Air & Space Power Journal articles from December 2006

Air & Space Power Journal archives from December 2006

Leadership: what's next?(Foreword)(Editorial)
December 22, 2006... HASN'T EVERYTHING THAT could ever be written about leadership already been written? Yet, new books from new authors pop up on the shelves every day--and we keep buying them. We find a hunger for great leaders every--where--in the private...

Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Smart Operations for the twenty-first century.(Senior Leader Perspective)
December 22, 2006... PROUDLY SERVED in the United States Air Force for over 35 years, and today's Air Force possesses the strongest, most technologically advanced, capable, and lethal combat power I have ever seen. Whether we talk of total air dominance or...

Highlighting Air and Space Power Journal's Latin American outreach and introducing the latest Chronicles Online Journal article.(Prelaunch Notes)
December 22, 2006... THE AIR AND Space Power Journal (ASPJ) staff supports the professional-development needs of militaries around the world. In particular, the editors of the Spanish and Portuguese ASPJ editions travel widely to consult senior Latin American...

Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... As a professor of strategy at the Argentine Air Force Academy, I used Maj Rodolfo Pereyra's article "Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War" (Fall 2006) as a reference because one of the strategy course's principal themes is the study of...

Red Flag Still Matters.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... As a charter member of the Red Flag staff (from 1976 to 1979), I appreciate Col Steven Carey's article "Red Flag Still Matters--After All These Years" (Fall 2006). There were and still are only two factors that keep Red Flag worthwhile: (1) the...

Counterinsurgency Airpower.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... As an interested civilian who follows the war on terror, I have some feedback on Col Howard Belote's article "Counterinsurgency Airpower: Air-Ground Integration for the Long War" (Fall 2006). I think the key to winning an insurgency is being...

The Vanishing Education (Record) of an Officer.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... Col Chris Krisinger's well-written article "The Vanishing Education (Record) of an Officer" (Summer 2006) makes some impressive comments with which I am in complete agreement. His points on the disappearance of graduate education from the...

Myth of the Tactical Satellite.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... I wish to congratulate Lt Col Edward B. Tomme, USAF, retired, for his article "The Myth of the Tactical Satellite" (Summer 2006). I formerly served as director, Program C, National Reconnaissance Office, and based on my personal experience with...

The Air Force's Missing Doctrine.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... I would like to congratulate Maj Kenneth Beebe on his article "The Air Force's Missing Doctrine: How the US Air Force Ignores Counterinsurgency" (Spring 2006). The author hit on an issue that I have been asking about for the last few years...

Fighter Diplomacy: a "Passage to India"?(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... Manohar Thyagaraj's excellent article "Fighter Diplomacy: A 'Passage to India'?" (Spring 2006) is quite up to date with pertinent information regarding India's emergence as a twenty-first-century country equipped with the latest defensive...

My Father and I and Saburo Sakai.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... I just finished inspiring my students here at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation with the article "My Father and I and Saburo Sakai" by Col Francis Stevens Jr. (Chronicles Online Journal, 2006). I was stressing the...

Leadership from Flight Level 390.(Letter to the editor)
December 22, 2006... Gen Robert Foglesong's article "Leadership from Flight Level 390" (Fall 2004) impressed me. I found his thoughts about leadership so enriching that I felt inspired to review my own leadership philosophy. My father served for 40 years in the...

Leading the twenty-first-century Air Force.(Focus Area)
December 22, 2006... IN TODAY'S US Air Force is intrinsically linked to our service's core values. According to Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 1-1, Leadership and Force Development, 18 February 2004, "Leadership is the art and science of influencing and...

The robust state of the US aircraft industrial base.(The Merge)
December 22, 2006... In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. ...

Maj Gen William "Billy" Mitchell: a pyrrhic promotion.(Biography)
December 22, 2006... NAME William "Billy" Mitchell brings many images to mind--for example, that of the gallant Airman who forcefully advocated the independence of the Army Air Service from its mother service. Mitchell's polarizing behavior in this endeavor...

How the Air Force embraced "partial quality" (and avoiding similar mistakes in new endeavors).
December 22, 2006... We're also starting a whole new movement called "partial quality." We think it'll have a much larger following.--David Langford Fourth Annual National Governors' Conference on Quality in Education, April 1995 SECRETARY OF THE Air Force...

Reflections on command.(PIREPs)(Editorial)
December 22, 2006... Editor's Note: PIREP is aviation shorthand for pilot report. It's a means for one pilot to pass on current, potentially useful information to other pilots. In the same fashion, we use this department to let readers know about air and space...

Command and communities of practice.
December 22, 2006... IN PROFESSIONAL MILITARY education classes across the Air Force, the debate rages: "Are leaders born or made?" From the perspective of those being led, the answer might be more often than not, "Who cares?" The pertinent issue for these people...

Lines of excellence: executing a balanced organizational vision.
December 22, 2006... Congratulation! You've been selected to lead 1st Widget Maintenance, the unit command for which you've waited your whole career. You polish off your favorite leadership ideas--a grab bag of techniques you've assembled over the years of leading,...

Revised USAF doctrine publication: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-6, Air Mobility Operations.(United States Air Force)
December 22, 2006... One who recognizes how to employ large and small numbers will be victorious. --Sun Tzu All airmen should have an understanding of mobility operations. This singular form of power--the ability to position and sustain forces rapidly at...

