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Fall 2008 Volume XXII, No. 3 AFRP 10-1 Senior Leader Perspectives The Transformation of Air Forces on the Korean Peninsula . 5 Lt Gen Stephen G. Wood, USAF Maj Christopher A. Johnson, DM, USAF Airpower Imbalance: Nuclear Pakistan’s Achilles’ Heel . 13 Air Commodore Tariq Mahmud Ashraf, Pakistan Air Force, Retired Focus Area Redefining Air, Space, and Cyber Power . 25 Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF, Chief, Professional Journals Features The Strategic Role of Airpower: An Indian Perspective on How We Need to Think, Train, and Fight in the Coming Years . 56 Air Commodore Arjun Subramaniam, Indian Air Force Rethinking the Combined Force Air Component Commander’s Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Approach to Counterinsurgency . 67 Lt Col Michael L. Downs, USAF Revisiting South African Airpower Thought: Considering Some Challenges and Tensions in Southern Africa . 77 Dr. Francois Vreÿ Dr. Abel Esterhuyse Strategy and Cost: A Gap in Our Military Decision-Making Process . 89 Lt Col Lawrence Spinetta, USAF Go Pills in Combat: Prejudice, Propriety, and Practicality . 97 Dr. John A. Caldwell Departments Prelaunch Notes Selecting ASPJ Focus Areas and Presenting the Latest Chronicles Online Journal Articles . 18 Ricochets and Replies . 19 Ira C. Eaker Award Winners . 26 The Merge Reply to “A New Form of Air Warfare” . 27 Col José C. D’Odorico, Argentine Air Force, Retired The Mission Matters Most . 29 Lt Col Graham W. Rinehart, USAF, Retired Know Your Enemy . 31 Col Thomas E. Snodgrass, USAF, Retired 2008-3 contents.indd 1 7/28/08 7:17:15 AM Planetary Defense: Potential Mitigation Roles of the Department of Defense . 34 Lt Col Peter Garretson, USAF Maj Douglas Kaupa, USAF Cyber Flag: A Realistic Training Environment for the Future . 42 Maj Andrew P. Hansen, USAF Maj Paul D. Williams, PhD, USAF Lt Col Robert F. Mills, PhD, USAF, Retired Lt Col Mark A. Kanko, PhD, USAF, Retired PIREPs Chinese Airmen Stepping through the International Gateway . 49 Ma Dezu Yang Chunyuan Embracing the Joint-Training Enterprise . 53 Dr. William M. Rierson Book Reviews The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944 . 105 Lt Col Will Irwin, USA, Retired Reviewer: Dr. Matthew R. Schwonek Guderian: Panzer Pioneer or Myth Maker? . 106 Russell A. Hart Reviewer: Dr. David R. Mets A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa . 106 Howard W. French Reviewer: Ashley Lowe Striking First: Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy . 107 Karl P. Mueller et al. Reviewer: 1st Lt Kevin M. Hullihan, USAF Victory in War: Foundations of Modern Military Policy . 108 William C. Martel Reviewer: Col Chris Wrenn, USAF The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization . 109 John C. Maxwell Reviewer: Col Aldon E. Purdham Jr., USAF Roaring Thunder: A Novel of the Jet Age . 110 Walter J. Boyne Reviewer: Dr. Frank P. Donnini, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Retired Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to Modern National Security Processes and Problems . 111 Dennis M. Drew and Donald M. Snow Reviewer: Dr. Charles E. Costanzo, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, Retired A War of Their Own: Bombers over the Southwest Pacific . 112 Capt Matthew K. Rodman, USAF Reviewer: Col Warren G. Ward, USAF A Pilgrim in Unholy Places: Stories of a Mustang Colonel . 113 Thomas D. Phillips Reviewer: Cadet Benjamin Mauldin, USAF 2008-3 contents.indd 2 7/28/08 7:17:15 AM Blood Stripes: The Grunt’s View of the War in Iraq . 114 David J. Danelo Reviewer: Maj Rodney D. Bullard, USAF The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of the Doolittle Raid—America’s First World War II Victory . 114 Craig Nelson Reviewer: 2d Lt Brad Holt, USAF America Won the Vietnam War! How the Left Snatched Defeat from the Jaws of Victory . 115 Robert R. Owens, PhD Reviewer: Maj James F. Palumbo, USAF Saturn V: The Complete Manufacturing and Test Records plus Supplemental Material . 