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Air and Space Power Journal: Winter 2007 Chief of Staff, US Air Force Gen T. Michael Moseley Commander, Air Education and Training Command Gen William R. Looney III Commander, Air University http://www.af.mil Lt Gen Stephen R. Lorenz Chief, Professional Journals Lt Col Paul D. Berg Deputy Chief, Professional Journals Maj James C. Ulman Professional Staff Marvin W. Bassett, Contributing Editor Darlene H. Barnes, Editorial Assistant http://www.aetc.randolph.af Steven C. Garst, Director of Art and Production Daniel M. Armstrong, Illustrator L. Susan Fair, Illustrator Ann Bailey, Prepress Production Manager Air and Space Power Journal Web Site Catherine Parker, Managing Editor The Air and Space Power Journal (ISSN 1554-2505), Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published quarterly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. It is designed to serve as an open forum for the http://www.au.af.mil presentation and stimulation of innovative thinking on military doctrine, strategy, force structure, readiness, and other matters of national defense. The views and opinions expressed or implied in the Journal are those of the authors and should not be construed as carrying Air and Space Power Journal the official sanction of the Department of Defense, 401 Chennault Circle Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6004 Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Air University, or other agencies or departments of the US e-mail: [email protected] government. [email protected] (alternate) Articles in this edition may be reproduced in whole or in Visit Air and Space Power Journal online part without permission. If they are reproduced, the Air at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil. and Space Power Journal requests a courtesy line. Inside cover.indd 2 11/27/2007 12:48:08 PM Winter 2007 Volume XXI, No. 4 AFRP 10-1 Senior Leader Perspective The Coalition Air Force Transition Team: Rebuilding Iraq’s Air Force . 5 Maj Gen (sel) Robert R . Allardice, USAF Maj Kyle “Brad” Head, USAF Focus Area Airpower and Irregular Warfare . 21 Lt Col Paul D . Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals Features Air-Minded Considerations for Joint Counterinsurgency Doctrine . 63 Maj Gen Charles J . Dunlap Jr ., USAF To Bomb or Not to Bomb? Counterinsurgency, Airpower, and Dynamic Targeting . 75 Maj Jason M . Brown, USAF Maritime Homeland Defense: A Role for Land-Based Airpower? . 86 Lt Col Alexus G . Grynkewich, USAF Dawn of the Cognetic Age: Fighting Ideological War by Putting Thought in Motion with Impact . 98 Lt Col Bruce K . Johnson, USAF Departments Prelaunch Notes ASPJ’s Peer-Review Process and Presenting the Latest Chronicles Online Journal Articles . 15 Ricochets and Replies . 16 The Merge Israel’s Failure: Why? . 22 Lt Col J . P . Hunerwadel, USAF, Retired What Do We Do Next Time? Fighting America’s Wars after Iraq . 28 Lt Col Rob Levinson, USAF Reply to “Defining Information Operations Forces: What Do We Need?” . 31 Lt Col Kenneth Beebe, USAF Author’s Reply to Lieutenant Colonel Beebe’s Comment about “Defining Information Operations Forces: What Do We Need?” . 33 Maj Paul D . Williams, USAF Comments on “The Hyphenated Airman” . 35 Lt Gen John D . Hopper Jr ., USAF, Retired PIREPs The Paradox of Irregular Airpower . 36 Maj Benjamin R . Maitre, USAF 2007-4 contents.indd 1 10/29/07 10:01:00 AM Irregular Warfare and the US Air Force: The Way Ahead . 42 Col Robyn Read, USAF, Retired Chinese Servicemen’s Views of USAF Airmen and Education . 53 Sr Col Qigui Wang, PLAAF, Political Commissar Sr Col Wang Ximin, PLAAF, Political Commissar, Guilin Air Force College Sr Col Hao Chengming, PLAAF, Political Commissar, Air Force Aviation University Minting COIN: Principles and Imperatives for Combating Insurgency . 57 Dr . Conrad C . Crane Doctrine Note New USAF Doctrine Publication: Air Force Doctrine Document 2-3, Irregular Warfare . 107 Michael Dietvorst Book Reviews Vietnam Diary: From inside Air Force Headquarters . 109 Dr . Herman L . Gilster Reviewer: Col Phillip S . Meilinger, USAF, Retired The Regulars: The American Army, 1898–1941 . 110 Edward M . Coffman Reviewer: Dr . Kevin C . Holzimmer Carriers in Combat: The Air War at Sea . 110 Chester G . Hearn Reviewer: Dr . David R . Mets Protecting Liberty in an Age of Terror . 112 Philip B . Heymann and Juliette N . Kayyem Reviewer: Maj Stephen Pieper, USAF Finding Amelia: The True Story of the Earhart Disappearance . 113 Ric Gillespie Reviewer: Maj Robert J . Preston II, USAF The Limits of Air Power: The American Bombing of North Vietnam . 114 Mark Clodfelter Reviewer: Capt Tim Spaulding, USAF The North Korean People’s Army: Origins and Current Tactics . 115 James M . Minnich Reviewer: Dr . Bruce E . Bechtol Jr . Space Warfare: Strategy, Principles and Policy . 115 John J . Klein Reviewer: Col Chris D . Crawford, USAF Into the Unknown Together: The DOD, NASA, and Early Spaceflight . 117 Lt Col Mark Erickson Reviewer: Lt Col Joseph P . Bassi, USAF, Retired Finding the Target: The Transformation of American Military Policy . 117 Frederick W . Kagan Reviewer: Dr . Jack D . Kem, Colonel, USA, Retired All Roads Lead to Baghdad: Army Special Operations Forces in Iraq . 