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Summer 2008 Volume XXII, No Chief of Staff, US Air Force Gen T. Michael Moseley Commander, Air Education and Training Command Gen William R. Looney III Commander, Air University Lt Gen Stephen R. Lorenz http://www.af.mil Chief, Professional Journals Lt Col Paul D. Berg Deputy Chief, Professional Journals Maj James C. Ulman Editor Capt Lori Katowich Professional Staff Marvin W. Bassett, Contributing Editor http://www.aetc.randolph.af Darlene H. Barnes, Editorial Assistant 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, http://www.au.af.mil is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. It is designed to serve as an open forum for the presentation and stimulation of innovative thinking on military doctrine, strategy, force structure, readiness, Air and Space Power Journal and other matters of national defense. The views and 401 Chennault Circle opinions expressed or implied in the Journal are those Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6004 of the authors and should not be construed as carrying the official sanction of the Department of Defense, e-mail: [email protected] Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Air [email protected] (alternate) University, or other agencies or departments of the US Visit Air and Space Power Journal online government. at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil. Articles in this edition may be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. If they are reproduced, the Air and Space Power Journal requests a courtesy line. Summer 2008 Volume XXII, No. 2 AFRP 10-1 Senior Leader Perspectives A House Divided: The Indivisibility of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ................................................................. 5 Lt Gen David A. Deptula, USAF Maj R. Greg Brown, USAF Fifth Air Force: Ready for the Future ................................................ 16 Maj Gen Larry D. James, USAF Focus Area Expeditionary Operations ......................................................... 29 Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals Features Cleared to Engage: Improving the Effectiveness of Joint Close Air Support ..................... 71 Maj Michael H. Johnson, USMC A Practical Approach to Effects-Based Operational Assessment ............................. 82 Capt Clinton R. Clark, USAF, Retired Capt Timothy J. Cook, USAF Departments Prelaunch Notes Remembering Almerisio Lopes ..................................................... 22 Ricochets and Replies ......................................................... 23 The Merge Commentary on Lt Col Kenneth Beebe’s “Reply to ‘Defining Information Operations Forces: What Do We Need?’ ” ............................................. 30 Col August G. “Greg” Jannarone, USAF, Retired MSgt Charles G. “Chuck” Doig, USAF, Retired PIREPs Adding Less-Lethal Arrows to the Quiver for Counterinsurgency Air Operations .................................................................... 33 Col Ernie Haendschke, USAF The Role of Air Force Civil Engineers in Counterinsurgency Operations ...................... 44 Lt Col Kendall Brown, USAFR, PhD, PE Timing Is Everything: Operational Assessment in a Fast-Paced Fight ........................ 51 Lt Col Kirsten R. Messer, USAF Air-Intelligence Operations and Training: The Decisive Edge for Effective Airpower Employment ........................................................... 61 Col D. Scott George, USAF Lt Col Robert Ehlers, USAF The ABCs of Strong Leadership .................................................... 68 Col Brad Ashley, USAF 2008-2 contents.indd 1 4/29/08 7:43:56 AM Quick Look Education in Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance beyond the “Green Door” .................................................................. 100 Lt Col Jeff S. Hinrichs, USAFR Book Reviews Lean Thinking: Banish Waste and Create Wealth in Your Corporation ....................... 103 James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones Reviewer: Dr. Richard I. Lester The Future US Air Force .......................................................... 104 Min Zengfu [ 闵增富 ] Reviewer: Guocheng Jiang Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond .............................................................. 106 Emiel W. Owens Reviewer: Lt Col Robert F. Tate, USAFR, Retired LeMay ....................................................................... 