Air & Space Power Journal articles from March 2004

Air & Space Power Journal archives from March 2004

Prelaunch notes.(Editorial)
March 22, 2004... WE ARE PLEASED to announce the availability of a free subscription to the online version of Air and Space Power Journal. After you subscribe, we will add your e-mail address to our electronic distribution list. This allows us to automatically...

Emerging air and space power technologies.(Flight Lines)
March 22, 2004... THE FULL RANGE of air and space power capabilities is inherently tied to technology, more so than any other form of military power. Although navies most closely approximate air and space forces in this relationship, the capabilities resident in...

The effect of human factors on the helmet-mounted display.(Vortices)
March 22, 2004... Conflicts, no doubt, will be carried on in the future in the air, on the surface of the earth and water, and under the earth and water. --Gen William "Billy" Mitchell IN WORLD WAR I, the mounting of machine guns on airplanes marked the...

Whither high-energy lasers?
March 22, 2004... IMAGINE AN ABILITY to execute speed-of-light attacks against enemy forces with massive bursts of photon energy, literally incinerating me intended target. The desire for such a weapon is not the exclusive result of an appetite nourished by...

What should we bomb? Axiological targeting and the abiding limits of airpower theory.
March 22, 2004... Airpower is an unusually seductive form of military strength because, like modern courtship, it appears to offer gratification without commitment. --Eliot A. Cohen IN THE 100 years since the advent of airpower and its subsequent use...

Electromagnetic applications of biomimetic research.(PIREP)
March 22, 2004... FOR THE PAST several years, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has been developing sensors capable of detecting electromagnetic radiation across the spectrum--from the infrared (IR), through the visible, and into the ultraviolet regions....

Getting there FIRST.
March 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: The US Air Force's broad-based research and development program allows it to remain preeminent in the creation of new technologies. A strong and rapid product-development capability turns these technologies into fieldable...

Powering the future: advances in propulsion technologies provide a capability road map for war-fighter operations.
March 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: Gen Hap Arnold's commitment to "preeminence in research," the belief that technology superiority leads to air and space superiority, remains the hallmark of Air Force culture. Air Force success in providing the nation with a...

Fuel cells: powerful implications.
March 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: Getting somewhere, sharing information, and producing things all require energy. However, our primary source of energy--oil--is nonrenewable and exhaustible. If we wish to advance, we must seek an alternative, such as...

Military applications of information technologies.
March 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: The information age has increased the amount of data available to all commanders. Consequently, the Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate seeks to transform military operations by developing systems that...

The joint personnel recovery coordination center: the next step in joint integration.
March 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: At every level of the Department of Defense, personnel recovery is a priority mission, a fact reflecting the high value that American warriors place on their fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines. Each service has...

The nonrescue of Corvette 03[c].
March 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: "These things we do so that others may live" is the motto of Air Forte rescue forces. However sometimes a combination of factors such as a shoot-down location in a high-threat environment, not having aircraft available to...

Jayhawk! The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Jayhawk! The VII Corps in the Persian Gulf War by Stephen A. Bourque. Center of Military History (http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg), 103 Third Avenue, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC 20319-5058, 2009, 528 pages, $52.00 (softcover). We...

The Liberty Incident: the 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... The Liberty Incident: The 1967 Israeli Attack on the U.S. Navy Spy Ship by A. Jay Cristol. Brassey's, Inc. (http://www.brasseysinc.com/Books/157488414X.htm), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2002, 320 pages, $27.50 (hardcover),...

Malta Spitfire: the Diary of a Fighter Pilot.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Malta Spitfire: The Diary of a Fighter Pilot by George Beurling and Leslie Roberts. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2002, 260 pages, $19.95 (softcover). Critics...

On Target: Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign against Iraq.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... On Target: Organizing and Executing the Strategic Air Campaign against Iraq by Richard G. Davis. Air Force History and Museums Program (http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/publications.htm), 200 McChord Street, Box 94, Boiling AFB, Washington,...

Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Secret Intelligence in the Twentieth Century edited by Heike Bungert, Jan Heitmann, and Michael Wala. Frank Cass Publishers (http://www.frankcass.com), 5824 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, 2003, 200 pages, $84.95 (hardcover)....

Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Corporate Warriors: The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry by P. W. Singer. Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, Cornell University Press (http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu), Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850,...

Space Policy in the 21st Century.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Space Policy in the 21st Century edited by W. Henry Lambright. Johns Hopkins University Press (http://www.press.jhu.edu), 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, 2003, 272 pages, $49.95 (hardcover). Space Policy in the 21st...

Der Brand: Deutschland im Bombenkrieg, 1940-1945.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Der Brand: Deutschland im Bombenkrieg, 1940-1945 by Jorg Friedrich. Propylaen Verlag (http://www.propylaeen-verlag.de), Bayerstrasse 71-73, 80335 Munich, Germany, 2002, 591 pages (hardcover), Euro [D] 25.00. * For decades, mainstream German...

When Thunder Rolled: an F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam by Ed Rasimus. Smithsonian Institution Press (http://www.sipress.si.edu), 750 Ninth Street NW, Suite 4:300, Washington, DC 20560-0950, 200:3, 272 pages, $27.95 (hardcover). One would...

Fortress Ploesti: the Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply.(Book Review)
March 22, 2004... Fortress Ploesti: The Campaign to Destroy Hitler's Oil Supply by Jay A. Stout. Casemate Publishers (http://www.casematepublishing.com), 2114 Darby Road, Havertown, Pennsylvania 19083, 2003, 224 pages, $32.95 (hardcover). Ploesti. The very...