Air & Space Power Journal articles from March 2007

Air & Space Power Journal archives from March 2007

Flying and fighting in cyberspace.(Air Force)
March 22, 2007... CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING scenarios: * Right now a terrorist lies on his belly in a dusty ditch. He holds a radio transmitter that will detonate an improvised explosive device and kill Americans as they convoy across a stretch of broken...

Effects-based operations: a command philosophy.(Senior Leader Perspectives)
March 22, 2007... MUCH HAS SEEN written regarding the use of effects-based operations (ESO) theory and processes. In this article, I offer an operational perspective based on my experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom during major combat operations and follow-on...

Lean uniforms: cutting the "waste" line.(Senior Leader Perspectives)
March 22, 2007... AIR FORCE UNIFORMS are the tangible heritage that starts and chronicles an Airman's journey. Uniforms indelibly welcome newcomers into the Air Force legacy. They provide a common identity throughout an enlistment or career, and their symbolism...

New USAF doctrine publication: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-10, Homeland Operations.(notice to airmen)
March 22, 2007... A QUICK QUIZ: what is the difference between homeland security and homeland defense? Stumped? You're not alone. Now comes a third term: homeland operations. Before you throw your hands up at yet another addition to the Airman's lexicon,...

Celebrating 60 years of excellence as a professional journal and introducing the latest Chronicles Online Journal article.(Air and Space Power Journal)
March 22, 2007... The US AIR Force will celebrate its 60th anniversary in September 2007, but Air and Space Power journal (ASPJ), the professional journal of the Air Force, marks its 60th birthday with the publication of this issue. Originally called Air...

Filling the stealth gap.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... I have a question about Maj Collin T. Ireton's article "Filling the Stealth Gap and Enhancing Global Strike Task Force Operations" (Fall 2006). The F-22 apparently lacks a laser designator. If so, that would definitely be a flaw, but couldn't...

Filling the stealth gap: the author responds.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... The question is an excellent one; my answer will point out the difficulties in adapting a highly optimized aircraft (the F-22 in this case) to a new mission. It may appear simple to modify an existing aircraft for another mission, but it is...

Is Red Flag obsolete?(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... I am the Red Flag program manager at Headquarters Air Combat Command. I had an opportunity to read Lt Col Rob Spalding's article "Why Red Flag Is Obsolete" (Fall 2006). He is either unaware of the exercise's broader context or has not been to a...

Interdependence: key to our common success: the author responds.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... Mr. Foedisch, I appreciate your thoughtful question and comments. I would like to address your question on the vulnerabilities of interdependency and share some of the successes we have had working with other nations. While there are always...

Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... I just read Maj Rodolfo Pereyra's great article "Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands Air War" (Fall 2006). That very interesting piece offers lots of succinct information about air-component operations in the Falklands War. Making such a good...

Nanotechnology and National Security.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... LCDR Thomas D. Vandermolen's excellent article "Molecular Nanotechnology and National Security" (Fall 2006) identified the important difference between the near-term nanoparticles/nanomaterials of nanotechnology (NT) and the far-term,...

Effects-based Airpower for Small Wars.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... I want to compliment Col Robyn Read for his outstanding article "Effects-Based Airpower for Small Wars" (Spring 2005). The article is a bit jargon heavy for an ordinary civilian like me, probably due to the audience for which it was intended,...

Near-term manned space logistics operations.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... I was impressed by the detail and concepts presented in Mr. James Michael Snead's "Near-Term Manned Space Logistics Operations" (Chronicles Online, journal, 31 August 2005) and would like to offer a few thoughts on the subject. First, the...

Sharpening the Eagle's Talons: Assessing Air Base Defense.(Letter to the editor)
March 22, 2007... I'm a member of the Brazilian air force infantry and am writing a master's thesis about ground threats to air bases. During my research, I found Maj David Briar's article "Sharpening the Eagle's Talons: Assessing Air Base Defense" (Fall 2004)...

Dominant Air, Space, and Cyberspace operations.(Focus Area)
March 22, 2007... SECRETARY OF THE Air Force Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff Gen T. Michael Moseley have said, "As Airmen, it is our calling to dominate Air, Space, and Cyberspace." (1) The Air Force has long dominated air and space operations, and Airmen...

The Doolittle raid: a 65-year retrospective.(Vignette)(James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle)
March 22, 2007... AFTER JAPAN'S ATTACK on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt wanted to retaliate. The next month, Navy captain Francis S. Low suggested using Army medium bombers launched from an aircraft carrier. Gen Henry "Hap" Arnold,...

Strategic imperative: the necessity for values operations as opposed to information operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.(The Merge)
March 22, 2007... Thus is that all armed prophets are prophets are victorious, and disarmed ones are crushed.--Machiavelli, The Prince AMONG THE MANY epiphanies the military has experienced pursuant to operations in Iraq and Afghanistan is the dramatic,...

The long and winding road to operationally responsive spacelift.
March 22, 2007... Editor's Note: This article is a direct reply to "Ten Propositions Regarding Space Power. The Dawn of a Space Force" by Lt Col Mark E. Harter, Air and Space Power Journal, Summer 2006. On 15 November 2001, the Air Force Requirements...

Potential Air Force shortfalls in implementing the Defense Language Transformation Roadmap.
March 22, 2007... Language skill and regional expertise are not valued as Defense core competencies, yet they are as important as critical weapon systems. --Defense Language Transformation Roadmap, 2005 IN THE DEFENSE Language Transformation Roadmap, the...

Revised USAF Doctrine publication: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-1.7, Airspace Control in the Combat Zone.(notice to airmen)
March 22, 2007... On one plasma screen, the Air Picture displayed hundreds of multicolored icons streaming across the digital map toward Baghdad--strike aircraft and their supporting tankers, electronic warfare jammers, and the Special Ops Combat Search and...