106 Barrett Tillman Reviewer: Dr. David R. Mets Winged Defense: The Development and Possibilities of Modern Air Power— Economic and Military ........................................................... 107 William Mitchell Reviewer: Dr. David A. Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Retired Political Handbook of the Middle East, 2006 . 108 Reviewer: Col Joe McCue, USAF, Retired What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy, Containing the Threat ..................... 108 Louise Richardson Reviewer: Lt Col Chris Eisenbies, USAF Information Age Transformation: Getting to a 21st Century Military ........................ 109 David S. Alberts Reviewer: Col Darren D. Medlin, USAF With God on Our Side: One Man’s War against an Evangelical Coup in America’s Military .............................................................. 110 Michael L. Weinstein and Davin Seay Reviewer: Col Chris J. Krisinger, USAF, Retired Firestorm: The Bombing of Dresden, 1945 ............................................ 111 Paul Addison and Jeremy A. Crang, eds. Reviewer: Lt Col Peter W. Huggins, USAF Among the Dead Cities: The History and Moral Legacy of the WWII Bombing of Civilians in Germany and Japan ................................................. 111 A. C. Grayling Reviewer: Lt Col Peter W. Huggins, USAF Combat Search and Rescue in Desert Storm ........................................... 113 Col Darrel D. Whitcomb, USAFR, Retired Reviewer: Col Paul R. Harmon, USAF Children at War ................................................................ 114 P. W. Singer Reviewer: Col Gregory J. Lengyel, USAF 2008-2 contents.indd 2 4/29/08 7:43:57 AM Spying from Space: Constructing America’s Satellite Command and Control Systems ................................................................ 115 David Christopher Arnold Reviewer: Lt Col John E. Shaw, USAF The Precision Revolution: GPS and the Future of Aerial Warfare ........................... 116 Michael Russell Rip and James M. Hasik Reviewer: Maj Eric J. Felt, USAF Boys of ’67: From Vietnam to Iraq, the Extraordinary Story of a Few Good Men ................ 117 Charles Jones Reviewer: Lt Col Richard J. Hughes, USAF Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway ............................... 119 Jonathan Parshall and Anthony Tully Reviewer: Maj Christopher Parrish, USAF Espionage: A Reference Handbook .................................................. 119 Glenn Hastedt Reviewer: Maj Reginald L. Bullock, USAF Cradle of Conflict: Iraq and the Birth of Modern U.S. Military Power ....................... 120 Michael Andrew Knights Reviewer: Cadet Dayton J. Miller, USAF The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West ................. 121 Niall Ferguson Reviewer: Col Thomas A. Henwood, USAF Bombing the European Axis Powers: A Historical Digest of the Combined Bomber Offensive, 1939–1945 ..................................................... 122 Richard G. Davis Reviewer: Cadet George H. Van Dyke III The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror ....................................... 123 Bernard Lewis Reviewer: Lt Col Ken Sersun, USAF Man without a Face: The Autobiography of Communism’s Greatest Spymaster ................. 123 Markus Wolf Reviewer: Lt Col Roftiel Constantine, USAF Mission Debrief ............................................................... 125 2008-2 contents.indd 3 4/29/08 7:43:57 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, Retired Dr. Kendall K. Brown Burke, Virginia 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 Mr. Brent Marley Dr. Conrad Crane Redstone Arsenal, Alabama Director, US Army Military History Institute Mr. Remy M. Mauduit Col Michael D. Davis, USAF Air University Air University Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired Col Dennis M. Drew, USAF, Retired West Chicago, Illinois USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Dr. Daniel Mortensen Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap Jr., USAF Air University The Pentagon Dr. Richard R. Muller Dr. Stephen Fought USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies USAF Air War College Dr. Bruce T. Murphy Col Richard L. Fullerton, USAF Air University USAF Academy Lt Col Derrill T. Goldizen, PhD, USAF, Retired Col Robert Owen, USAF, Retired Westport Point, Massachusetts Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Col W. Michael Guillot, USAF Lt Col Brian S. Pinkston, USAF, MC, SFS Air University Maxwell AFB, Alabama Dr. John F. Guilmartin Jr. Col Bob Potter, USAF, Retired Ohio
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