Air & Space Power Journal articles from September 2008

Air & Space Power Journal archives from September 2008

The transformation of air forces on the Korean Peninsula.(Senior Leader Perspectives)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] TODAY NEARLY 28,000 American warriors stand shoulder to shoulder with our Republic of Korea (ROK) allies defending freedom along the demilitarized zone. This is the most visible aspect of our commitment to a strong...

Airpower imbalance: nuclear Pakistans's Achilles' heel.(Senior Leader Perspectives)(Essay)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE OVERT NUCLEARIZATION of India and Pakistan in May 1998 drastically altered the military landscape of South Asia. Military planners on both sides now had to grapple with the additional strategic doctrinal dilemmas...

Selecting ASPJ focus areas and presenting the latest Chronicles Online Journal articles.(Prelaunch Notes)(AIR AND SPACE Power Journal)
September 22, 2008... AIR AND SPACE Power Journal (ASPJ), the professional journal of the US Air Force, publishes thought-provoking articles about flying and fighting in air, space, and cyberspace. Military activities in our service's three operational domains are...

A house divided.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... I don't entirely agree with what Lt Gen David Deptula and Maj R. Greg Brown say in "A House Divided: The Indivisibility of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance" (Summer 2008). Studying the world wars leads me to the conclusion that...

Exposing the information domain myth.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... In response to Maj Geoffrey Weiss's article "Exposing the Information Domain Myth: A New Concept for Air Force and Information Operations Doctrine" (Spring 2008), I'd say that the author takes most of 14 pages (including endnotes) to tell us...

A look down the slippery slope.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... Maj Bryan D. Watson's "A Look down the Slippery Slope: Domestic Operations, Outsourcing, and the Erosion of Military Culture" (Spring 2008) is a great article, but I think it's rather misleading and ignores the real history regarding what the...

Lorenz on leadership.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... Anyone who has taken the time to read "Lorenz on Leadership" (Summer 2005) and "Lorenz on Leadership: Part 2" (Spring 2008) is already following General Lorenz's first principle: knowledge is power. That, of course, is the underlying premise...

True confessions of an ex-chauvinist.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... I find Dr. David Mets's reasoning and conclusions in "True Confessions of an Ex-Chauvinist: Fodder for Your Professional Reading on Women and the Military" (Fall 2007) very enlightening. While I and other students attended Air Command and Staff...

The Cuban missile crisis.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... Mr. Charles Kamps's article "The Cuban Missile Crisis: Forty-Five Years in the Balance" (Fall 2007) ends by saying, "The fact that we were off balance for operations against Cuba offers a lesson for the future" (p. 88). The author meant to warn...

Developing Airmen: Educating And Training Leaders.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... I read with interest Lt Col Paul Berg's article "Developing Airmen: Educating and Training Leaders" (Summer 2007). The author asserts that "professional Airmen require a flexible balance between broad education, which teaches them how to think...

My Father and I and Saburo Sakai.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... I found Col Francis Stevens's article "My Father and I and Saburo Sakai" (Chronicles Online Journal, 21 June 2006) quite moving. My father served in the Pacific during World War II. When I was a kid, the Japanese were simply the bad guys until...

The Master Sergeant Watershed.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... I do not currently supervise other noncommissioned officers (NCO), but I do get to interact with many of them. After stumbling upon Capt Raymond M. Powell's article "The Master Sergeant Watershed: A Practical Guide for Supervisors of the...

Introducing the Chinese ASPJ.(Ricochets and Replies)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... Thank you for sending the Chinese edition of Air and Space Power journal to the Third Military Medical College. The journal discusses many topics that are highly interesting to Chinese servicemen, such as leading-edge thinking, military...

Redefining Air, Space, and Cyber Power.(Focus Area)
September 22, 2008... THE MEANING OF the term airpower is expanding in ways that will affect tomorrow's US Air Force. In 1925 Gen Billy Mitchell defined it simply as "the ability to do something in the air," but the term now encompasses activities in additional...

Reply to "A New Form of Air Warfare".(The Merge)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... READING THE IDEAS that the enthusiastic and creative French Air Force lieutenant Tim Larribau develops in his article "A New Form of Air Warfare" (Fall 2007) prompted me to outline some thoughts derived from my own vision of airpower and air...

