Air & Space Power Journal back issues from October 2007:
Revisiting Leadership in the Armed Forces*
Oct 01, 2007; ... MANY BOOKS AND articles have extensively discussed the subject of leadership. In dealing with some of its aspects, therefore, one will likely repeat (albeit somewhat differently) what someone has already said. Basically, the essentials of good leadership in the profession of arms have changed ...
Celebrating the Air Force's 60th Birthday and Presenting the Latest Chronicles Online Journal Article
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE US AIR Force's 2006 Vision Document reminds Airmen to "never forget that behind us is a proud and lasting heritage and in front of us is a limitless horizon."1 As we celebrate our service's 60th birthday, we recall our heritage, replete with heroic Airmen, amazing aircraft and spacecraft, ...
Coalition Operations
Oct 01, 2007; ... ACCORDING TO JOINT Publication (JP) 3-16, Multinational Operations, "a coalition is an ad hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action. Coalitions are formed by different nations with different objectives, usually for a single occasion or for a longer period while addressing a ...
Ricochets and Replies
Oct 01, 2007; ... We encourage you to send your comments to us, preferably via e-mail at aspj@maxwell.af.mil. You may also send letters to the Editor, Air and Space Power Journal, 401 Chennault Circle, Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6004. We reserve the right to edit the material for overall length. LEADERSHIP: AN ...
Lean Is No Flavor of the Month
Oct 01, 2007; ... In air combat, "the merge" occurs when opposing aircraft meet and pass each other. Then they usually "mix it up. " In a similar spirit, Air and Space Power Journal's "Merge" articles present contending ideas. Readers can draw their own conclusions or join the intellectual battlespace. Please ...
Staying in Touch
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE DEPARTMENT of Defense (DOD) has not positioned itself to efficiently and effectively exploit continuing personal relationships between its military officers and international officers. Although the department spends millions of dollars every year to encourage the development of lifelong ...
Reply to "Maj Gen William 'Billy' Mitchell: A Pyrrhic Promotion"
Oct 01, 2007; ... LT COL WILLIAM J. Ott's "Maj Gen William 'Billy' Mitchell: A Pyrrhic Promotion" (Winter 2006) is a well-researched, balanced, timely article, but does it go far enough in relating a meaningful message to readers of the professional journal of the Air Force? In today's "zero-tolerance" service, ...
The "Hyphenated Airman": Some Observations on Service Culture
Oct 01, 2007; ... WHEN I ENTERED the Air Force in the early 1970s, I could relate to my job on several levels. First, I was an Airman, part of a military service with a proud and powerful, yet short, history. Second, I was part of Strategic Air Command, Gen Curtís LeMay's formidable shield that protected America ...
The Sputnik Legacy: 50 Years in Retrospect
Oct 01, 2007; ... FOR ITS SMALL size, the metal sphere that hurtled into Earth orbit 50 years ago on 4 October 1957 has had an extraordinarily large influence on human events. Sputnik produced the immediate effect of great pride for the Soviet Union and great embarrassment for the United States. The communist ...
A New Form of Air Warfare
Oct 01, 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. ON 11 SEPTEMBER 2001 (9/11), four American ...
The Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea: Defending Costa Rican Sovereignty
Oct 01, 2007; ... A VIDEO ON THE popular You Tube Web site shows a dramatic scene in which paramedics give first aid to the inhabitants of an unspecified region affected by floods and landslides. Below, very discreetly, a McDonnell Douglas MD-500 helicopter with its motor running waits for the sick who need ...
Nash in Najaf: Game Theory and Its Applicability to the Iraqi Conflict
Oct 01, 2007; ... YOU, THE IRAQI army and police forces, don't walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy."1 This call for solidarity amongst indigenous security forces (ISF) and domestic insurgents (DI) by Shiite cleric and leader Muqtada al-Sadr in April 2007 is simply the latest evidence in ...
Predator Command and Control: An Italian Perspective
Oct 01, 2007; ... Editorial Abstract: The author, an Italian Air Force officer, compares operations with Italian Predator unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in Iraq with past and present US Predator doctrine and operations. After a brief overview of the significance of doctrine and command and control, ...
Military Institutional Communication: Its Geostrategic Importance
Oct 01, 2007; ... Editorial Abstract: Foreign-language military journals such as Air and Space Power Journal in Portuguese have supported US national policy since the 1940s by disseminating the Air Force's operational concepts and fostering coalition military operations. Dr. da Rocha, a Brazilian ...
Offensive Airpower with Chinese Characteristics: Development, Capabilities, and Intentions
Oct 01, 2007; ... Editorial Abstract: Although China has traditionally employed its airpower in largely defensive air operations, this doctrine appears to be undergoing a significant shift. The author contends that China is developing limited capabilities in offensive airpower as a deterrent against its ...
