Air & Space Power Journal articles from September 2004

Air & Space Power Journal archives from September 2004

Leadership from flight level 390.(Senior Leader Perspective)
September 22, 2004... MOST OF THE time, the only chance I have for quiet reflection is at flight level 390--what a delight! So between crisp discussions with some air-traffic agency, here's what I think about the most important part of our jobs: leadership. We...

Our board of reviewers--unsung heroes.(Prelaunch Notes)
September 22, 2004... AIRCRAFT CREW CHIEFS and others who work behind the scenes do not always get the recognition they deserve. The ASPJ Board of Reviewers is a case in point. Here's why. As a refereed publication, the Journal relies on subject-matter experts for...

Recent air and space power operations.(Flight Lines)
September 22, 2004... AIR AND SPACE power operations have taken many forms recently, some of them attracting more attention than others. Brief episodes of high-intensity combat such as Operation Anaconda in Afghanistan and the first few weeks of Operation Iraqi...

Making airpower effective against guerrillas.(Vortices)
September 22, 2004... Airpower alone does not guarantee America's security. But I believe it best exploits the nation's greatest asset--our technical skill. --Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg WE ARE VERY good at conventional warfare. Too bad that isn't enough any...

Defining decentralized execution in order to recognize centralized execution.
September 22, 2004... BECAUSE THE DEFINITION of decentralized execution is imprecise, Airmen cannot coherently define the concept or recognize centralized execution. They may be able to tell you what decentralized execution tries to achieve, but can they tell you...

Gen Benjamin O. Davis Jr.: American hero.(PIREP)(Biography)
September 22, 2004... 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...

The US national security strategy of 2002: a new use-of-force doctrine?
September 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: Identifying terrorism as a distinct threat for the foreseeable future, the national security strategy of 2002 emphasizes preemption and prevention as a standard approach for dealing with that threat. This strategy produces a...

Global air mobility and persistent airpower operations.
September 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: In the 1930s and 1940s, two intriguing innovations surfaced: (1) a cargo aircraft with a detachable, missionizable fuselage module and (2) the ability to conduct long-endurance flights (nearly a month in duration). This...

Airpower 101: an expeditionary air base model.
September 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: This article proposes a simple but powerful model for base-level command to use in organizing, writing, and assessing bare-base-support plans; determining buildup priorities; and executing bare-base operations. The author...

Revised USAF Doctrine Pub AFDD 2-4.I, force protection.(Doctrine NOTAM)
September 22, 2004... JOINT PUBLICATION 1-02, Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms, 12 April 2001 (as amended through 9 June 2004), defines force protection as actions taken to prevent or mitigate hostile actions against...

Sharpening the eagle's talons: assessing air base defense.(Doctrine NOTAM)
September 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: The Air Force has invested little in securing an air base beyond the maximum effective range of security forces' heavy-weapons teams that operate inside the base's legal perimeter. Thus, a gap exists from which our...

Slow airpower assessment: a cause for concern?(Doctrine NOTAM)
September 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: To achieve timely airpower assessment, one might think it mandatory to speed up "assessment tempo" to match "operations tempo," but reality is more complex. Colonel Berg first surveys how assessment speed evolved over time...

Strategic attack.(Doctrine NOTAM)
September 22, 2004... ONE CONCEPT, MORE than any other, serves as the raison d'etre for an independent Air Force--strategic attack. Theoretically, although the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and special operations forces are all capable of some degree of strategic...

Operation Summit CAP: enabling new NATO members to meet new threats.(Doctrine NOTAM)(combat air patrol)
September 22, 2004... Editorial Abstract: A unique, bilateral air-defense arrangement between the USAF and Czech air force protected 46 heads of state from terrorist air attack during the NATO summit of November 2002 in Prague. This effort, known as Operation Summit...

Boydmania.(Review Essay)
September 22, 2004... Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott. --Alfred, Lord Tennyson PITY THIS POOR reviewer! Idiots rush in where apostles fear to tread. In response...

The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... The Pentagon's New Map: War and Peace in the Twenty-First Century By Thomas P.M. Barnett. G. P. Putnam's Sons Publishers (http://www. penguinputnam.com), 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, 2004, 320 pages, $26.95 (hardcover). ...

