Air and Space Power Journal

Summer 2003

Volume XVII, No. 2

AFRP 10-1


 

ASPJ - Summer 2003

Summer 2003 available for downloading in PDF format.

Prelaunch Notes

Flight Lines

The Transformation of Air and Space Power in Operation Iraqi Freedom

Vortices

Direct Attack- A Counterland Mission
Lt Col Phil M. Haun, USAF

Neglected Air Force Combat Missions
Maj Collin Ireton, USAF

PIREP

Transformation from the War Fighter's Perspective
Col Kurt "Two-Lips" Dittmer, USAF

Vignettes & Doctrine Notams

Airpower in Operation Desert Storm
Col Matthew B. Caffrey Jr., USAFR

Regensburg/Schweinfurt: The Last Unescorted Raids of World War II
in Europe

Dr. Daniel R. Mortensen

The WASPs
Charles Tustin Kamps

The F-86 Sabre
Charles Tustin Kamps

The C-54 Skymaster
Charles Tustin Kamps

Features

US National Security Strategy and the Imperative of "Geopresence"
Gen Gregory S. Martin, USAF

Task Force Concepts of Operations: Transforming the USAF
Lt Col Larry Weaver, USAF, Retired
Col Anthony C. Cain, USAF

Training: The Foundation for Air and Space Power Transformation
Lt Col John M. Fawcett Jr., USAF, Retired

Transforming Homeland Security: Intelligence Indications and Warning
Lt Col Kenneth A. Luikart, Georgia ANG

Military OR Ethics
Dr. James H. Toner

"Reining in" the Center of Gravity Concept
Lt Col Antulio J. Echevarria II, USA

Learning as a Weapon System
Lt Col Richard R. Baskin, USAF
Dr. Dean L. Schneider

Net Assessment

The Military History of Tsarist Russia
Frederick W. Kagan and Robin Higham, eds
Reviewer: Lt Col Robert B. Kane, USAF

Warfare in the Western World, 1882–1975 Jeremy Black
Reviewer: Col Eric Ash, USAF

Victory in Vietnam: The Official History of the People’s Army
of Vietnam, 1954–1975

Military History Institute of Vietnam, Merle L. Pribbenow, trans.
Reviewer: Col Darrel Whitcomb, USAFR, Retired

Ploesti: The Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943
James Dugan and Carroll Stewart
Reviewer: Dr. Frank P. Donnini

Luftwaffe Aces of the Western Front
Robert Michulec
Reviewer: Lt Col Robert F. Tate, USAFR

European Warfare, 1815–2000
Jeremy Black, ed.
Reviewer: Dr. Stephen A. Bourque

Enlarging NATO: The National Debates
Gale A. Mattox and Arthur R. Rachwald, eds.
Reviewer: John H. Barnhill

Exploring the Unknown, vol. 5, Exploring the Cosmos
John M. Logsdon with Amy Paige Snyder, Roger D. Launius,
Stephen J. Garber, and Regan Anne Newport, eds.
Reviewer: Col Jonathan W. Campbell, PhD, USAFR, Retired

Mao’s Generals Remember Korea
Xiaobing Li, Allan R. Millett, and Bin Yu, eds. and trans.
Reviewer: Col Anthony C. Cain, USAF

Clash of Arms: How the Allies Won in Normandy
Russell A. Hart
Reviewer: Maj James P. Gates, USAF

The Fallacies of Cold War Deterrence and a New Direction
Keith B. Payne
Reviewer: Maj John E. Shaw, USAF

Night Fighters over Korea
G. G. O’Rourke with E. T. Wooldridge
Reviewer: Lt Col Merrick E. Krause, USAF

Tailspin: The Strange Case of Major Call
Bernard F. Conners
Reviewer: Maj David Van Veldhuizen, USAF

Third Reich Victorious: Alternate Decisions of World War II  Peter G. Tsouras, ed.
Reviewer: Maj Paul G. Niesen, USAF

The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy
Mitchell B. Lerner
Reviewer: Capt Gilles Van Nederveen, USAF, Retired

The Military History of the Soviet Union
Robin Higham and Frederick W. Kagan, eds.
Reviewer: Dr. Matthew R. Schwonek

Mission Debrief

 


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