Recently added articles from Air & Space Power Journal:

Fifth Air Force: Ready for the Future

Jul 01, 2008; James, Larry D ... ON 11 AUGUST 2007, a pair of Russian Tu-95 bombers flew from eastern Russia, skirted the coast of Japan, turned south, and headed for Guam, where US forces were conducting Exercise Valiant Shield, which involved over 280 aircraft, 30 ships, and more than 20,000 service members. Although the ...

A House Divided: The Indivisibility of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Jul 01, 2008; Deptula, David A; Brown, R Greg ... Through technological advances and Airmen's ingenuity, we can now surveil or strike any target anywhere on the face of the Earth, day or night, in any weather. A more challenging issue today-and for the future-is determining and locating the desired effect we want to achieve. Because ISR ...

Remembering Almerisio Lopes

Jul 01, 2008; Berg, Paul D ... THE AIR AND Space Power Journal family mourns the loss of Mr. Almerisio "Al" Lopes, longtime editor of AzV and Space Power Journal-Portuguese (ASPJ-P), who passed away on 14 January 2008. A native of Brazil, Al later became a US citizen and in 1974 began working as a translator for the Brazilian ...

Expeditionary Operations

Jul 01, 2008; Berg, Paul D ... TRADITIONALLY, EXPEDITIONARY operations have called for the physical deployment of forces, but that notion is evolving. Practically all Airmen are assigned to one of 10 air and space expeditionary forces, and Air Force leaders constantiy reiterate the importance of being ready to deploy. Yet, ...

Ricochets and Replies

Jul 01, 2008; Anonymous ... We encourage you to e-mail your comments to us at aspj@maxwell.af.mil or cadreaspj@aol.com. We reserve the right to edit your remarks. REMEMBERING ALMERISIO LOPES On behalf of the Portuguese Air Force, former chief of staff Gen Manuel Taveira Martins and I would like to express ...

Commentary on Lt Col Kenneth Beebe's "Reply to 'Defining Information Operations Forces: What Do We Need?'"

Jul 01, 2008; Jannarone, August G "Greg"; Doig, Charles G "Chuck" ... WE READ WITH some interest Lt Col Kenneth Beebe's "Reply to 'Defining Information Operations Forces: What Do We Need?'" (Winter 2007). We generally concur with his commentary; however, we wish to address the following passages: When it comes to influence operations, I think we need to ...

Adding Less-Lethal Arrows to the Quiver for Counterinsurgency Air Operations

Jul 01, 2008; Haendschke, Ernie ... 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. THE CONFLICT IN Iraq has enabled the war ...

Timing Is Everything: Operational Assessment in a Fast-Paced Fight

Jul 01, 2008; Messer, Kirsten R ... THE AIR AND SPACE operations center (AOC) "provides operational-level [command and control] of air and space forces as the focal point for planning, executing, and assessing air and space operations" (emphasis added).1 Within the AOC, the assessment function resides in the operational assessment ...

Air-Intelligence Operations and Training: The Decisive Edge for Effective Airpower Employment

Jul 01, 2008; George, D Scott; Ehlers, Robert ... Through technological advances and Airmen 's ingenuity, we can now surveil or strike any target anywhere on the face of the Earth, day or night, in any weather. . . . Because ISR [intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance] capabilities are at the core of determining. . . desired effects, ...

The Role of Air Force Civil Engineers in Counterinsurgency Operations

Jul 01, 2008; Brown, Kendall ... WHAT IS THE role of the Air Force's general-purpose forces in support of counter-insurgency (COIN) operations? Facilitators of the 2007 Air Force Symposium on Counterinsurgency posed that question at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, in April 2007. A presentation by David Ochmanek of the RAND Corporation ...

The ABCs of Strong Leadership

Jul 01, 2008; Ashley, Brad ... Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better. -Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ) TODAY'S AIR FORCE needs strong leadership at all levels and role models to serve as great examples for our Airmen. They help all of us become better. Authors have written much on the subject ...

Cleared to Engage: Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Close Air Support

Jul 01, 2008; Johnson, Michael H ... Editorial Abstract: The importance of close air support (CAS) is greater now than in any of our most recent conflicts, dating back to Operation Desert Storm. Since the joint aspects of CAS are also magnified more than ever, crucial issues and deficiencies with joint doctrine and training ...

A Practical Approach to Effects-Based Operational Assessment

Jul 01, 2008; Clark, Clinton R; Cook, Timothy J ... Editorial Abstract: Operational assessment is the joint force air component commander's process for evaluating joint air, space, and cyber operations. The authors provide a commonsense methodology that greatly enhances the evaluation of effects-based operations, enabling strategists to ...

Education in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance beyond the "Green Door"

Jul 01, 2008; Hinrichs, Jeff S ... COUNTLESS PUNDITS HAVE accentuated the importance of intelligence in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Broadly speaking, a strategy-to-task intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) transformation effort is under way to more ...

The Future US Air Force

Jul 01, 2008; Jiang, Guocheng ... (ProQuest: ... denotes Greek characters omitted (or Cyrillic characters omitted.)) The Future US Air Force by Min Zengfu [ ...]. PLA Publishing House, no. 40 Di'anmen Xidajie Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, China, 2007, 318 pages, ¥22.00 ($3.00) (softcover). How does the ...

Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation

Jul 01, 2008; Lester, Richard I ... Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation, revised and updated by James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones. Free Press (a division of Simon and Schuster) (http://www .simonsays.com), 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020, 2003, 400 pages, $30.00 ...

Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond

Jul 01, 2008; Tate, Robert F ... Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond by Emiel W. Owens. Texas A&M University Press (http:// www.tamu.edu/upress), John H. Lindsey Building, Lewis Street, 4354 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-4354, 2006, 160 pages, $24.95 ...

LeMay

Jul 01, 2008; Mets, David R ... LeMay, Great Generals Series, by Barrett Tillman. Palgrave Macmillan (http://www.palgrave-usa .com), 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10010, 2007, 224 pages, $21.95 (hardcover). The cover of my advance copy of LeMay proclaims it the "First Major Biography" of the sixth chief of staff ...

Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power-Economic and Military

Jul 01, 2008; Anderson, David A ... Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power-Economic and Military by William Mitchell. Dover Publications (http://www.doverpublications.com), 31 East 2nd Street, Mineola, New York 11501-3852, 2006, 320 pages, $9.95 (softcover). In their book The Dynamics of ...

Political Handbook of the Middle East, 2006

Jul 01, 2008; McCue, Joe ... Political Handbook of the Middle East, 2006. Congressional Quarterly (CQ) Press (http://www .cqpress.com), 1255 22d Street, NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20037,2006,452 pages, $125.00 (hardcover). Neither a light read nor a work of fiction, Political Handbook is a comprehensive work of ...