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Fall 2010 Fall AIR & SPACE POWER JOURNAL, Fall 2010 AIR & SPACE Fall 2010 Volume XXIV, No. 3 Lorenz on Leadership Part 3 Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, USAF Reenabling Air Force Command and Control for Twenty-first-Century Partnerships Lt Gen Philip Breedlove, USAF Maj Brian Tyler, USAF Seeing the Whole Elephant Envisioning a Successful Light Attack Program for the US Air Force Lt Col Michael W. Pietrucha, USAF Femme Fatale 2010 Lt Col Kristal L. Alfonso, USAF Civilian Language Education in America How the Air Force and Academia Can Thrive Together Col John Conway, USAF, Retired Chief of Staff, US Air Force Gen Norton A. Schwartz Commander, Air Education and Training Command Gen Stephen R. Lorenz http://www.af.mil Commander, Air University Lt Gen Allen G. Peck Director, Air Force Research Institute Gen John A. Shaud, USAF, Retired Chief, Professional Journals Lt Col Paul D. Berg Deputy Chief, Professional Journals Maj Darren K. Stanford http://www.aetc.randolph.af.mil Editor Capt Lori Katowich Professional Staff Marvin W. Bassett, Contributing Editor Tammi K. Long, Editorial Assistant Daniel M. Armstrong, Illustrator L. Susan Fair, Illustrator Ann Bailey, Prepress Production Manager 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 155 N. Twining Street opinions expressed or implied in the Journal are those Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6026 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 Visit Air and Space Power Journal online University, or other agencies or departments of the US at http://www.airpower.au.af.mil. government. 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. Fall 2010 Volume XXIV, No. 3 AFRP 10-1 Senior Leader Perspectives Lorenz on Leadership ❙ 5 Part 3 Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, USAF Reenabling Air Force Command and Control for Twenty-first-Century Partnerships ❙ 13 Lt Gen Philip Breedlove, USAF Maj Brian Tyler, USAF From the Editor Desert Shield and Desert Storm: 20 Years in Retrospect ❙ 16 Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals Features Seeing the Whole Elephant ❙ 42 Envisioning a Successful Light Attack Program for the US Air Force Lt Col Michael W. Pietrucha, USAF Writing from the perspective of an Airman in the year 2018, the author illustrates how the successful development of the OA­X, a notional light attack aircraft, mitigated today’s capability gap in using air­ power against counterinsurgency. He describes how the OA­X restored a healthy balance between high­ tech and medium­tech aircraft in the US inventory and played a pivotal global role in building partner­ ship capacity with other nations. Femme Fatale 2010 ❙ 59 Lt Col Kristal L. Alfonso, USAF In an effort to explore whether current US laws and policies excluding women from combat remain valid or need to be amended, this article reviews three case studies that demonstrate the variety of ways women have participated in modern armed conflict. It includes proposals for encouraging the military and society to move forward with regard to debate over the role of women in combat. Civilian Language Education in America ❙ 74 How the Air Force and Academia Can Thrive Together Col John Conway, USAF, Retired Recent Quadrennial Defense Reviews suggest that language planners focus on preaccession lan­ guage education instead of teaching foreign languages to recruits and second­termers. Conse­ quently, the author examines efforts to expand preaccession language training, which continue to be hamstrung by lack of both direction and understanding of what this nation’s language edu­ cation system can provide. Departments 17 ❙ Ricochets and Replies 20 ❙ Ira C. Eaker Award Winners 21 ❙ Views & Analyses Achieving a Credible Nuclear Deterrent . .21 Lt Col Samuel L. McNiel, USAF It’s Time to Fight Back: “Operationalizing” Network Defense . .29 Mr. Nicolas Adam Fraser Lt Col Robert J. Kaufman III, USAF, Retired Lt Col Mark R. Rydell, USAF, Retired Satellites and Remotely Piloted Aircraft: Two Remotely Operated Ships Passing in the Fight . .35 Col Keith W. Balts, USAF 89 ❙ Book Reviews In Hostile Skies: An American B-24 Pilot in World War II . .89 James M. Davis, edited by David L. Snead Reviewer: Lt Col Daniel J. Simonsen, USAF, Retired Risk and Exploration: Earth, Sea, and the Stars . .89 Steven J. Dick and Keith L. Cowing, eds. Reviewer: Capt Brent D. Ziarnick, USAFR The War Managers . 90 Douglas Kinnard Reviewer: Dr. John H. Barnhill The Battle of Ap Bac, Vietnam: They Did Everything but Learn from It . 91 David M. Toczek Reviewer: Cdr Mark R. Condeno, Philippine Coast Guard Aircraft Carriers: A History of Carrier Aviation and Its Influence on World Events, Vol . 2, 1946–2006 . 