Air & Space Power Journal articles from December 2005

Air & Space Power Journal archives from December 2005

Developing airmen: building a world-class noncommissioned officer corps.
December 22, 2005... TODAY NEARLY 500,000 of America's finest men and women proudly serve as enlisted Airmen in our United States Air Force--a total force made up of active duty, Air National Guard (ANG), and Air Force Reserve (AFR) personnel standing strong to...

Introducing the French ASPJ and presenting the latest Chronicles Online Journal articles.(Air and Space Power Journal launches new journal in French)
December 22, 2005... AIR AND SPACE Power Journal has published English, Spanish, and Portuguese editions since the 1940s. We added an Arabic edition in early 2005. We are now pleased to announce the imminent debut of the French ASPJ. The new journal's audience...

Narrowing the global-strike gap.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2005... Col George D. Kramlinger's article "Narrowing the Global-Strike Gap with an Airborne Aircraft Carrier" (summer 2005) outlines an interesting near-term idea for global strike. In fact, his article suggests an even better solution for...

Return of the Bomber Barons.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2005... I certainly agree with Maj Jeffrey W. Decker's article "Return of the Bomber Barons: The Resurgence of Long-Range Bombardment Aviation for the Early Twenty-first Century" (summer 2005) on the importance--indeed, the necessity--of long-range...

Aggressive ISR in the war on terrorism.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2005... I agree with much of what Lt Col William B. Danskine proposes in his well-reasoned article "Aggressive ISR in the War on Terrorism: Breaking the Cold War Paradigm" (summer 2005). However, I think his suggestion that many nations should embrace...

US airpower in Korea.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2005... Dr. Bruce E. Bechtol Jr.'s article "The Future of US Airpower on the Korean Peninsula" (fall 2005) does not give due consideration to whether US airpower must be in South Korea to deter and, if necessary, respond to North Korean aggression. One...

The Air Force of the future.
December 22, 2005... AIRMEN HAVE ALWAYS been visionaries--even before an independent US Air Force existed. One of the earliest Airmen--often called the father of the Air Force--earned a reputation as a prophet because of his perceptive insights. More than 20 years...

Air Force Doctrine Document 2-1.6, Personnel Recovery Operations.
December 22, 2005... AMERICA'S ARMED FORCES have maintained a commitment to recover any isolated personnel from hostile or uncertain environments, and denied areas" (iii). So writes Maj Gen Bentley B. Rayburn, commander, Headquarters Air Force Doctrine Center, in...

The first rule of modern warfare: never bring a knife to a gunfight[c].
December 22, 2005... There is a tendency in our planning to confuse the unfamiliar with the improbable. The contingency we have not considered seriously looks strange; what looks strange is thought improbable; what is improbable need not be considered seriously....

The future: oil, America, and the Air Force.
December 22, 2005... OIL PLAYED A leading role in conflicts of the twentieth century, and it will continue as a source of global tension in this century. Contrary to public perceptions about oil shortages, embargoes, and fuel cells, energy's future in the Air Force...

The commander and the wing historian.
December 22, 2005... DURING AN INBRIEFING, I asked Maj Gen Charles N. Simpson, at that time the director of air and space operations for US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE), what services he expected from USAFE's History Office (HO). "I'm not exactly sure what you...

The foreign comparative testing program.
December 22, 2005... NO DOUBT US military personnel deployed overseas in operations such as Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom sometimes notice their coalition partners using a particularly effective piece of equipment during engagements with the enemy. Naturally...

Balloons in today's military? An introduction to the near-space concept.
December 22, 2005... Editorial Abstract: The near-space region is emerging as an important operational domain for the war fighter. This article is derived from a larger, more fully documented treatise on near-space operations entitled The Paradigm Shift to...

Revised Air Force Doctrine Document 2-4, Combat Support.
December 22, 2005... IN ORDER TO meet the rapidly changing needs of today's war-fighting commanders, air and space forces must be prepared to respond quickly and efficiently to worldwide taskings. As such, the support to accompany these forces must respond with...

Technical education for Air Force Space professionals.
December 22, 2005... Editorial Abstract: Space-related education, coupled with the need for technical expertise, is critical in developing and sustaining a space cadre. However, after more than 20 years, Air Force Space Command still lacks an adequate strategy to...

Sky cops.
December 22, 2005... SEVERAL QUESTIONS COME to mind regarding the function of the Air Force in light of certain world events. Specifically, what role does it have in Iraq today? After the success of airpower during recent wars, will the Air Force have a hard time...

Mahan on space education: a historical rebuke of a modern error.(Alfred Thayer Mahan)
December 22, 2005... Editorial Abstract: The Air Force has shaped a new space-professional strategy that alters many aspects of career development for the service's space cadre. In this article, Lieutenant Ziarnick posits that the ideas of a nineteenth-century Navy...