A Rescue Force for the World: Adapting Airpower to the Realities of the Long War
Oct 01, 2007; ... Editorial Abstract: Despite an unquestionable abundance of talent and capabilities, the Air Force rescue community has long been plagued by organizational instability, an unclear purpose, and a significant amount of both internal and external professional frustration. The authors ...
The Cuban Missile Crisis: Forty-Five Years in the Balance
Oct 01, 2007; ... DURING OCTOBER 1962, the world was riveted by the events of the Cuban missile crisis, when the United States and Soviet Union stood on the brink of nuclear war. The crisis could have ended in Armageddon since US forces were preparing two operation plans (OPLAN) that would have pitted the ...
True Confessions of an Ex-Chauvinist: Fodder for Your Professional Reading on Women and the Military
Oct 01, 2007; ... IT WAS 5 June 1953. One of the world's great feminists (my mother) pinned one of the yellow bars on my new uniform. Talk about working outside the home-a single parent, she had done that every day of her life! Talk about women in combat-I watched her knock out an assaulting male half again her ...
Revised USAF Doctrine Publication: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-1.8, Counter-Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Operations
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE THREAT OR use of chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons by hostile regimes and terrorists represents one of the most difficult challenges facing our nation and our Air Force." So observes Maj Gen Alien G. Peck, commander, Headquarters Air Force Doctrine Center, Maxwell AFB, ...
Space: The Frontiers of Modern Defence
Oct 01, 2007; ... Space: The Frontiers of Modern Defence by K. K. Nair. Knowledge World (http://knowledgeworldonline.com/index.htm), 5A/4A Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-110002, 2006, 254 pages, $25.00 (hardcover). Early in 2007, (".hiña tested its satellite-killing weapon, a medium-range KT-I ...
A Perfect Hell: The True Story of the Black Devils, the Forefathers of the Special Forces
Oct 01, 2007; ... A Perfect Hell: The True Story of the Black Devils, the Forefathers of the Special Forces by John Nadler. Presidio Press (Random House Publishing Group) (http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg), 1745 Broadway, 18th floor, New York, New York 10019, 2006, 416 pages, $15.95 (trade paperback); 2007, 384 ...
Liaison Pilot
Oct 01, 2007; ... Liaison Pilot by James R. Bryce. Sunflower University Press, 2002, 120 pages, $10.95. Flying by visual rules in marginal weather without radios says much about the times and survivors of such a training regimen. During World War II, the US Army Air Forces mobilized for war in Europe, ...
Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U.S. Air Mail
Oct 01, 2007; ... Mavericks of the Sky: The First Daring Pilots of the U.S. Air Mail by Barry Rosenberg and Catherine Macaulay. William Morrow (http://www.harper collins.com/imprints/index.aspxPimprintid= 518003&HCHP=TI_William+Morrow) , HarperCollins, 10 East 53rd Street, New York, New York 10022, 2006, 352 ...
Forging the Shield: Eisenhower and National Security for the 21st Century
Oct 01, 2007; ... Forging the Shield: Eisenhower and National Security for the 21st Century edited by Dennis E. Showalter. Imprint Publications (http://www .imprint-chicago.com), 207 E. Ohio Street, no. 377, Chicago, Illinois 60611, 2005, 256 pages, $24.95 (softcover). From 26 through 28 January 2005, the ...
From POW to Blue Angel: The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes
Oct 01, 2007; ... From POW to Blue Angel: The Story of Commander Dusty Rhodes by Jim Armstrong. University of Oklahoma Press (http://www.oupress.com), 2800 Venture Drive, Norman, Oklahoma 73069-8216, 2006, 317 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). Jim Armstrong's From POW to Blue Angel is a page-turner that ...
Powerful and Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive
Oct 01, 2007; ... Powerful and Brutal Weapons: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Easter Offensive by Stephen P. Randolph. Harvard University Press (http://www.hup.harvard .edu) , 79 Garden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, 2007, 416 pages, $29.95 (hardcover). In past issues of this journal, I thought I had ...
300 días en Afganistan
Oct 01, 2007; ... 300 días en Afganistan by Natalia Aguirre Zimerman. Editorial Anagrama, S.A. (http://www.anagramaed.es), Pedró de la Creu, 58, 08034 Barcelona, Spain, 2006, 192 pages, $15.00. Why would military professionals read a Colombian gynecologist's account of her service in Afghanistan as a ...
Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare
Oct 01, 2007; ... Afghanistan and the Troubled Future of Unconventional Warfare by Hy S. Rothstein. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html), 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland 21402, 2006, 224 pages, $26.95 (hardcover). The initial phase of the US military campaign in Afghanistan ...