92 Norman Polmar with Minoru Genda et al. Reviewer: Maj Paul Niesen, USAF, Retired Astronautics: A Historical Perspective of Mankind’s Efforts to Conquer the Cosmos, Book 1, Dawn of the Space Age; Book 2, To the Moon and Towards the Future . 93 Ted Spitzmiller Reviewer: Dr. Rick W. Sturdevant Stabilization and Reconstruction Staffing: Developing U .S . Civilan Personnel Capabilities . 94 Terrence K. Kelly, Ellen E. Tunstall, Thomas S. Szayna, and Deanna Weber Prine Reviewer: David J. Schepp, Seventh Air Force Historian 95 ❙ Mission Debrief Editorial Advisory Board Gen John A. Shaud, PhD, USAF, Retired, Air Force Research Institute Lt Gen Bradley C. Hosmer, USAF, Retired Dr. J. Douglas Beason (Senior Executive Service and Colonel, USAF, Retired), Air Force Space Command Dr. Alexander S. Cochran, Office of the Chief of Staff, US Army Prof. Thomas B. Grassey, US Naval Academy Lt Col Dave Mets, PhD, USAF, Retired, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (professor emeritus) Board of Reviewers Lt Col Eric Braganca, USAF Dr. Tom Keaney Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland Johns Hopkins University Dr. Kendall K. Brown Col Merrick E. Krause, USAF, Retired NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Department of Homeland Security Col Steven D. Carey, USAF, Retired Col Chris J. Krisinger, USAF, Retired Daphne, Alabama Burke, Virginia Dr. Clayton K. S. Chun Dr. Benjamin S. Lambeth US Army War College RAND Dr. Mark Clodfelter Mr. Douglas E. Lee National War College Air Force Space Command Dr. Conrad Crane Dr. Richard I. Lester Director, US Army Military History Institute Eaker Center for Professional Development Col Michael D. Davis, USAF Mr. Brent Marley Defense Attaché Redstone Arsenal, Alabama Col Dennis M. Drew, USAF, Retired Mr. Rémy M. Mauduit USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Air Force Research Institute (professor emeritus) Col Phillip S. Meilinger, USAF, Retired Maj Gen Charles J. Dunlap Jr., USAF West Chicago, Illinois The Pentagon Dr. Daniel Mortensen Dr. Stephen Fought Air Force Research Institute USAF Air War College (professor emeritus) Dr. Richard R. Muller Col Richard L. Fullerton, USAF USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies USAF Academy Dr. Bruce T. Murphy Lt Col Derrill T. Goldizen, PhD, USAF, Retired Air University Westport Point, Massachusetts Col Robert Owen, USAF, Retired Col Mike Guillot, USAF, Retired Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Editor, Strategic Studies Quarterly Lt Col Brian S. Pinkston, USAF, MC, SFS Air Force Research Institute The Pentagon Dr. John F. Guilmartin Jr. Col Bob Potter, USAF, Retired Ohio State University Air Force Research Institute Dr. Amit Gupta Dr. Steve Rothstein USAF Air War College Colorado Springs Science Center Project Dr. Grant T. Hammond Lt Col Reagan E. Schaupp, USAF Dean, NATO Defence College Naval War College Dr. Dale L. Hayden Dr. Barry Schneider Air Force Research Institute Director, USAF Counterproliferation Center Dr. Thomas Hughes Professor, USAF Air War College USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Col Richard Szafranski, USAF, Retired Lt Col Jeffrey Hukill, USAF, Retired Toffler Associates Air Force Research Institute Lt Col Edward B. Tomme, PhD, USAF, Retired Lt Col J. P. Hunerwadel, USAF, Retired CyberSpace Operations Consulting LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education Dr. Christopher H. Toner Col Mark P. Jelonek, USAF University of St. Thomas The Pentagon Lt Col David A. Umphress, PhD, USAFR, Retired Col John Jogerst, USAF, Retired Auburn University Navarre, Florida Dr. Harold R. Winton Mr. Charles Tustin Kamps USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies USAF Air Command and Staff College 4 | Air & Space Power Journal Senior Leader Perspective Lorenz on Leadership Part 3 Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, USAF n 1987 I first wrote out my thoughts on the years, hoping that readers would de­ leadership. The compilation included 13 velop their own set of principles. Iprinciples that Air University published in the summer of 2005 as part 1 of what be­ came the Lorenz on Leadership series.1 This Is a Family Business Later, in the spring of 2008, Air University published part 2, which included an addi­ Families are important—this goes with­ tional eight leadership principles.2 Over the out saying. When I say that this is a “family last few years, various experiences have business,” realize that the term family en­ highlighted yet another group that I present compasses more than just your immediate for your consideration. loved ones. In this case, it also includes our When I first wrote down these principles, extended Air Force family. I can’t tell you I certainly didn’t intend to prescribe an ap­ the countless times I’ve heard people thank proved way to think or lead.
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