116 Alan Lawrie and Robert Godwin Reviewer: Roger D. Launius America the Vulnerable: How Our Government Is Failing to Protect Us from Terrorism . 117 Stephen Flynn Reviewer: Col Michael D. Hays, USAF Anticipating Surprise: Analysis for Strategic Warning . 118 Cynthia M. Grabo Reviewer: Paul Younes Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder . 119 Michael Sturma Reviewer: Lt Cdr Mark R. Condeno, Philippine Coast Guard Auxiliary Policy Analysis in National Security Affairs: New Methods for a New Era . 120 Richard L. Kugler Reviewer: Dr. David A. Anderson, Lieutenant Colonel, USMC, Retired Testing Aircraft, Exploring Space: An Illustrated History of NACA and NASA . 120 Roger E. Bilstein Reviewer: Rick Kamykowski Força Aerea 50 Anos . 121 Coronel António Tello Pacheco, POAF, retired; Maj Adelino Cardoso; and Nuno Esteves da Silva, eds. Reviewer: Lt Col Paul D. Berg, USAF Airpower Leadership on the Front Line: Lt Gen George H. Brett and Combat Command . 122 Lt Col Douglas A. Cox Reviewer: Capt Gregory W. Ball, USAFR The Development of Jet and Turbine Aero Engines . 123 Bill Gunston Reviewer: Will Kissel Airplanes: The Life Story of a Technology . 124 Jeremy R. Kinney Reviewer: Maj Kurt Rouser, USAF Mission Debrief . 125 2008-3 contents.indd 3 7/28/08 7:17:16 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 Daphne, 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. Rémy M. Mauduit Col Michael D. Davis, USAF Air Force Research Institute Air Force Research Institute 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 Force Research Institute The Pentagon Dr. Richard R. Muller Dr. Stephen Fought USAF School of Advanced Air and Space Studies USAF Air War College (professor emeritus) 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 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 Air University 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 LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education 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 2008-3 Board of Reviewers.indd 4 7/28/08 7:17:51 AM The Transformation of Air Forces on the Korean Peninsula LT GEN STEPHEN G. WOOD, USAF MAJ CHRISTOPHER A. JOHNSON, DM, USAF ODAY NEARLY 28,000 American warriors stand shoulder to shoulder with our Republic of Korea (ROK) allies defending freedom along the Tdemilitarized zone. This is the most visible as pect of our commitment to a strong ROK-US alliance, born in blood when the United States came to the Republic of Korea’s defense in 190. Like any enduring relationship, the alliance has evolved since the signing of the armistice in 193. A good example of this evolutionary change concerns the command relationships within the alliance. When the United States en tered the war, the ROK president, Syngman Rhee, placed all ROK forces under the com mand of the United Nations Command and Gen Douglas MacArthur. This command and control (C2) arrangement remained unaltered until 1994, when the two nations agreed that the Republic of Korea would assume operational control (OPCON) of its own forces during armi stice, with the commander of Combined Forces Command (CFC) authorized OPCON only dur ing crisis and war. This evolutionary change was appropriate at the time, based on the threat and the Republic of Korea’s capability. Today, the al liance is in the midst of another evolutionary change that will see the most remarkable trans formation in its 8-year history. In February 2007, the defense chiefs of the two nations agreed that on 17 April 2012, the Republic of Korea would assume responsibility for its own defense and retain full OPCON of its own forces during armistice, crisis, and war. 1-SLP-Wood Johnson.indd 5 7/28/08 7:18:24 AM AIR & SPACE POWER JOURNAL FALL 2008 Since 1978 the war-fighting command on the Current and Future peninsula has been CFC, commanded by a US general officer—currently Gen Walter L. Sharp, Command Relationships who is leading the transformation that will re The current CFC headquarters may appear sult in several monumental changes in the al to achieve unity of command, but in reality liance structure.