The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950 by Robert Wohl. Yale University Press (http://www.yale.edu/yup), P.O. Box 209040, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-9040, 2005, 376 pages, $39.95 (hardcover). Air travel-and air warfare-are commonplace today. Military ...
Securing America's Future: National Strategy in the Information Age
Oct 01, 2007; ... Securing America's Future: National Strategy in the Information Age by Daniel M. Gerstein. Praeger (http://www.greenwood.com/praeger.aspx), 88 Post Road West, Wcstport, Connecticut 00881, 2005, 288 pages, $44.95 (hardcover). Daniel M. Gerstein's Securing America's Future presents a ...
Battle-Wise: Seeking Time-Information Superiority in Networked Warfare
Oct 01, 2007; ... Battle-Wise: Seeking Time-Information Superiority in Networked Warfare by David C. Gompert, Irving Lachow, and Justin Perkins. Center for Technology and National Security Policy (http://www.ndu.edu/CTNSP/contact.html), National Defense University, 300 5th Avenue SW, Fort Lesley J. McNair, ...
Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry
Oct 01, 2007; ... Blazing the Trail: The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry by Mike Gruntman. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=2), 1801 Alexander Bell Drive, Suite 500, Reston, Virginia 2019M344, 2004, 475 pages, $59.95 (hardcover) As a cerufied ...
The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War
Oct 01, 2007; ... The Cambodian Campaign: The 1970 Offensive and America's Vietnam War by John M. Shaw. University Press of Kansas (http://www.kansas press.ku.edu), 2502 Westbrooke Circle, Lawrence, Kansas 66045-4444, 2005, 352 pages, $34.95 (hardcover). In describing his greatest victory, Field Marshal ...
And Nothing Is Said: Wartime Letters, August 5, 1943-April 21, 1945
Oct 01, 2007; ... And Nothing Is Said: Wartime Letters, August 5, 1943-April 21, 1945 by Michael N. Ingrisanojr. Sunflower University Press, 2002, 540 pages, $22.95 (softcover). The title of Michael Ingrisano's book - And Nothing /x Said - is misleading. In fact, he had a lot to say to his fiancée, Bettejeane ...
Buffaloes over Singapore: RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action over Malaya and the East Indies, 1941-1942
Oct 01, 2007; ... Buffaloes over Singapore: RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and Dutch Brewster Fighters in Action over Malaya and the East Indies, 1941-1942 by Brian Cull with Paul Sortehaug and Mark Haselden. Grub Street/ the Basement, 10 Chivalry Road, London, SWIl IHT, United Kingdom, 2003, 288 pages, $36.95 ...
Battle-Tested: Carrier Aviation in Afghanistan and Iraq
Oct 01, 2007; ... Battle-Tested: Carrier Aviation in Afghanistan and Iraq by Rebecca Grant. Iris Press (http://www .irisresearch.com), 236 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Suite 204, Washington, DC 20002, 2005, 187 pages, $45.43 (softcover). Rebecca Grant has done it again. This detailed work educates and ...
Warriors and Scholars: A Modern War Reader
Oct 01, 2007; ... Warriors and Scholars: A Modern War Reader edited by Peter B. Lane and Ronald E. Marcello. University of North Texas Press (http://www .unt.edu/untpress), P.O. Box 311336, Denton, Texas 76203-1336, 2005, 320 pages, $24.95 (hardcover). Coeditors Peter Lane and Ronald Marcello, history ...
Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II
Oct 01, 2007; ... Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II by Cole C. Kingseed. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html) , 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland 214025034, 2006, 280 pages, $36.95 (hardcover). Although we have various works on leadership during World ...
Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success
Oct 01, 2007; ... Iraqi Security Forces: A Strategy for Success by Anthony H. Cordesman. Praeger Publishers (http://www.praeger.com), 88 Post Road West, Westport, Connecticut 06881-5007, 2005, 440 pages, $49.95 (hardcover). Readers will most likely approach Iraqi Security Forces in one of two ways. They ...
Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer"
Oct 01, 2007; ... Becoming Eichmann: Rethinking the Life, Crimes, and Trial of a "Desk Murderer" by David Cesaran i . Da Capo Press (http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/home.jsp), Eleven Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142, 2006, 368 pages, $27.50 (hardcover), $18.00 (softcover). Asked to ...
Mission Debrief
Oct 01, 2007; ... Air and Space Power Journal, the US Air Force's professional journal, is published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, French, and Chinese. Each version is independent and has an editor-a native speaker of the particular language and an expert in the region of coverage-who selects its ...