The war fighter's need for science and technology.
December 22, 2005... Editorial Abstract: For over five decades, science and technology have given the US Air Force the winning edge in conducting warfare, but without an aggressive, constant reinvestment and the ongoing pursuit of ever-improving technologies, we...

Diving the digital dumpster: the impact of the internet on collecting open-source intelligence.
December 22, 2005... Editorial Abstract: Initially a research project for networking computers, the Internet now enables a free flow of information and has woven itself into the very fabric of our culture. However, the Air Force should be judicious about the...

Emergent capability: influence operations and the strategic airman.
December 22, 2005... IN JUST OVER 30 days, the US armed forces swiftly and skillfully defeated a proven threat to the Middle East and US national interests. (1) Operation Iraqi Freedom validated the doctrine and methods of conventional modern warfare. Yet, senior...

Wolfpack Warriors: The Story of World War II's Most Successful Fighter Outfit.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Wolfpack Warriors: The Story of World War II's Most Successful Fighter Outfit by Roger Freeman. Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors, LLC (http://www.casematepublishing.com), 2114 Darby Road, Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083, 2004, 256 pages,...

Into the Mouth of the Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Into the Mouth of the Cat: The Story of Lance Sijan, Hero of Vietnam by Malcolm McConnell. W. W. Norton and Company (http://www.wwnorton. com), 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110, 1985, 253 pages, $13.95 (softcover). Lance Sijan is...

The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East: Active Defense and Counter-Measures.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... The Threat of Ballistic Missiles in the Middle East: Active Defense and Counter-Measures edited by Arieh Stav. Sussex Academic Press (http://www. sussex-academic.co.uk/index.htm), 920 NE 58th Avenue, Suite 300, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644,...

Storm over Iraq: Airpower and the Gulf War.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Storm over Iraq: Airpower and the Gulf War by Richard P. Hallion. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.si.edu/sipress), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4300, Washington, D.C. 20560-0950, 1992, 383 pages, $19.95 (softcover). The title of...

The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to Undermine Terrorist Networks edited by Alexander T. J. Lennon. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (http://www-mitpress.mit. edu), Five Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts...

Messerschmitt Roulette: The Western Desert, 1941-42.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Messerschmitt Roulette: The Western Desert, 1941-42 by Wing Cdr Geoffrey Morley-Mower, DFC, AFC. Airlife Publishing Ltd., United Kingdom, distributed by Stackpole Books (http:// www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg,...

Disaster at D-Day: The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Disaster at D-Day: The Germans Defeat the Allies, June 1944 by Peter Tsouras. Greenhill Books/ Lionel Leventhal Ltd., distributed in the United States by Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpole books.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg,...

Modern Bombers: Aircraft, Weapons, and their Battlefield Might.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Modern Bombers: Aircraft, Weapons, and Their Battlefield Might by Anil R. Pustam. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 170556921, 2004, 72 pages, $14.95 (softcover). Anil Pustam's...

Seven Stars: The Okinawa Battle Diaries of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., and Joseph Stilwell.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Seven Stars: The Okinawa Battle Diaries of Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., and Joseph Stilwell edited by Nicholas Evan Sarantakes. Texas A&M University Press (http://www.tamu.edu/upress), John H. Lindsey Building, Lewis Street, 4354 TAMU, College...

21st Century U.S. Air Power.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... 21st Century U.S. Air Power by Nicholas A. Veronico and Jim Dunn. MBI Publishing Company (http:// www.motorbooks.com), Galtier Plaza, Suite 200, 380 Jackson Street, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101, 2004, 176 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). What is...

If Britain Had Fallen.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... If Britain Had Fallen by Norman Longmate. Greenhill Books (http://www.greenhillbooks.com), Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN, 2004, 304 pages, $19.95 (softcover). What if the Luftwaffe had defeated the Royal Air Force (RAF) and...

American Soldier.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... American Soldier by Gen Tommy Franks with Malcolm McConnell. ReganBooks/HarperCollins Publishers (http://www.harpercollins.com), 10 East 53d Street, New York, New York 10022, 2004, 608 pages, $27.95 (hardcover). As the combatant commander...

An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... An Officer and a Lady: The World War II Letters of Lt. Col. Betty Bandel, Women's Army Corps edited by Sylvia J. Bugbee. University Press of New England (http://www.upne.com), 1 Court Street, Suite 250, Lebanon, New Hampshire 03766, 2004, 304...

Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... Choosing Your Battles: American Civil-Military Relations and the Use of Force by Peter D. Feaver and Christopher Gelpi. Princeton University Press (http://www.pupress.princeton.edu), 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 085405237, 2004, 236...

The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm.(Book review)
December 22, 2005... The Gathering Biological Warfare Storm edited by Jim A. Davis and Barry R. Schneider. Praeger Publishers (http://www.praeger.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2004, 272 pages, $39.95 (hardcover). This collection of...