Improving feedback to improve airmen.
December 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: This article contends that force development in the US Air Force is undermined by lackluster feedback at the tactical level. The authors outline the current use of feedback in the service, review factors related to creating...

Reality leadership.
December 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: The authors, both of whom have published on the topic of leadership, posit that despite a myriad of opinions, leadership is "neither mystical nor mysterious." This article tackles the topic of "reality leadership" by...

Military ethics: some lessons learned from Manuel Davenport.
December 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Military leaders at all levels face difficult moral and ethical decisions. Originally presented at a memorial conference for the late Manuel Davenport, this article aims primarily to underscore Professor Davenport's example...

A critique of the Air Force's core values.
December 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: The author performs a close reading and critique of the Air Force's core values. Among his observations, he notes inconsistencies between their presentation in the United States Air Force Core Values booklet of 1997 and...

New USAF doctrine publication: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-9.1, Weather Operations.(United States Air Force)
December 22, 2006... THE PUBLICATION OF Air Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2-9.1, Weather Operations, 3 May 2006, marks the first appearance of a document of this type that examines this particular subject. Joint Publication 3-59, Joint Doctrine, Tactics,...

Air Power against Terror: America's Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Air Power against Terror: America's Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom by Benjamin S. Lambeth. RAND National Research Institute (http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG166), 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, California...

The Enemy at Trafalgar: Eye-Witness Narratives, Dispatches and Letters from the French and Spanish Fleets.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... The Enemy at Trafalgar: Eye-Witness Narratives, Dispatches and Letters from the French and Spanish Fleets edited by Edward Fraser. Chatham Publishing (http://www.chathampublishing.com/index.html), Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN,...

The Last Sentry: The True Story That Inspired The Hunt for Red October.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... The Last Sentry: The True Story That Inspired The Hunt for Red October by Gregory D. Young and Nate Braden. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), USNI Operations Center, 2062 Generals Highway, Annapolis, Maryland...

Luftwaffe Victorious: An Alternate History.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Luftwaffe Victorious: An Alternate History by Mike Spick. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpole books.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2005, 256 pages, $34.95 (hardcover). Luftwaffe Victorious,a speculative...

Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Hindenburg: Icon of German Militarism by Dennis E. Showalter and William J. Astore. Potomac Books, Inc. (http://www.potomacbooksinc.com), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2005, 160 pages, $19.95 (hardcover), $12.95 (softcover)....

Strategic Management Methodology: Generally Accepted Principles for Practitioners.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Strategic Management Methodology: Generally Accepted Principles for Practitioners by C. W. Roney. Praeger Publishers (http://www.praeger.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 068815007, 2004, 360 pages, $69.95 (hardcover). An...

Halcones de Malvinas.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Halcones de Malvinas by Comodoro Pablo Marcos Rafael Carballo. Ediciones 0Argentinidad (http://www.ediciones.argentinidad.com), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2005, 480 pages, AR$50.00 (softcover). Halcones de Malvinas is a collection of almost...

Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Warlords Rising: Confronting Violent Non-State Actors by Troy S. Thomas, Stephen D. Kiser, and William D. Casebeer. Lexington Books (http://www.lexingtonbooks.com), 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706, 2005, 268 pages,...

Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima by Stephen Walker. HarperCollins Publishers (http://www.harpercollins.com), 10 East 53d Street, New York 10022, 2005, 368 pages, $26.95 (hardcover), $14.95 (softcover). More than 60 years have passed since...

No Prouder Place: Canadians and the Bomber Command Experience, 1939-1945.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... No Prouder Place: Canadians and the Bomber Command Experience, 1939-1945 by David L. Bashow. Vanwell Publishing Limited (http://www.vanwell.com), St. Catharines, Ontario L2R 7S2, Canada, 2005, 538 pages, $60.00 (Canadian) (hardcover). It...

In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II by James M. Davis. Edited by David L. Snead. University of North Texas Press (http://www.unt.edu/untpress), P.O. Box 311336, Denton, Texas 76203-1336, 2006, 304 pages, $27.95 (hardcover)....

Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology.(Brief article)(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Rockets and Missiles: The Life Story of a Technology by A. Bowdoin Van Riper. Greenwood Publishing Group (http://info.greenwood.com), 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2004, 200 pages, $45.00 (hardcover). ...

The First Men In: U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... The First Men In: U.S. Paratroopers and the Fight to Save D-Day by Ed Ruggero. HarperCollins Publishers (http://www.harpercollins.com), 10 East 53d Street, New York, New York 10022, 2006, 368 pages, $26.95 (hardcover). I've always felt...

Interagency Fratricide: Policy Failures in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Interagency Fratricide: Policy Failures in the Persian Gulf and Bosnia by Maj Vicki J. Rast. Air University Press (http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-6615, 2004, 458 pages, $42.00...

Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat over Iraq.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Hammer from Above: Marine Air Combat over Iraq by Jay A. Stout. Presidio Press (http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/category/military), Random House Publishing Group, 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2005, 416 pages, $25.95 (hardcover),...

Offense, Defense, and War.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Offense, Defense, and War edited by Michael E. Brown, Owen R. Cote Jr., Sean M. Lynn-Jones, and Steven E. Miller. MIT Press (http://www-mitpress .mit.edu), Five Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142-1493, 2004, 416 pages, $27.00...