Air & Space Power Journal articles from June 2007

Air & Space Power Journal archives from June 2007

Transforming Air Force education for the long war and beyond.(Senior Leader Perspective)
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AIR UNIVERSITY is currently in the process of transforming for the "Long war" and beyond. The idea of a university reorganizing for war may seem odd, but in the Western way of war, warriors and academics have always...

Airpower's crucial role in irregular warfare.(Senior Leader Perspective)
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Because the dominance of america's airpower in traditional wars has not been lost on those who threaten our national interests, we can logically expect them to turn increasingly to irregular warfare (IW). The ongoing...

Leadership: an old dog's View.(Senior Leader Perspective)
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gray in the muzzle and gimpy in the hips, I slowly walk to the rag rug next to the hearth where I turn in two tight circles, ease myself down, haunches first, and then stretch my front legs out, putting my chin on...

Introducing the Chinese ASPJ and presenting the latest Chronicles Online Journal articles.(Prelaunch Notes)(Air and Space Power Journal)
June 22, 2007... THE US AIR Force began publishing the english version of Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ) in 1947. To expand its language and cultural outreach, the service launched Spanish and Portuguese editions in 1949 as well as Arabic and French ones in...

Service before self or self-service.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... I liked Dr. David Mets's excellent, to-the-point, and insightful article "Service before Self or Self Service? Some Fodder for Your reading on the Professional ethics of Air Warriors" (Spring 2007). I especially liked the quick-reference...

An Untapped Resource for Stabilization and Reconstruction.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... In his article "An Untapped resource for Stabilization and reconstruction: The United States Air Force" (Spring 2007), Maj William Fischer does an admirable job of summarizing the challenges of postconflict operations and discussing roles and...

Joint Close Air Support Transformed.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... Lt Col Richard Bohn's article "Joint Close Air Support Transformed" (Spring 2007) has a few shortcomings. As Colonel Bohn begins his argument, he briefly mentions the joint close air support (JCAS) memorandum of agreement (MOA) signed by all...

Leasing the Twenty-first-Century Air Force.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... I just finished reading Lt Col Paul D. Berg's "Focus Area" piece titled "Leading the Twenty-first-Century Air Force" (Winter 2006) and could not agree more. The very foundation of our leadership must be the Air Force's core values. In June...

Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... I read with great interest LCDR Thomas D. Vandermolen's article "Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security" (Fall 2006), which addressed mankind's admirable degree of technical development. I hope that this technical knowledge will be...

Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security: the author response.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... An "MNT Manhattan Project" (MMP) may be a great idea, depending on its purpose. Is its purpose to secureUS influence in an internationalcontrol regime or to produce the world's sole MNT superpower? The first goal is highly desirable, but the...

Why Red Flag Is Obselete.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... I commend Lt Col Rob Spalding on his cogent and germane remarks in "Why Red Flag is Obsolete" (Fall 2006), but his analysis stops just short of a third and vital scenario: preengagement of main battle forces. Shaping the battlespace is a...

Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... Thanks to Maj Rodolfo Pereyra for his illuminating article "Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War" (Fall 2006). Although I found most of his contentions valid and logical, I failed to discern the Clausewitzian belief in the linkage...

Myth of the Tactical Satellite.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
June 22, 2007... I wholeheartedly congratulate Lt Col Edward B. Tomme, USAF, retired, for his article "The Myth of the Tactical Satellite" (Summer 2006). i have spent a career in the military-launch business, which has been and is now spending significant...

Developing Airmen: educating and training leaders.(Focus Area)
June 22, 2007... ACCORDING TO AIR Force Doctrine Document (AFDD) 1, Air Force Basic Doctrine, 17 november 2003, "the Air Force's fundamental service to the nation is to develop, train, sustain, and integrate the elements of air and space power to execute its...

Tactical satellites: the rest of the story.(The Merge)
June 22, 2007... RETIRED AIR FORCE lieutenant colonel Edward Tomme's interesting article "The Myth of the Tactical Satellite" (Summer 2006) outlines some of the challenges associated with employing a satellite in a tactical role. The author does an excellent...

Tactical satellites: it's not "can we?" but "should we?".(THE MERGE)
June 22, 2007... The argument by Ltc Bob Guerriero in favor of tactical satellites,which appears in this issue, is one of the few attempts I have seen at a rational rather than an emotional rebuttal to the arguments presented in my article "The Myth of the...

The inadvisability of posthumously promoting Billy Mitchell.(THE MERGE)
June 22, 2007... I TEND TO AGREE with Lt Col William J. Ott's argument in a previous issue of this journal regarding the inadvisability of posthumously promoting Billy Mitchell ("Maj Gen William 'Billy' Mitchell: a Pyrrhic Promotion," Winter 2006). Here's my...

Leading from the front, rear, and center: a squadron commander's approach.(PIREP)
June 22, 2007... EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP encompasses various styles and approaches. Experience I have gained not only as a commander but also as a follower has shown me that the best leaders use a multidimensional approach to evaluating the many aspects of a given...

Inventory management of officers with advanced academic degrees: the case for a new approach.
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Each year hundreds of military officers receive advanced academic degrees (AAD), sponsored and funded by the air Force. Because graduate education is costly in terms of both funding and man-hours, we must take care...

Defining information operations forces: What do we need?(Report)
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 2001 the Quadrennial Defense Review Report mandated that the military treat information operations (IO) not merely as an enabling function but as a "core capabilit[y] of future forces." (1) In 2002 the Defense...

