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June 2010/$4 Total Force Tankers ISR Revolution Strike Command Steps Up Fiorello’s Foggiani Eyes in the sky for boots on the ground. www.northropgrumman.com/jointstars Joint STARS The U.S. Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) gives our warfighters the edge they need. The wide area surveillance (50,000 square km) and communication interfaces give our troops access to imagery and information on the battlefield, chat capability, and other support when and where it is needed. The Dismount Moving Target Indicator (DMTI) capability can track non-vehicular, slow moving entities — even individuals. Joint STARS aircraft are eyes in the sky protecting our boots on the ground. ©2010 Northrop Grumman Corporation June 2010, Vol. 93, No. 6 4 Editorial: Warfare v. Lawfare 68 Fiorello’s Foggiani By Robert S. Dudney By John T. Correll Who will stand in judgment of US The indomitable La Guardia led troops and leaders? American airmen on the Italian Front in World War I. 26 Strike Command Steps Up By Adam J. Hebert The legendary SAC is the benchmark for the Air Force’s new nuclear deter- rent force. 32 The Thirty-Year Drought By John A. Tirpak For US military aircraft producers, the 34 lone and level sands stretch far away. 52 34 ISR Revolution By Michael C. Sirak Intelligence and operations are no longer viewed as separate entities; that has brought huge changes. 44 Wildcats Meet the Ugly Babies Photography by Ted Carlson The New Hampshire ANG boosts its 64 power through a new association with active duty airmen. 64 52 The SOF Makeover By Marc V. Schanz www.airforce-magazine.com 52 Air Force special operators are in heavy demand, but there can be no letup in force transformation. 6 Letters 10 Washington Watch 56 Penny Packets, Then and Now By Rebecca Grant 12 Air Force World Breaking up airpower into smaller, 15 Index to Advertisers ground-controlled units was a bad idea in World War II. It hasn’t gotten 18 Senior Staff Changes better with age. 22 Chart Page 60 The Question of What to Target 24 Issue Brief By Phillip S. Meilinger In the quandaries of World War II, 43 Verbatim one finds the origins of Operations 71 Books Research. 72 Flashback 64 Have Doughnut About the cover: A KC-135 refuels By John Lowery 75 AFA National Report an F-16. See “Wildcats Meet the Ugly In 1966, Israel got its hands on a 78 Unit Reunions Babies,” p. 44. Photo by Ted Carlson. MiG-21, with major benefits for itself and the US Air Force. 80 Airpower Classics AIR FORCE Magazine (ISSN 0730-6784) June 2010 (Vol. 93, No. 6) is published monthly by the Air Force Association, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209-1198. Phone (703) 247-5800. Second-class postage paid at Arlington, Va., and additional mailing offices. Membership Rate: $36 per year; $90 for three-year membership. Life Membership (nonrefundable): $500 single payment, $525 extended payments. 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Frontline Communications Partners 1880 Century Park East, Suite 1011, Los Angeles, CA 90067 25 50 75 CM 25 50 75 CY 25 50 75 MY 25 50 75 Y 25 50 75 M 25 50 75 C 25 50 75 K 25c17m17y 50c40m40y 75c63m63y Editorial By Robert S. Dudney, Editor in Chief Warfare v. Lawfare WASHINGTON, D.C., MAY 19, 2010 N DECEMBER 1999, the chief pros- cized prosecution is why the US, China, Whatever the outcome of the aggres- Iecutor of a UN war crimes tribunal Russia, India, and Israel for years sion issue, US problems with the court revealed she was sifting evidence that have refused to join the ICC. Refusal, are sure to continue. NATO’s pilots and commanders—many however, wouldn’t matter to this court. Last September, ICC chief prosecu- of them American—may have broken Military action by nonmembers could tor Luis Moreno-Ocampo reported he international law by bombing Serbia. still be characterized as “aggression,” was collecting information about pos- The claim was a shocker. Amid sharp if it happened on the soil of one of the sible war crimes committed by NATO US criticism, the prosecutor backed ICC’s 111 member states. forces in Afghanistan. Drawing scru- down. Airpower has long provoked sharp tiny, he said, were “massive attacks, That, however, was before the In- debate about legalities. Some argue collateral damage exceeding what is ternational Criminal Court came into bombing is inherently inhumane and considered proper.” force in mid-2002. Such legal ideas are uncivilized because many victims are He has said that inadvertent killing no longer so rare or easily dismissed. of civilians in a military strike could in Indeed, military and political leaders Who will stand in some cases be deemed a war crime. could soon face a dramatically denser Moreno-Ocampo specifically men- tangle of legal dangers. judgment of US troops tioned unmanned aerial vehicle strikes In June, ICC member states meet- and leaders? against terrorist leaders in Afghanistan ing in Kampala, Uganda, will decide and Pakistan. whether to add a “crime of aggression” civilians. This allegation has cropped Such actions have begun to affect to offenses it will investigate. Member up in every war and will again. Western military norms. The Wall nations would be obliged to arrest The Clinton Administration helped Street Journal, in a Nov. 26 critique, officials accused of the crime for trial negotiate the Rome Statute but couldn’t has Moreno-Ocampo recounting a in The Hague. It could happen to US persuade others to address US military conversation with a NATO legal advi- leaders and service members, despite concerns about politicized prosecu- sor; the advisor said troops are trained the fact Washington has refused to join tions. Though President Clinton signed to realize they could be arrested and the court. the Rome Statute, he slammed its “sig- brought to the ICC on war crimes The UN-sponsored Rome Statute of nificant flaws” and never sought Senate charges with the help of evidence 1998 authorized creation of an inde- ratification, which was implausible in provided by NATO itself.