The mission matters most.(Focus Area)(Letter to the editor)
September 22, 2008... I READ WITH INTEREST Randall Schwalbe's critique of my article "How the Air Force Embraced 'Partial Quality' (and Avoiding Similar Mistakes in New Endeavors)" (Winter 2006). His critique, "Lean Is No Flavor of the Month" (Fall 2007), is well...

Know your enemy.(Focus Area)(Critical essay)
September 22, 2008... COL WILLIAM DARLEY'S article "Strategic Imperative: The Necessity for Values Operations as Opposed to Information Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan" (Spring 2007) exactly frames in a historic context our war arising from the terrorism...

Planetary defense: potential mitigation roles of the Department of Defense.
September 22, 2008... EARTH'S ORBIT AROUND the sun is a hazardous location, and our collective safety so far has been purely a matter of luck. Despite the image of a pristine "harmony of spheres" that we inherited from the ancients, the solar system is a cosmic...

Cyber flag: a realistic training environment for the future.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... Red Flag exercises, well known as training components of air warfare, will also become a staple of cyber warfare. --Former Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne THE RED FLAG exercise, held six times per year at Nellis Air Force...

Chinese airmen stepping through the international gateway.(PIREPs)
September 22, 2008... IMPERCEPTIBLY, THE CONCEPT of multidimensional war covering land, sea, air, space, and cyberspace is spreading into our sight and mind. The world we live in is becoming more and more linked and transparent. Along with this trend, militaries...

Embracing the joint-training enterprise.(PIREPs)(Viewpoint essay)
September 22, 2008... HOW DOES OUR predominantly conventional military defeat an unconventional enemy who willingly accepts huge losses and constantly adjusts tactics to counter or avoid our strengths? Clearly, we are fighting an adversary who resorts to asymmetric...

The strategic role of airpower: an Indian perspective on how we need to think, train, and fight in the coming years *.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Editorial Abstract: Recent advances in precision airpower systems, hardware, and weapons have engendered an effects-based approach to conducting combat with increased speed as well as reduced attrition and collateral...

Rethinking the combined force air component commander's intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance approach to counterinsurgency.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Editorial Abstract: Counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Iraq and Afghanistan generate unique and complex intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) requirements for lower-echelon commanders who face a...

Revisiting South African airpower thought: considering some challenges and tensions in Southern Africa.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Editorial Abstract: Known for its low-tech forces and unconventional wars, Africa lacks the financial flexibility to employ costly, information-based airpower assets. The authors contend that the supporting roles of...

Strategy and cost: a gap in our military decision-making process.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... Editorial Abstract: The current structure of the military decision-making process assumes that end-state goals have been determined and that strategy is developed in isolation from cost considerations. The author proposes revamping this system...

Go pills in combat: prejudice, propriety, and practicality.(Essay)
September 22, 2008... Editorial Abstract: The military's use of medications for operational reasons has traditionally garnered substantial, often negative, attention from the popular nexus media--and sometimes from the scientific community as well. However, the...

The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied special Forces, France 1944.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944 by Lt Col Will Irwin, USA, Retired. Public Affairs (http://www.public affairsbooks.com), 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1321, New York, New York 10107, 2005, 352 pages,...

Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker?(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker? by Russell A. Hart. Potomac Books (http://www. potomacbooksinc.com), 22841 Quicksilver Drive, Dulles, Virginia 20166, 2006, 160 pages, $17.56 (hardcover), $11.16 (softcover). In all probability,...

A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa by Howard W. French. Alfred A. Knopf (http://www.randomhouse.com/knopf/home.pperl), 1745 Broadway, New York, New York 10019, 2004, 304 pages, $25.00 (hardcover); 2005, 280 pages,...

Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy by Karl P. Mueller et al. RAND (http://www.rand.org/publications/ index.html), 1700 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, California 90407-2138, 2006, 344...

Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy by William C. Martel. Cambridge University Press (http://us.cambridge.org), 32 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10013-2473, 2006, 432 pages, $35.00 (hardcover). Fighting and...

The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell. Thomas Nelson (http://www.thomas nelson.com), PO. Box 141000, Nashville, Tennessee 37214, 2006, 336 pages, $24.99 (hardcover). Much...

Hypersonic Thunder: A Novel of the Jet Age.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Roaring Thunder: A Novel of the Jet Age by Walter J. Boyne. Forge Books, Tom Doherty Associates (http://www.tor-forge.com), 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, 2006, 304 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). Many people believe that the age of...

Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to Modern National Security Processes and Problems.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to Modern National Security Processes and Problems by Dennis M. Drew and Donald M. Snow. Air University Press (http://www.maxwell. af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell...

A War of Their Own: Bombers over the Southwest Pacific.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... A War of Their Own: Bombers over the Southwest Pacific by Capt Matthew K. Rodman, USAF. Air University Press (http://www.maxwell.af.mil/ au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-5962, 2005, 184 pages, $14.00...

A Pilgrim in Unholy Places: Stories of a Mustang Colonel.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... A Pilgrim in Unholy Places: Stories of a Mustang Colonel by Thomas D. Phillips. Heritage Books (http://www.heritagebooks.com), 65 East Main Street, Westminster, Maryland 21157-5026, 2004, 256 pages, $19.95 (softcover). In A Pilgrim in...

Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq by David J. Danelo. Stackpole Books (http:// www.stackpolebooks.com), 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055, 2006, 384 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). In a dark, staccato writing...

The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid--America's first World War II Victory.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid-America's First World War II Victory by Craig Nelson. Penguin Group (http:// us.penguingroup.com), 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, 2003, 448 pages, $16.00 (softcover)....

America Won the Vietnam War! How the Left Snatched Defeat from the Jaws of Victory.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... America Won the Vietnam War! How the Left Snatched Defeat from the jaws of Victory by Robert R. Owens, PhD. Xulon Press (http:// www.xulonpress.com), 2180 West State Road 434, Suite 2140, Longwood, Florida 32779, 2004, 408 pages, $21.99...

Saturn V: The Complete Manufacturing and Test Records plus Supplemental Material.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Saturn V: The Complete Manufacturing and Test Records plus Supplemental Material by Alan Lawrie and Robert Godwin. Apogee Books, Collectors Guide Publishing (http://www.apogeebooks.com), 1440 Graham's Lane, Unit no. 2, Burlington, Ontario, L7S...

America the Vulnerable: How Our Government is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism by Stephen Flynn. Harper Perennial (http://www.harperperennial.com), 10 East 53d Street, New York, New York 10022, 2005, 272 pages, $13.95 (softcover). ...

Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning by Cynthia M. Grabo. University Press of America (http://www.univpress.com), Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group, 4501 Forbes Boulevard, Suite 200, Lanham, Maryland 20706, 2004, 184...

Death at a Distance: The loss of the Legendary USS Harder.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder by Michael Sturma. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21402-5034, 2006, 252 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). On 24 August...

Policy Analysis in National Security Affairs: New Methods for a New Era.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Policy Analysis in National Security Affairs: New Methods for a New Era by Richard L. Kugler. National Defense University Press (http://www.ndu.edu/ inss/press/nduphp.html), 300 Fifth Avenue, Building 62, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC...

Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space: An Illustrated History of NACA and NASA.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space: An Illustrated History of NACA and NASA by Roger E. Bilstein. Johns Hopkins University Press (http://www.press.jhu.edu), 2715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, 2003, 256 pages, $42.95...

Forca Aerea 50 Anos.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Forca Aerea 50 Anos edited by Coronel Antonio Tello Pacheco, POAF, retired; Maj Adelino Cardoso; and Nuno Esteves da Silva. Comissao Historico-Cultural da Forca Aerea Portuguesa, Portugal, 2002, 278 pages. (Not sold commercially.) ...

Airpower Leadership on the Front Line: Lt Gen George H. Brett and Combat Command.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Airpower Leadership on the Front Line: Lt Gen George H. Brett and Combat Command by Lt Col Douglas A. Cox. Air University Press (http:// www.maxwell.af.mil/au/aul/aupress), 131 West Shumacher Avenue, Maxwell AFB, Alabama 36112-5962, 2006, 114...

The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines, 4th ed., by Bill Gunston. Haynes North America (http:/www.haynes.com), 861 Lawrence Drive, Newbury Park, California 91320, 2006, 254 pages, $22.95 (softcover). As the title suggests, The...

Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology.(Book review)
September 22, 2008... Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology by Jeremy R. Kinney. Greenwood Press (http://www.greenwood.com/ Greenwood_press.aspx) (published in association with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum), 88 Post Road West, Westport,...