Air Force: Inside the New Era of Australian Air Power

Ian McPhedran is a Sydney-based national defence writer for News Limited. He has been a journalist all his working life and has covered conflicts in Burma‚ Somalia‚ Cambodia‚ Papua New Guinea‚ Indonesia‚ East Timor‚ Afghanistan and Iraq. In 1993 he won a United Nations Association peace media award and in 1999 the Walkley award for best news report for his exposé of the navy's Collins class submarine fiasco. Ian lives in Balmain with his wife Verona and daughter Lucy.

Richard Aspel is a talented narrator of children's and adult audiobooks. He trained and worked in London, before returning to Australia where he has worked extensively in television, theatre and radio. His television credits include Neighbours and Carson's Law, and he provided various voices for The Silver Brumby animated series. Richard was nominated for the prestigious Audie Award (US) for his narration of The Mark of the Angel by Nancy Huston.