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Air & Space Power Journal - Fall 2008

Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals

Honoring Maj Gen I. B. Holley for His Many Years
of Service to Air and Space Power Journal Articles

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 diverse, so we focus each quarterly ASPJ issue on a subset of them. The ASPJ staff selects these focus areas based on what Airmen are doing and what our senior leaders say is important. For example, the ASPJ-English issue of Summer 2008 focused on “Expeditionary Operations,” a topic of perennial interest to all Airmen. The current issue examines “Redefining Air, Space, and Cyber Power” because Gen T. Michael Moseley, our former chief of staff, identified that topic as a priority.¹ We periodically repeat some focus areas, but others are one-time events. Because our selections evolve in response to today’s fast-changing operational environment, we announce planned ASPJ-English focus areas on our Web site at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/QtrlyFocusAreas.html. The Arabic, Chinese, French, Portuguese, and Spanish ASPJ editions independently select their own focus areas based on the interests of their respective global audiences.

Few other military journals plan focus areas as far in advance as ASPJ-English does, but we find this long-range perspective beneficial. Merely announcing these topics does not guarantee that we will receive enough articles to support them; however, many authors who send us articles mention that seeing the list of proposed focus areas influenced their decision to contribute. Therefore, publishing the list helps us solicit material for upcoming issues. ASPJ-English readers are welcome to send their suggestions for topics to us at aspj@maxwell.af.mil.

All ASPJ editions promote professional dialogue among Airmen worldwide so that we can harness the best ideas about air, space, and cyberspace power. Chronicles Online Journal (COJ) complements the printed editions of ASPJ but appears only in electronic form. Not subject to any fixed publication schedule or constraints regarding article length, COJ can publish timely articles anytime about a broad range of military topics.

Articles appearing in COJ are frequently republished elsewhere. The various ASPJ language editions routinely translate and print them. Book editors from around the world select them as book chapters, and college professors use them in the classroom. We are pleased to present the following recent COJ articles (available at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc.html):

The ASPJ staff seeks insightful articles and book reviews from anywhere in the world. We offer both hard-copy and electronic-publication opportunities in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. To submit an article in any of these languages, please refer to the submission guidelines at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/howto1.html. To write a book review, please see the guidelines at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/bookrev/bkrevguide.html.

Note

1. Gen T. Michael Moseley, The Nation’s Guardians: America’s 21st Century Air Force, CSAF White Paper (Washington, DC: Department of the Air Force, Office of the Chief of Staff, 29 December 2007), 5, http://www.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-080207-048.pdf.

Disclaimer

The conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the author cultivated in the freedom of expression, academic environment of Air University. They do not reflect the official position of the U.S. Government, Department of Defense, the United States Air Force or the Air University

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