Preferential treatment for military members based on personality type.
June 22, 2007... TELEVISION AND PRINTED news continually remind us of the cost of the global war on terrorism. The United states has assumed significant economic expense--witness the more than $379 billion allocated by Congress as of 29 september 2006 ($360...

Intellectual modernization of the C-5: making the Galaxy expeditionary.
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTTED] Let us not attempt to reconcile contradictions, but firmly embrace a rational alternative. --Alexander Hamilton The Federalist, no. 23 THE TIME HAS come for the Air Force to deploy the C-5 Galaxy routinely...

Fit (and ready) to fight): strengthening combat readiness through controlled-aggression training.(Quick-Look)
June 22, 2007... Because deployments to forward-operating locations put airmen in harm's way, they must remain keenly attentive and ready for possible attack at all times. Not long ago, warfare consisted mostly of movements by uniformed armies fighting with...

Leadership by the Socratic method.
June 22, 2007... LEADERS IN THE twenty-first century would do well to study the habits of great thinkers and leaders of the past. Socrates famously instructed his students through a series of carefully constructed questions designed to force self-examination...

Revised USAF doctrine publication Air Force Doctrine Document 2-7, Special Operations.(Doctrine Note)(United States Air Force)
June 22, 2007... Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Wald... recalled that the rapid progress of the Northern Alliance in early November 2001 had been enabled by the targeting support provided by just "Three or four [special operations forces] guys on the...

The mandate to revolutionize military logistics.
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In SEPTEMBER 2003, the secretary of defense designated US transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) as the distribution process owner (DPO) for the Department of Defense (DOD). It was a signal that systemic solutions need...

A model for managing decision-making information in the GIG-enabled battlespace.(Global Information Grid)
June 22, 2007... The DEPARTMENT of Defense (DOD) is in the midst of transforming its vast collection of information-technology systems into an interconnected Global Information Grid (GIG), which will ultimately connect sensors to weapons systems, enable...

What difference can you make?(an Airman's narrative)
June 22, 2007... AIR FORCE SUPERVISORS commonly reward their subordinates for outstanding performance. The decorations they bestow represent tangible expressions of gratitude. oftentimes, however, supervisors never realize the effect they have had on their...

Leading Changes.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Leading Change by John P. Kotter. Harvard Business School Press (http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/books/books_home.jhtml), 300 North Beacon Street, Watertown, Massachusetts 02472, 1996, 208 pages, $26.95...

Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions by Alan J. Vick et al. RAND (http://www.rand.org/publications/index.html), 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, California...

Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II by J. E. Kaufmann and H. W. Kaufmann. Praeger (http://www.greenwood.com/praeger.aspx), Greenwood Publishing Group, 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881, 2005, 220...

Las Metaforas de una Guerra Perpetua: Estudios sobre Pragmatica del Discurso en el Conflicto Armado Colombiano.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Las Metaforas de una Guerra Perpetua: Estudios sobre Pragmatica del Discurso en el Conflicto Armado Colombiano by Fernando Estrada Gallego. Fondo Editorial Universidad EAFIT (http://www.eafit.edu.co/fondoEditorial), Carrera 49, no. 7, Sur-50,...

Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Inside the Iron Works: How Grumman's Glory Days Faded by George M. Skurla and William H. Gregory. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, 2004, 256 pages, $32.95 (hardcover). ...

B-17 at War.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... B-17 at War by Bill Yenne. Zenith Press (http://www.zenithpress.com), 729 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 1, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, 2006, 128 pages, $19.95 (softcover). When people think about American airpower in World War II, several images...

Responsibility of Command: How UN and NATO Commanders Influenced Airpower over Bosnia.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Responsibility of Command: How UN and NATO Commanders Influenced Airpower over Bosnia by Col Mark A. Bucknam. Air University Press (http://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-6615,...

Prisoners: A Novel of World War II.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Prisoners: A Novel of World War II by Burt Zollo. Academy Chicago Publishers (http://www.academychicago.com), 11030 South Langley Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60628, 2003, 275 pages, $22.50 (hardcover). In the months following the Normandy...

Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Realizing the Dream of Flight: Biographical Essays in Honor of the Centennial of Flight, 1903-2003 edited by Virginia P. Dawson andMark D. Bowles. NASA History Division (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/history.html), 300 E Street SW,...

Pacific Skies: American Flyers in World War II.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Pacific Skies: American Flyers in World War II by Jerome Klinkowitz. University Press of Mississippi (http://www.upress.state.ms.us), 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Mississippi 39211-6492, 2004, 256 pages, $32.00 (hardcover). English...

Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity by J. E. Lendon. Yale University Press (http://www.yale.edu/yup), P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-9040, 2005, 480 pages, $35.00 (hardcover), $20.00 (softcover). ...

The Intelligence Archipelago: The Community's Struggle to Reform in the Globalized Era.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... The Intelligence Archipelago: The Community's Struggle to Reform in the Globalized Era by Melanie M. H. Gutjahr. Joint Military Intelligence College (http://www.dia.mil/college/index.htm), 200 MacDill Boulevard, Washington, DC 20340-5100, 2005,...

Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat edited by Robin Higham and Stephen J. Harris. University Press of Kentucky (http://www.kentuckypress.com), 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008, 2006, 416 pages, $39.95...

Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions.(Book review)
June 22, 2007... Weapons of Choice: The Development of Precision Guided Munitions by Paul G. Gillespie. University of Alabama Press (http://uapress.ua.edu), Box 870380, 20 Research Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0380, 2006, 232 pages, $35.00 (hardcover). ...