Air & Space Power Journal articles from September 2006

Air & Space Power Journal archives from September 2006

Interdependence: key to our common success.(United States. Air Forces in Europe, North Atlantic Treaty Organization )
September 22, 2006... SINCE I TOOK command of US Air Forces in Europe (USAFE) and of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Air Component Command Ramstein (CC-Air Ramstein), I have been highly impressed with both the commitment and performance of the men and...

Book reviews and introduction of the latest Chronicles Online Journal Articles.
September 22, 2006... MILITARY PROFESSIONALS need to keep up with the latest literature on national defense, but reading time is scarce. Nobody has time to examine every new book, so Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ) book reviews help readers set priorities. Each...

Integrating operations: joint air and space power.(Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act of 1986)
September 22, 2006... THE YEAR 2006 marks the 20th anniversary of the Goldwater-Nichols Department of Defense Reorganization Act, a milestone in the evolution of the US military. Intended to improve Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps joint operations, the act...

Why Red Flag is obsolete.(The Merge)
September 22, 2006... AFTER SITTING THROUGH my fifth Red Flag debrief, listening to MiG 1 say "color pod 7 white from pod 25," I sadly realized that Red Flag represented the bygone era of my youth. I thought back to my days as a young post-Desert Storm Air Force...

Red Flag still matters--after all these years.
September 22, 2006... HAND GRENADE OR think piece? The title "Why Red Flag Is Obsolete" catches our attention, but the author oversteps his argument. It's fair to say that Red Flag needs to refashion itself in order to be relevant, but that has been its continuing...

Integration of space-based combat systems.
September 22, 2006... THE CONCEPT OF combined arms--integrating different military capabilities to achieve effects not available from applying the individual capabilities in isolation--provides a key asymmetric advantage to American military forces. Foreign...

Joint airspace management and deconfliction: a chance to trade in a stovepipe for network-centric warfare.
September 22, 2006... The lack of significant situational awareness in our combined air defense system, which involved major systems such as Patriot, Airborne Warning and Control Systems (AWACS), and Aegis [was a significant shortfall in Operation Iraqi Freedom...

CADRE's professional education opportunities for USAF, joint, and allied war fighters.(College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education provides education for United States. Air Force)
September 22, 2006... SCIENTIA EST POTENTIA (knowledge is power) is as true today as when it was first expressed. Joint Vision 2020, which calls for our armed forces to seek full-spectrum dominance in any given situation, states, "Attaining that goal requires the...

The Air Force needs new glasses: sensor requirements for urban operations.
September 22, 2006... WE CAN NO longer consider urban operations an optional proficiency. The current situation in Iraq makes clear that US soldiers, sailors, and airmen must have the capabilities and tools to operate effectively in the urban environment. For...

The Air Force's new ground war: ensuring projection of air and space power through expeditionary security operations.
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: The changing and increasingly dangerous global-security environment presents a considerable challenge for air-base defense and demands a new base-defense mind-set. The authors describe new initiatives in joint doctrine...

New USAF doctrine publication: Air Force doctrine document 2-1.9, targeting.(United States. Air Force)
September 22, 2006... TARGETING HAS BEEN a vital part of air and space operations since an aircraft dropped the first weapon. It has evolved from a matter of primitive guesswork into a discipline based on scientific principles and robust processes. These facts are...

Counterinsurgency airpower: air-ground integration for the long war.(Afghanistan, Iraq)
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Unprecedented levels of joint cooperation have occurred in counterinsurgency operations in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Colonel Belote documents the successes of increased joint coordination in both nations, particularly...

A new operational assessment paradigm: splitting the stoplights.
September 22, 2006... OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENT (OA) plays a crucial role in the successful application of airpower, enabling development and revision of air strategy by "closing the loop" on the air tasking order's cycle. Because the global war on terrorism has...

Filling the stealth gap and enhancing Global Strike Task Force Operations.
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Recent US government planning and budgeting decisions have forecast the rapid drawdown and phaseout of the F-117 Nighthawk aircraft. The author refutes opposing arguments that the new F-22A will fill the gap caused by the...

Space power: an III-suited space strategy.
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: For the US military, space power has emerged as the dominant strategic framework for executing space warfare. Commander Klein asserts that this framework, inherently offensive in nature and application, is myopic....

Military transformation: ends, ways, and means.
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: True transformation in a military organization goes far beyond just making adjustments, "rightsizing," altering methods of mission accomplishment, or reengineering. Dr. Kem argues that a unit attains transformation only...

Revised USAF Doctrine Publication: Air Force doctrine document 2, operations and organization.(United States. Air Force)
September 22, 2006... REVISED AIR FORCE Doctrine Document (AFDD) 2, Operations and Organization, 27 June 2006 (available at http://afdc.maxwell.af.mil), has undergone significant updating since its publication in 2000. Restructured for better presentation of key...

Molecular nanotechnology and national security.
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: The author asserts that the manipulation and control of matter roughly the size of the diameter of a small molecule, known as molecular nanotechnology, will spawn a technological revolution that not only will create...

The nature of close air support in low intensity conflict.
September 22, 2006... SINCE THE CESSATION of conventional hostilities in Afghanistan in the fall of 2002 and Iraq in the spring of 2003, the United States Air Force has provided close air support (CAS) in low intensity conflicts (LIC). In Iraq, US forces have...

Clausewitz and the Falkland Islands air war.(Carl von Clausewitz)
September 22, 2006... Editorial Abstract: Major Pereyra applies Carl von Clausewitz's classic ideas about warfare to analyze aerial operations in the Falklands/Malvinas War of 1982. The author's status as an officer in the Fuerza Aerea Uruguaya (Uruguayan air...

The Battle for the Hague - 1940: The First Great Airborne Operations.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... The Battle for the Hague--1940: The First Great Airborne Operations by Lt Col E. H. Brongers, translated by C. C. W. van Romondt Vis. Uitgeverij Aspekt (Aspekt Dutch Publisher) (http:// www.uitgeverijaspekt.nl), Amersfoortsestraat 27, 3769 AD...

Thunderchief: The Right Stuff and How Fighter Pilots Get It.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Thunderchief: The Right Stuff and How Fighter Pilots Get It by Don Henry. Pelican Publishing Company (http://www.pelicanpub.com), 1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, Louisiana 70053-2246, 2004, 295 pages, $22.00 (hardcover). Author Don Henry...

Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45 by John Nichol and Tony Rennell. Penguin: Allen Lane (http://www.penguin.co.uk), 80 Strand, London, WC2R ORL, 2005, 496 pages, $42.00 (hardcover). Every now and then, a...

Franco: Soldier, Commander, Dictator.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Franco: Soldier, Commander, Dictator by Geoffrey Jensen. Potomac Books, Inc. (http://www.potomac booksinc.com), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2005, 160 pages, $19.95 (hardcover), $12.95 (softcover). From May 1980 to...

Allied Fighter Aces of World War II: The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II.(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Allied Fighter Aces of World War II: The Air Combat Tactics and Techniques of World War II by Mike Spick. Stackpole Books (http://www .stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055-6921, 2004, 248 pages, $19.95...

Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Tactics of the Crescent Moon: Militant Muslim Combat Methods by H. John Poole. Posterity Press (http://members.aol.com/posteritypress), P.O. Box 5360, Emerald Isle, North Carolina 28594, 2004, 368 pages, $14.95 (softcover). A number of...