118 Charles H . Briscoe et al . Reviewer: Cadet Jake A . Dugat, USAF 2007-4 contents.indd 2 10/29/07 10:01:01 AM Flying through Midnight: A Pilot’s Dramatic Story of His Secret Missions over Laos during the Vietnam War . 119 John T . Halliday Reviewer: Col Karl Polifka, USAF, Retired Imagined Enemies: China Prepares for Uncertain War . 119 John Wilson Lewis and Litai Xue Reviewer: Dr . David A . Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Retired Al enemigo primero lo descerebramos . 120 Comodoro Miguel Angel Silva, Fuerza Aérea Argentina, Retired Reviewer: Lt Col Paul D . Berg, USAF General George Washington: A Military Life . 121 Edward G . Lengel Reviewer: Dr . John H . Barnhill Sky Walking: An Astronaut’s Memoir . 122 Tom Jones Reviewer: Col Phil Bossert, USAF The Age of Total War, 1860–1945 . 123 Jeremy Black Reviewer: Maj Paul Niesen, USAF Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon . 124 Chuck Walker with Joel Powell Reviewer: Dr . Roger D . Launius The Tet Offensive: A Concise History . 125 James H . Willbanks Reviewer: CSM James H . Clifford, USA, Retired Mission Debrief . 126 2007-4 contents.indd 3 10/29/07 10:01:01 AM Air and Space Power Journal Board of Reviewers Col Ronald K. Bartley, USAFR Dr. Tom Keaney Air University Johns Hopkins University Lt Col Eric Braganca, USAF Col Merrick E. Krause, USAF, Retired Naval Air Station Department of Homeland Security Patuxent River, Maryland Col Chris J. Krisinger, USAF Dr. Kendall K. Brown Department of State NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Dr. Benjamin S. Lambeth Col Steven D. Carey, USAF, Retired RAND Montgomery, Alabama Mr. Douglas E. Lee Dr. Clayton K. S. Chun Air Force Space Command US Army War College Dr. Richard I. Lester Dr. Mark Clodfelter Eaker College for Professional Development National War College Dr. Conrad Crane Col Edward Mann, USAF, Retired Director, US Army Military History Institute Colorado Springs, Colorado Dr. Dik A. Daso Mr. Brent Marley National Air and Space Museum Redstone Arsenal, Alabama Smithsonian Institution Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired Col Michael D. Davis, USAF West Chicago, Illinois Air University Dr. Daniel Mortensen Dr. William L. Dowdy Air University Alabama State University Dr. Richard R. Muller Col Dennis M. Drew, USAF, Retired USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Dr. Bruce T. Murphy Dr. Stephen Fought Air University USAF Air War College Col Robert Owen, USAF, Retired Col Richard L. Fullerton, USAF Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University USAF Academy Col Bob Potter, USAF, Retired Col Thomas E. Griffith Jr., USAF USAF Public Affairs Center of Excellence National War College Lt Col Stephen M. Rothstein, PhD, USAF, Retired Col W. Michael Guillot, USAF USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Air University Lt Col Reagan E. Schaupp, USAF Dr. John F. Guilmartin Jr. Air University Ohio State University Col Michael A. Stanley, USAF, Retired Dr. Grant T. Hammond USAF Air War College Dean, NATO Defence College Dr. Thomas Hughes Col Richard Szafranski, USAF, Retired USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Toffler Associates Lt Col J. P. Hunerwadel, USAF, Retired Lt Col Edward B. Tomme, PhD, USAF, Retired Air University Sci-Ops Consulting Col Mark P. Jelonek, USAF Dr. Christopher H. Toner The Pentagon USAF Air Command and Staff College Col John Jogerst, USAF, Retired Lt Col David A. Umphress, PhD, USAFR, Retired Navarre, Florida Auburn University Mr. Charles Tustin Kamps Dr. Harold R. Winton USAF Air Command and Staff College USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies 2007-4 Board of Reviewers.indd 4 10/29/07 10:00:40 AM The Coalition Air Force Transition Team Rebuilding Iraq’s Air Force MAJ GEN (SEL) ROBERT R. ALLARDICE, USAF MAJ KYLE “BRAD” HEAD, USAF NYONE WHO WALKS into the day- from a nearly decade-long war against its arch- room of the Iraqi Air Force’s 2nd rival Iran, the Iraqi Air Force (IqAF) main­ Squadron at Taji Air Base would tained and flew some of the most advanced air­ likely see a group of pilots sitting craft in the world.2 Then it lost most of its air Aaround, talking flying with hand move­ assets in the Gulf War of 1991 and ments (“shooting their watch”), and withered and regressed during the sipping tea from porcelain glasses— decade of United Nations sanctions a scene typical of flyingsquadrons and no-flyzones, with the expected around the world. A closer look degradation of Iraq’s once proud would reveal that half of those air force. By the end of major com­ pilots are American aviators. On bat operations in Operation Iraqi this particular day, they re­ Freedom, the aircraft, defense count the events of their mis­ systems, heavy-maintenance ca­ sion that called for moni­ pability, and command and toring the oil pipelines and control (C2) structure had passionately argue about all disappeared.3 All that re­ how to best respond and mained were a few cra­ stay in formation when tered runways and dis­ attacked by a shoulder- tant memories of the firedmissile.
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