Air & Space Power Journal articles from June 2006

Air & Space Power Journal archives from June 2006

ASPJ as a dominant cyberspace operation and introduction of the latest Chronicles Online Journal articles.(Prelaunch Notes)(Air and Space Power Journal)
June 22, 2006... THE MISSION OF the United States Air Force is to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests--to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace." This new mission statement retains the...

ASPJ e-mail subscription.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I recently signed up for an e-mail subscription to Air and Space Power Journal, and the spring 2006 issue is my first. What an excellent magazine! There are few professional journals that I sit and read from cover to cover, but that is exactly...

Five Propositions Regarding Effects-Based Operations.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I read Col Steven Carey and Col Robyn Read's article "Five Propositions Regarding Effects-Based Operations" (spring 2006) with interest. I find proposition number two the least compelling of the five. True enough, coalition involvement is...

Educating for Exemplary Conduct.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I must admit that as I began reading Dr. James Toner's article "Educating for 'Exemplary Conduct'" (spring 2006), I thought I was being treated to a history lesson, but I was subsequently delighted to find myself immersed in historical...

Defining the Precision Weapon in Effects-Based Terms.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... In his article "Defining the 'Precision Weapon' in Effects-Based Terms" (spring 2006), Maj Jack Sine is squarely on the mark with his closing observations: "Operational and tactical planners should thoroughly understand the desired effects and...

Mahan on Space Education.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I was very impressed with 1st Lt Brent Ziarnick's article "Mahan on Space Education: A Historical Rebuke of a Modern Error" (winter 2005). Although an engineer by profession, I am also interested in politics and military history. I commend...

Oil, America, and the Air Force.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I wanted to extend my compliments to Col Richard Fullerton for his article "The Future: Oil, America, and the Air Force" (winter 2005). I work for US Southern Command, so as you can imagine, Venezuela is often on our minds. When Venezuela comes...

Technical education for Air Force Space Professionals.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... Lt Col Raymond Staats and Maj Derek Abeyta's article "Technical Education for Air Force Space Professionals" (winter 2005) offers interesting recommendations for Air Force Space Command's (AFSPC) education initiatives for Air Force space...

Lorenz on Leadership.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I am particularly interested in the article "Lorenz on Leadership" by (then) Maj Gen Stephen Lorenz (summer 2005) because he describes with examples and personal experiences the qualities a leader needs to have. I think he is humble yet...

Airpower, jointness, and transformation.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... I enjoyed the article "Airpower, Jointness, and Transformation" by Dr. Stephen Fought and Col O. Scott Key (winter 2003). With all due respect to surface combatants, I think it properly elevates airpower to a superior position relative to other...

Introducing the French ASPJ.(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2006... Congratulations on welcoming an entirely new audience to the world's greatest--Air and Space Power Journal! Brig Gen Randal D. Fullhart, USAF Maxwell AFB, Alabama

Space Power for war fighters.(Focus Area)
June 22, 2006... THE SUMMER 2004 issue of Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), which focused on space power, was so well received that Air War College, Air Command and Staff College, and other organizations asked for extra copies. Because we still receive such...

Is operationally responsive space the future of access to space for the US Air Force?(The Merge)
June 22, 2006... In air combat, "the merge" occurs when opposing aircraft meet and pass each other. Then they usually "mix it up." In a similar spirit, Air and Space Power Journal's "Merge" articles present contending ideas. Readers can draw their own...

A debate: will the larger Air Force ever accept the space cadre?(The Merge)
June 22, 2006... FULLY INTEGRATING THE space cadre into the US Air Force, perhaps even to the point that one day an Air and Space Combat Command exists within the US Air and Space Force, will require that proponents of space-based combat power overcome a wide...

Stealing Zeus's thunder: physical space-control advantages against hostile satellites.(The Merge)
June 22, 2006... IN THE DEEP, dark depths of space, unmanned spacecraft go about their business collecting intelligence information on US military forces. This information, collected and analyzed, could tip the balance of power in a conflict. Imagine the chaos...