Cyberspace: the new air and space?
March 22, 2007... 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 use this department to let readers know about items of interest...

Joint close air support transformed.
March 22, 2007... THE CURRENT EFFORT by the Joint National Training Capability (JNTC), led by US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM), to transform all aspects of joint military training focuses needed attention on joint close air support OCAS). (1) In fact, the JCAS...

Building a second-half team: securing cultural expertise for the battlespace.
March 22, 2007... Editorial Abstract: The United States and its allies have necessarily adapted to a new form of "urban and asymmetric" warfare preferred by the enemy. To remain effective, the United States needs nonkinetic, "softer" solutions, such as civil...

An untapped resource for stabilization and reconstruction: the United States Air Force.
March 22, 2007... Editorial Abstract: The US military has extensive experience with peacekeeping, nation building, infrastructure repair, and other activities below the level of major combat operations. Despite successes in traditional combat operations,...

Transforming American airlift: effects-based mobility, the C-17, and Global Maneuver.
March 22, 2007... Editorial Abstract: The ability to maneuver US military people and equipment remains a top defense priority for the nation. However, the author's review of air mobility doctrine since 1990 reveals that America's mobility capability has...

Service before self or self-service? Some Fodder for your reading on the professional ethics of air warriors.
March 22, 2007... MORE THAN MOST or all other professions, the military demands serious moral thought from its practitioners. Doctors deal with life-and-death issues but generally with only one life at a time; you, the warrior-leader, may be concerned with...

Back to the future: USAF Special Operations School.(Air Force)
March 22, 2007... MORE AND MORE, the call has gone out to increase our military's awareness of other cultures. For example, to prevail in the long war and to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century, former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld, in the...

Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Why Great Leaders Don't Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus by Michael A. Roberto. Wharton School Publishing (http://www.whartonsp.com), One Lake Street, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458, 2005, 304 pages, $29.95...

Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done by Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan. Crown Business (http://www.randomhouse.com/crown/business), 280 Park Avenue (11-3), New York, New York 10017, 2002, 288 pages, $27.50 (hardcover). Far too...

Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Doolittle: Aerospace Visionary by Dik Alan Daso. Potomac Books, Inc. (http://www.potomacbooks inc.com), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166,2003,128 pages, $19.95 (hardcover), $12.95 (softcover). I picked up Dik Daso's Doolittle...

American Women and Flight since 1940.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... American Women and Flight since 1940 by Deborah G. Douglas. University Press of Kentucky (http:// www.kentuckypress.com), 663 South Limestone Street, Lexington, Kentucky 40508-4008, 2003, 376 pages, $29.95 (softcover). Anyone who needs...

The Leadership Quotient: 12 Dimensions for Measuring and Improving Leadership.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... The Leadership Quotient: 12 Dimensions for Measuring and Improving Leadership by Bill Service and Dave Arnett. iUniverse Press (http://www.iuniverse.com), 2021 Pine Lake Road, Suite 100, Lincoln, Nebraska 68512, 2006, 496 pages, $30.95...

Hitler's African Victims: The German Army Massacres of Black French Soldiers in 1940.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Hitler's African Victims: The German Army Massacres of Black French Soldiers in 1940 by Raffael Scheck. Cambridge University Press (http://www.cambridge.org/us), 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013-2473,2006, 216 pages, $65.00...

Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq by Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor. Pantheon Books (http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon), 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2006,640 pages, $27.95 (hardcover)....

The Last Flight of Bomber 31: Harrowing Tales of American and Japanese Pilots Who Fought in World War II's Arctic Air Campaign.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... The Last Flight of Bomber 31: Harrowing Tales of American and Japanese Pilots Who Fought in World War II's Arctic Air Campaign by Ralph Wetterhahn. Carroll and Graf Publishers (http://www.carrollandgraf.com), 245 West 17th Street, 11th Floor,...

Ensayos sobre las Fuerzas Armadas de America Latina.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Ensayos sobre las Fuerzas Armadas de America Latina by Russell W. Ramsey. AuthorHouse (http://www.authorhouse.com), 1663 Liberty Drive, Suite 200, Bloomington, Indiana 47403, 2003, 268 pages, $15.95 (softcover). Ensayos sobre las Fuerzas...

Y: The Sources of Islamic Revolutionary Conduct.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Y: The Sources of Islamic Revolutionary Conduct by Stephen P. Lambert, USAF. Center for Strategic Intelligence Research, joint Military Intelligence College, Washington, DC, in cooperation with the USAF Institute for National Security Studies,...

Terrorist.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Terrorist by John Updike. Alfred A. Knopf (http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/home.pperl), 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2006, 310 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). When I heard a radio interview featuring novelist John Updike talking...

Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism by Robert A. Pape. Random House (http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg), 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2005, 352 pages, $25.95 (hardcover), $14.95 (softcover). In Dying to Win,...

Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Fighting for Rights: Military Service and the Politics of Citizenship, Cornell Studies in Security Affairs, by Ronald R. Krebs. Cornell University Press (http://www.comellpress.cornell.edu), Box 6525, 750 Cascadilla Street, Ithaca, New York...

We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... We Were One: Shoulder to Shoulder with the Marines Who Took Fallujah by Patrick K. O'Donnell. Da Capo Press (http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/home.jsp), Eleven Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, 2006, 288 pages, $25.00...

Strikes: 323rd Bomb Group in World War II.(Book review)
March 22, 2007... Strikes: 323rd Bomb Group in World War II by Ross E. Harlan. Oklahoma Cavanal Publishers (http://www.okcavanal-publish.com), 2639 N. Eagle Lane, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 731271166, 2005, 144 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). As each day passes, we...