Air & Space Power Journal articles from March 2006

Air & Space Power Journal archives from March 2006

Effects-based operations.(Foreword)
March 22, 2006... IN 1991 AND 1992, the success of effects-based operations (EBO) in the planning and execution of the first Gulf War drew considerable attention. The basic idea behind this construct--that of causal relationships in conflict--has endured for...

Iraq amidst two forms of terrorism.(political and military activities)
March 22, 2006... THE COUP D'ETAT that put the Baath Party in power in Iraq on 17 July 1968 began a new page in the history of the country. The characteristics of this bloody page became clear when some of the party members swooped down on others just 13 days...

Introducing "the Merge" and the latest chronicles online journal articles.
March 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 (ASPJ) is launching a new category of "Merge" articles in which contending ideas...

Effects-Based Airpower for Small Wars.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... Kudos to ASPJ for publishing Col Robyn Read's "out-of-the-box" article "Effects-Based Airpower for Small Wars: Iraq after Major Combat" (spring 2005, http://www.airpower. maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj05/ spr05/read.html), which focuses...

Mayaguez Incident: A 30-Year Retrospective.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... It pains me greatly to discover a minor flaw in the vignette "The Mayaguez Incident, 12-15 May 1975: A 30-Year Retrospective" in your spring 2005 issue (http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ airchronicles/apj/apj05/spr05/vignette3....

Lorenz on Leadership.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... As we progress through our careers, we notice that the specialization that is so important at the start of our professional lives interferes with the macroview that should enable us to become more effective advisers to our commanders. Once we...

Building a World-Class Noncommissioned Officer Corps.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... I enjoyed Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald R. Murray's article "Developing Airmen: Building a World-Class Noncommissioned Officer Corps" (winter 2005, http:// www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/ apj/apj05/win05/murray.html)....

An Introduction to the Near-Space Concept.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... Lt Col Ed "Mel" Tomme and Col Sigfred "Ziggy" Dahl's article "Balloons in Today's Military? An Introduction to the Near-Space Concept" (winter 2005, http://www.airpower.maxwell. af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj05/win05/tomme. html) made me think...

First Rule of Modern Warfare.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... Col Richard Szafranski's article "The First Rule of Modern Warfare: Never Bring a Knife to a Gun.ght" (winter 2005, http://www.airpower. maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj05/ win05/szafranski.html) implies that the manned fighter is not a...

Mahan on Space Education.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... In "Mahan on Space Education: A Historical Rebuke of a Modern Error," 1st Lt Brent D. Ziarnick (winter 2005, http://www.airpower. maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj05/ win05/ziarnick.html) is absolutely right to point out that the education...

Leading = Influencing.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... Lt Col Russell C. Barnes's article "Leading = Influencing: A Simple Equation: Influence as the Essence and Foundation of Leadership" (Chronicles Online Journal, http://www.airpower. maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/barnes. html) is very...

Introducing the French ASPJ.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2006... I think a French edition (winter 2005, http:// www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/apjinternational/ aspj-f/2005/hiver/hiver05.html) is a brilliant innovation because it will help us communicate with our friends, especially in Africa where French is a...

Effects-based airpower and space power.(Focus Area)
March 22, 2006... THE TERM EFFECTS-BASED OPERATIONS (EBO) entered the military lexicon during the Gulf War of 1991 and has propagated widely since then. Initially some Air Force members used EBO to help explain that war's dramatically successful outcome. Many...

Educating for "Exemplary Conduct".(Air Force's commanders ethical education)
March 22, 2006... THE SENIOR OFFICERS in my Air War College ethics class looked at me in mild astonishment. I had just informed them that, by law, they were to be "a good example of virtue," to be "vigilant in inspecting the conduct of all persons who are placed...

The Air Force's missing doctrine: how the US Air Force ignores counterinsurgency.
March 22, 2006... CONSIDERING THAT THE U.S. military has extensive experience in using airpower against insurgents, and that the United States will almost certainly be involved in fighting insurgents and terrorists and will no doubt assist other nations in their...

