Air & Space Power Journal articles from March 2003

Air & Space Power Journal archives from March 2003

Air war plans division I: the air plan that defeated Hitler.
March 22, 2003... In August 1941, four men, all former instructors at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS) at Maxwell Field, Alabama, reported to the Air War Plans Division (AWPD) in Washington, D.C., to lay the foundation for a comprehensive, strategic air war...

A word from the chairman: understanding transformation.
March 22, 2003... Victory smiles upon those who anticipate the changes in the character of war, not upon those who wait to adapt themselves after changes occur. -Giulio Douhet WHEN THE BOMBS fell on Pearl Harbor in 1941, they shattered more than the...

Developing space power: building on the airpower legacy.
March 22, 2003... TODAY WE FACE a challenge to our nation's security perhaps greater than any other since the dawn of the Cold War. Unfortunately, this ugly threat of terrorism will not disappear anytime soon, and the global war on terrorism in which we are...

Gen Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
March 22, 2003... "During World War II, a group of blacks went to Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to train as pilots. The famous Tuskegee airmen Went on to serve with distinction in the European theater and in the nation's military for years thereafter. The most...

Prelaunch notes.(Brief Article)
March 22, 2003... THE AIR AND SPACE POWER JOURNAL (ASPJ) staff regrets to announce--and many of our authors will regret to hear--that Dr. Doris Sartor has moved on to exciting opportunities at Air University's Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development...

Air and space power: asymmetric advantage for the United States. (Flight Lines).
March 22, 2003... THE TERM asymmetric attack has received much attention in the last decade, but those who use it usually refer to the exploitation of some undetected vulnerability by devious adversaries who seek to harm US forces, property, or interests. To be...

Ricochets and replies.(Letter to the Editor)
March 22, 2003... We encourage your comments via letters to the editor or comment cards. All correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, Air and Space Power Journal, 401 Chennault Circle Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6428. You can also send your comments by E-mail...

The air and space nation is in Peril. (Vortices).
March 22, 2003... The function of the Army and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm. Gen James Doolittle THIS IS A GOOD news, bad news story. The United States is the world's first and only air and space nation. That fact is...

Needles in the Haystack: hunting mobile electronic targets.
March 22, 2003... 0300 Zulu, 26 June 2006, the Persian Gulf Four F-15E Strike Eagles fly through the Zagros mountain range in southern Iran, their terrain-following radars guiding the aircraft safely at 300 fret in pitch-black conditions. In addition to their...

F-35: the "F" stands for "future". (PIREP).
March 22, 2003... 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 intend to use this department to let readers know about air and...

High ground over the Homeland: issues in the use of space assets for Homeland security. (Features).
March 22, 2003... How the U.S. develops the potential of space for civil, commercial, defense and intelligence purposes will affect the nation's security for decades to come. --Commission to Assess United States National Security: Space Management and...

The looming biological warfare storm: misconceptions and probable scenarios.
March 22, 2003... Yet, this is still a dangerous world, a less certain, a less predictable one.. . . Many have chemical and biological weapons. Most troubling of all, the list of these countries includes some of the world 's least-responsible states. ...

Atlas: The grandfather of ICBMs and space-launch vehicles.
March 22, 2003... Atlas, the first-generation intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), had a fitful start. Originally part of a classified Army Air Forces effort (Project MX-774), it fell prey to budget cuts in 1947. With the onset of the Korean War and Cold...

Not with impunity: assessing US policy for retaliating to a chemical or biological attack.
March 22, 2003... Sen. Jesse Helms: Suppose somebody used chemical weapons or poison gas on people in the United States. . . . Would they damn well regret it? Secretary of Defense William Perry: Yes. Helms: I want to know what the response will be if...

Gen Bernard A. Schriever: father of the ballistic missile program.
March 22, 2003... Born in Bremen, Germany, on 14 September 1910, Bernard A. Schriever and his family immigrated to the United States in 1917, settling in New Braunfels, Texas. He entered the Army Air Corps Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas, in 1932 after...

The emerging biocruice threat.
March 22, 2003... The simultaneous proliferation of cruise missile delivery systems and BTW [biological and toxin warfare] production capabilities may pose a serious strategic threat in the future. Jonathan B. Tucker "The Future of Biological Warfare"...

Complexity-based targeting: new sciences provide effects.
March 22, 2003... THROUGHOUT THE MODERN history of bombardment, targeting philosophies have remained deeply rooted in industrial-age mind-sets and mechanistic, linear analyses of systems as engineered entities. As a result, in most significant bombing campaigns,...

Attack operations: first layer of an integrated missile defense.
March 22, 2003... The gravest danger to freedom lies at the crossroads of radicalism and technology. When the spread of chemical and biological and nuclear weapons, along with ballistic missile technology--when that occurs, even weak states and small groups...

Command and control doctrine for combat support: strategic- and operational-level concepts for supporting the air and space expeditionary force.
March 22, 2003... NEW COMMAND AND control (C2) concepts have played a key role in helping to guide the evolution and development of recent Air Force (AF) expeditionary concepts and capabilities. Doctrine has kept pace with these changes and helped shape some of...