, Air Force Tactical Training Centre, 4 Wing Cold Lake
• 2000-2002: Intelligence Officer/Instructor, 410 Tactical Fighter (Operational Training) Squadron
• 1998-2000: Desk Officer, Persian Gulf, Director General Intelligence, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa
• 1996-1998: Analyst, Balkan Intelligence Response Team, Director General Intelligence, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa
• 1995-1996: Post-Graduate Programme, Royal Military College of Canada, Kingston
• 1994-1995: J2 Air, Joint Force Headquarters, Kingston
• 1992-1994: G2 Current, Force Mobile Command Headquarters, St Hubert
• 1990-1992: Squadron Intelligence Officer, 421 Tactical Fighter Squadron, Canadian Forces Base Baden-Soellingen, Federal Republic of Germany
• 1988-1992: Troop Leader, 8th Canadian Hussars, Canadian Forces Base Lahr, Federal Republic of Germany
• 1984-1988: Officer Cadet Student, Royal Roads Military College, Victoria

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