The American aircraft industrial base: on the brink.(The Merge)
March 22, 2006... TODAY'S FIGHTER PILOTS are the modern equivalent of medieval knights. We consider them products of their societies and dependent upon those societies. That is, the warrior class of knights emerged from a feudal system based on land grants...

Resultant fury: affecting the strategic battlespace with effects-based public affairs.
March 22, 2006... OPERATION RESULTANT FURY successfully demonstrated to US citizens, allies, and potential adversaries that the US military has the ability to find, fix, track, target, engage, and destroy a number of moving maritime targets in any type of...

The first women pilots in the Brazilian Air Force.(FORCA AEREA Brasileira )
March 22, 2006... THE FORCA AEREA Brasileira (Brazilian air force) traces its origins to the second decade of the twentieth century. Established on 23 August 1916, the Naval Aviation School, Brazil's first military-aviation school, became the cradle of our air...

Transforming battle damage assessment into effects-based assessment.(Quick-Look)
March 22, 2006... AT BEST, BATTLE damage assessment (BDA)--a cumbersome process not conducive to current operations--yields a binary response (target destroyed or target not destroyed) and ignores other facets associated with today's effects-based environment....

The effects-based approach to operations: questions and answers.
March 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Effects-based operations (EBO) are currently a rapidly expanding area of military discussion, thought, and application. The author posits that despite numerous definitions of EBO, the concept remains largely misunderstood....

Five propositions regarding effects-based operations.
March 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Effects-based operations (EBO) link strategic political vision and day-to-day military operations to ensure that military strategy achieves or contributes to stated political goals. The authors assert that five propositions...

Overpromising and underestimating: a response to "Five Propositions regarding effects-based operations".(The Merge)
March 22, 2006... DO NOT LET the title of this article fool you: Col Steven Carey and Col Robyn Read have added a sterling contribution to the professional literature on effects-based operations (EBO). The opening paragraphs alone offer one of the best, most...

Defining the "Precision Weapon" in effects-based terms.
March 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: According to Major Sine, as technology evolves, war fighters and planners need to expand the concept of weapons effects beyond merely destructive results and develop an inclusive definition of precision weapons tailored to...

One step back, two steps forward: an analytical framework for airpower in small wars.
March 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Despite its undeniable power, today's US Air Force is not optimized for "small wars"--those involving nonstate entities or nonregular forces as enemy combatants. In this article, Major Stuewe analyzes a historical example of...

Fighter diplomacy: a "passage to India"?(strategic relations )
March 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Many nations are competing to sell advanced fighters to India. Despite historically difficult US-Indian relations, highly bureaucratic acquisition policies of the Indian government, and lingering US trade restrictions...

Revised air force doctrine document 2-5.3, public affairs operations.(NOTAM)
March 22, 2006... Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail; without it, nothing can succeed. --Abraham Lincoln EVERY AIRMAN IS a spokesperson for our Air Force, and those who aspire to become the most effective...

Effects Based Warfare.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Effects Based Warfare edited by Christopher Finn. Defense Studies Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre (http://www.mod.uk/jdcc), Shrivenham, Swindon, Wiltshire SN6 8RF, Great Britain, 2004, 122 pages. This book is a compilation of short...

The Great Escape.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill. W. W. Norton & Co. (http://www.wwnorton.com), 500 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10110, 2004, 304 pages, $13.95 (softcover). Fifty-five years after its initial publication, Paul Brickhill's personal...

Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Defense Strategy for the Post-Saddam Era by Michael E. O'Hanlon. Brookings Institution Press (http://bookstore.brookings.edu), 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20036-2188, 2005, 148 pages, $18.95 (softcover). This volume is...

Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot by Starr Smith. Zenith Press (http://www.zenithpress.com/Store/default. aspx), 729 Prospect Avenue, P.O. Box 1, Osceola, Wisconsin 54020, 2005, 288 pages, $21.95 (hardcover). * In Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot,...