F-4 Phantom, Combat Legend Series.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... F-4 Phantom, Combat Legend Series by Martin W. Bowman. Airlife Publishing, Crowood Press (http://www.crowoodpress.co.uk/780/index. asp), The Stable Block, Crowood Lane, Ramsbury, Wiltshire SN8 2HR, England, 2003, 96 pages, $14.95 (softcover)....

History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam, 1969-1970.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: The Joint Chiefs of Staff and the War in Vietnam, 1969-1970 by Willard J. Webb. Office of Joint History, Office of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for sale by the US Government Printing Office...

Battle: a History of Combat and Culture from Ancient Greece to Modern America.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Battle: A History of Combat and Culture from Ancient Greece to Modern America by John A. Lynn. Westwiew Press (http://www.westviewpress. com), 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301, 2003, 432 pages, $27.50 (hardcover). Whether or...

Over the Line: North Korea's Negotiating Strategy.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Over the Line: North Korea's Negotiating Strategy by Chuck Downs. AEI Press (http://www.aei. org/publications/filter.all/pub_listing.asp), 1150 Seventeenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036, 1999, 340 pages, $19.95 (softcover). An uneasy...

The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945: "August Storm".(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... The Soviet Strategic Offensive in Manchuria, 1945: "August Storm" by David M. Glantz. Frank Cass Publishers (http://www.frankcass.com), 5824 NE Hassalo Street, Portland, Oregon 97213-3644, 2003, 451 pages, $64.95 (hardcover). Soviet...

Globalization and Maritime Power.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Globalization and Maritime Power edited by Sam J. Tangredi. National Defense University Press (http://www.ndu.edu/inss/press/nduphp.html), Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC 20319, 2002, 613 pages, $49.00. http://www.ndu.edu/...

Woodbine Red Leader: a P-51 Mustang Ace in the Mediterranean Theater.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Woodbine Red Leader: A P-51 Mustang Ace in the Mediterranean Theater by George G. Loving. Ballantine Books (http://www.ballantinebooks. com), 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2003, 292 pages, $6.99 (softcover). The attraction of...

The Influence of Air Power upon History.(Net Assessment)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... The Influence of Air Power upon History by Walter J. Boyne. Pelican Publishing Company (http://www.pelicanpub.com), P.O. Box 3110, Gretna, Louisiana 70054, 2003, 448 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). Walter Boyne, a retired US Air Force officer...

Inventing Iraq: the Failure of Nation-Building and a History Denied.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Inventing Iraq: The Failure of Nation-Building and a History Denied by Toby Dodge. Columbia University Press (http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ cup), 61 West 62nd Street, New York, New York 10023, 2003, 288 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). The Origins...

Adak: the Rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Adak: The Rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586 by Andrew C. A. Jampoler. Naval Institute Press (http:// www.usni.org/press/booksearch.htm), 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, 2003, 240 pages, $28.95 (hardcover). The Rescue of Alfa Foxtrot 586...

Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space by Benjamin S. Lambeth. RAND Corporation (http://www.rand. org), 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138, 2003, 193 pages, $24.00 (softcover)....

Red Sky in the Morning; the Battle of the Barents Sea, 1942.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Red Sky in the Morning; The Battle of the Barents Sea, 1942 by Michael Pearson. Stackpole Books (http://www.stackpolebooks.com/cgi-bin/ StackpoleBooks.storefront), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2002, 224 pages,...

Dog-Fight: Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Dog-Fight: Aerial Tactics of the Aces of World War I by Norman Franks. Stackpole Books (http:// www.stackpolebooks.com/cgi-bin/Stackpole Books.storefront), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2003, 288 pages, $34.95...

International Order and Individual Liberty: Effects of War and Peace on the Development of Governments.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... International Order and Individual Liberty: Effects of War and Peace on the Development of Governments by Mark E. Pietrzyk. University Press of America (http://www.univpress.com), Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 4501 Forbes Blvd.,...

Round-the-World Flights.(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... Round-the-World Flights, 3rd ed., by Carroll V. Glines. Brassey's (http://www.brasseysinc.com/ index.htm), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2003, 352 pages, $19.96 (soft-cover). On 28 January 1987, Friendship One, a United...

The Lancaster Manual: the Official Air Publication for the Lancaster Mk I and III, 1942-1945.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 22, 2004... The Lancaster Manual: The Official Air Publication for the Lancaster Mk I and III, 1942-1945 edited by Dr. Michael A. Fopp. Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal Limited (http://www. greenhillbooks.com), Park House, 1 Russell Gardens, London NW11...