Dr Ben Jones

Ben Jones joined the new Defence Studies Department based at the Royal Air Force College in Lincolnshire as a Lecturer in 2006. He previously taught at the Department of War Studies at King's College London. In 1998 Dr Jones completed his MPhil on the air operations of the British Pacific Fleet, analysing the development of Fleet Air Arm operations during the Second World War. In 2002 Dr Jones produced a new history section for the Royal Navy's website. Dr Jones finished his PhD on British naval air logistics during the two World Wars in 2007. This study examined the whole spectrum of logistic provision from strategic to tactical requirements. It analysed the evolution of air expansion programmes, the administration of aircraft procurement and the co-ordination of squadrons to meet operational needs. Dr Jones is currently conducting research into the political and military background to the Falklands War and the debate over the requirement for aircraft carriers for the Royal Navy, 1957-1970.