The vanishing education (record) of an officer.(The Merge)
June 22, 2006... FOR YEARS, POSSESSING an advanced degree had a significant impact on an Air Force officer's promotion potential. In January 2005, however, the Air Force took steps to change that mind-set. New Air Force policy states that "advanced academic...

Operationally responsive space: a vision for the future of military space.(PIREPs)
June 22, 2006... IN FUTURE CONFLICTS, military space forces will likely face challenges ranging from defending against opposing systems to dealing with rapidly changing technology and support needs. The Air Force describes its vision for responding to these...

Space power integration: perspectives from Space Weapons Officers.(PIREPs)(Space Weapons Officer Air and Space Integration Conference )
June 22, 2006... IN MARCH 2005 the first Space Weapons Officer Air and Space Integration Conference was held at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, as a joint effort between Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) and Air Education and Training Command. As then-AFSPC...

Building space power for the nation: Air Force achievements, challenges, and opportunities.
June 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Though an obvious and critical force multiplier for US combat power throughout its short history, US space power has been beset by numerous upheavals, stovepiped structures, military and civilian organizational rivalries,...

Ten propositions regarding space power: the dawn of a space force.
June 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Through an exhaustive historical review of space, multiple interviews with field professionals, and thorough examination of pertinent sources, Colonel Harter develops a list of fundamental propositions and keys to space...

Air Force Space Command: a transformation case study.
June 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Many organizations claim to have undergone "transformation." However, Dr. Stumborg asserts that a gradual, seamless shift in an organization's operational environment does not constitute transformation but merely reflects...

The myth of the tactical satellite.
June 22, 2006... Editor's Note: This article is derived from a much more detailed, fully documented paper entitled " The Strategic Nature of Tactical Satellites" available at the Web site of Maxwell Air Force Base's Airpower Research Institute:...

The evolved expendable launch vehicle: tough decisions to assure access to space.
June 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: With the recent phaseouts of multiple medium/heavy space-launch vehicles, the evolved expendable launch vehicle (EELV) will soon become the nation's only vehicle able to insert capabilities into space and replenish them....

Near space 2015: a conceptual vision of near-space operations.(Fictional work)
June 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Major Steves presents a fictional account of an Air Force unit in 2015. In this scenario, from a perch too high for most aircraft to reach but too low for most space objects to orbit, airships provide reconnaissance and...

Strategy for effects-based doctrine.(Quick-Look)
June 22, 2006... THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (DOD) has defined the term effects to varying degrees; however, a cogent strategy for effects does not exist among the military services and agencies. Although one can understand the term in the abstract, responses at...

Vital Guide: Air Aces of WWII.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Vital Guide: Air Aces of WWII by Robert Jackson. Crowood Press (http://www.crowoodpress. co.uk), The Stable Block, Crowood Lane, Ramsbury, Wiltshire, SN8 2HR, England, 2003, 112 pages, $12.95 (softcover). Crowood Press has added another...

Decisions for War, 1914-1917.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Decisions for War, 1914-1917 by Richard F. Hamilton and Holger H. Herwig. Cambridge University Press (http://us.cambridge.org), 40 West 20th Street, New York, New York 10011-4221, 2004, 282 pages, $60.00 (hardcover), $17.99 (softcover). ...

Desde el Dogfight hasta los UCAVs: Evolucion del Poder Aereo.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Desde el Dogfight hasta los UCAVs: Evolucion del Poder Aereo by Revista de la Escuela Superior de Guerra Aerea (RESGA). Editoria Grafica Independencia Argentina S. R. L, Maipu 231, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2002, 158 pages. (Not sold...

Power to the Edge: Command ... Control ... in the Information Age.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Power to the Edge: Command... Control... in the Information Age by David S. Alberts and Richard E. Hayes. Command and Control Research Program Publications (http://www.dodccrp.org), c/o EBR, Inc., 1595 Spring Hill Road, Suite 250, Vienna,...

Launch the Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron in the Vietnam War 1972.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Launch the Intruders: A Naval Attack Squadron in the Vietnam War, 1972 by Carol Reardon. University Press of Kansas (http://www.kansaspress. ku.edu), 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-4444, 2005, 440 pages, $34.95 (hardcover). ...