The Pentagon and the Presidency: Civil-Military Relations from FDR to George W. Bush.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Pentagon and the Presidency: Civil-Military Relations from FDR to George W. Bush by Dale R. Herspring. University Press of Kansas (http:// www.kansaspress.ku.edu), 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-4444, 2005, 512 pages, $45.00...

American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... American Raiders: The Race to Capture the Luftwaffe's Secrets by Wolfgang W. E. Samuel. University Press of Mississippi (http://www.upress. state.ms.us), 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, Mississippi 39211-6492, 2004, 384 pages, $35.00 (hardcover)....

A Need to Know: The Role of Air Force Reconnaissance in War Planning, 1945-1953.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... A Need to Know: The Role of Air Force Reconnaissance in War Planning, 1945-1953 by John T. Farquhar. Air University Press (http://www. maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112, 2005, 210 pages,...

Memoires: Les Champs de Braises.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Memoires: Les Champs de Braises by Helie de Saint Marc with Laurent Beccaria. Editions Perrin (http://www.editions-perrin.fr), 76, Rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris, France, 1995, 348 pages, 19,67 Euros. Les Champs de Braises is a subtle and...

Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Alternate Scenarios.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Alternate Scenarios edited by Peter Tsouras. Greenhill Books (http:// www.greenhillbooks.com), Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN, 2004, 256 pages, $34.95 (hardcover). What would have happened if...

God, Country and Self-Interest: A Social History of the World War II Rank and File.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... God, Country and Self-Interest: A Social History of the World War II Rank and File by Toby Terrar. CWPublishers (http://www.angelfire.com/un/ cwp), 15405 Short Ridge Court, Silver Spring, Maryland 20906, 2004, 420 pages, $16.95 (hardcover),...

Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War, 1982.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Ordeal by Exocet: HMS Glamorgan and the Falklands War, 1982 by Ian Inskip. Chatham Publishing (http://www.chathampublishing.com/index. html), Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11 9NN, 2002, 320 pages, $14.95 (softcover). Although the...

The All-Volunteer Force: Thirty Years of Service.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The All-Volunteer Force: Thirty Years of Service edited by Barbara A. Bicksler, Curtis L. Gilroy, and John T. Warner. Potomac Books, Inc. (formerly Brassey's, Inc.) (http://www.potomacbooksinc. com/Books/Features.aspx), 22841 Quicksilver Drive,...

Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade after Vietnam.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Sierra Hotel: Flying Air Force Fighters in the Decade after Vietnam by C. R. Anderegg. Air Force History and Museums Program (https://www. airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/publications.htm), 200 McChord Street, Box 94, Bolling AFB, Washington, DC...

The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Smell of Kerosene: A Test Pilot's Odyssey by Donald L. Mallick with Peter W. Merlin. NASA History Office (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/ pao/History/history.html), 300 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20546, 2003, 252 pages, $22.00 (hardcover)....

Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces: Implications for U.S. Strategy.
March 22, 2006... Future Roles of U.S. Nuclear Forces: Implications for U.S. Strategy by Glenn Buchan, David M. Matonick, Calvin Shipbaugh, and Richard Mesic. RAND (http://www.rand.org/publications/index. html), 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica,...

Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... Afterburner: Naval Aviators and the Vietnam War by John Darrell Sherwood. New York University Press (http://www.nyupress.org), 838 Broadway, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10003, 2004, 368 pages, $35.00 (hardcover). "Pilots, in many...

The Politics of Air Power: From Confrontation to Cooperation in Army Aviation Civil-Military Relations.(Book review)
March 22, 2006... The Politics of Air Power: From Confrontation to Cooperation in Army Aviation Civil-Military Relations by Rondall R. Rice. University of Nebraska Press (http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu), 1111 Lincoln Mall, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0630, 2004,...