Wínter 1994 JOURNAL rrM . Lü 1 Secretary of the Air Force Dr Sheila E. Widnall Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Ronald R. Fogleman Commander, Air Education and Training Command Gen Henry Viccellio, Jr. Commander, Air University Lt Gen Jay W. Kelley Commander, College of Aerospace Doctrine, Research, and Education Col Leroy Barnidge, Jr. Editor Col Thomas M. Kearney Associate Editor Maj John M. Poti Professional Staff Hugh Richardson, Contributing Editor Marvin W. Bassett, Contributing Editor Steven C. Garst, Director ofArt and Production Daniel M. Armstrong, Illustrator L. Susan Fair, Illustrator Thomas L. Howell, Prepress Production Manager The Airpower Journal, published quarterly, 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 think- ing on military doctrine, strategy, tactics, force structure, readiness, and other matters of national defense. The views and opinions expressed or im- plied in the Journal are those of the authors and should not be construed as carrying the official sanction of the Department of Defense, the Air Force, Air Education and Training Command, Air University, or other agencies or departments of the US government. Articles in this edition may be reproduced in whole or in part without permission. If they are reproduced, the Airpower Journal requests a cour- tesy line. JOURNAL Wlnter 1994. Vol. Vlll. No. 4 AJRP 101 Editorial 2 Desert Storm: The First Inform ation W ar? Col Edward Mann, USAF 4 M ilitary Ethics Col Richaxd Szafranski, USAF Dr James H. Toner lst Lt William D. Casebeer, USAF 15 N onlethal Concepts: Im plications for Air Force Intelligence Capt Edward F. 0 ,Connell, USAF lst Lt John T. Dillaplain. USAF 26 Inform ation W arfare: Principies of Third-W ave W ar Col Owen E. Jensen USAF 35 H eavy Bom bers Holding the Line Maj David W. Schneider, USAf 45 Ricochets Letten 3 Net Avsessment Reviews of Current Uterature 56 Index 84 Contributo» 95 tor paul nibwription Information, sec page 52 For hasis of issue and official dlstribution Information, w page 44 answer two questions: What do we do? and EDITORIAL What should we do? The answers to these questions keep an organization focused on its purpose and its goals. If the two answers don't match, it is time for change. When we asked the questions at APJ, the responses var- Changes: Faces and Fòcus ied more than expected. There was general agreement on the first answer: We publish a hange may be the only constant. Some- journal for midcareer personnel that focuses Ctimes it happens so slowly we don't see on air power at the operational levei. That it until it's moved past us. At other times wasn't surprising since it has been editorial we see it coming and don't even have time policy for over seven years. What did sur- to duck. For the past few months, we've ex- prise us was the range of things people perienced more of the latter. We have new thought we "should" be doing. After all the faces behind the desks and beginning with voices had been heard, the answer to the sec- the Spring issue, we will have a greatly ex- ond question is, We should produce a jour- panded focus for the Journal. nal that focuses on air power at the If you've been in the Air Force for more operational and strategic leveis. than a month, you've seen new faces arrive I can't pinpoint the moment our focus and familiar faces depart. It's a way of life needed to be broadened. Maybe it was when and it's something we all come to expect. the Berlin Wall fell. Maybe we should have Part of that expectation encompasses a belief changed course when the collapse of the So- that the process is managed. We never ex- viet Union highlighted our singular position pect all the experienced people to rotate at as the world's only aerospace power. A rea- the same time, but it sometimes happens. sonable argument can be made that the piv- In July, our new associate editor, Maj John otal moment occurred when Desert Storm Poti, arrived a few days before his predeces- finally gave substance to Giulio Douhet. sor departed. He grabbed the stick, asked Perhaps the specific instant doesn't matter some questions, and started to work. Just as all that much. Let's simply say that in 1987 we started to adjust, we got word that our the APJ had an intentionally narrowed focus editor was moving to his next assignment that best advanced the understanding of air earlier than expected but that his replace- power, and this issue marks the end of that ment, Lt Col Bill Spencer, wouldn't arrive era. until November. So in August I took charge, Beginning with the Spring 1995 issue, the destined to become the shortest-lived editor APJ will broaden its coverage of air power of the APJ. and encourage authors to submit articles Although -challenging, the changes dis- that deal with strategy and policy issues. cussed thus far are ones of circumstance This fundamental change in direction will rather than substance. As such, it is unlikely help ensure a more comprehensive under- that they will be of Iasting import except to standing of air power. But in the final those directly concerned. But when we en- analysis, a comprehensive understanding of counter change of substance, we expect air power will require authors who can ar- broader effects. The decision to realign the ticulate all sides of an issue—and, more im- focus of the APJ is a change of substance, portant, readers who challenge assumptions, mandated by self-reflection. attack inconsistencies, and force debate. APJ Every once in a while it's probably a good will provide the court and the bali. It's your idea for the members of an organization to serve. TK 2 We encourage your comments via letters to the editor is long overdue. 1 believe the demise of the ex- or comment cards. Alt correspondence should be ad- cellent Air University Review in 1987 was indica- dressed to the Editor, Airpower Journal, 401 Chen- tive of what Earl Tilford—the last editor of the old nault Circle, Maxwell AFB AL 36112-6428. You can joumal—called "the Air Force's unilateral disar- also send your comments by E-mail to mament in the war of ideas." Let me explain. Spences=James%ARJ%CADRE@ Chicago. AFWC.AF. From 1987 to 1991 I taught strategy at the MIL We reserve the right to edil lhe material for over- Army Command and General Staff College and all length. then joined the faculty at the Air War College. While I found all of my Air Force students ex- CORE VALUES tremely intelligent and many plainly brilliant, In his aiticle "Core Values in a Quality Air Force: their overall understanding of strategy and na- The Leadership Challenge" (Summer 1994), Chap- tional policy in Air War College seminars was less lain, Lt Col Alexander B. Roberts describes the than that found among the captains and majors at values that are important to a quality Air Force. the Army Command and General Staff College. At He then addresses the challenge facing Air Force the sênior Service schools, this gap widens. For the leadership to raise leveis of commitment to these Army War College, the contribution of criticai, values and makes some recommendations con- unencumbered strategic debate in Parameters and ceming achieving this goal. The values are, as the publications of the Strategic Studies Institute Colonel Roberts States, core values; that is, they is clear. are subservient to other character aspects, espe- Currently, the Air Force excels at "inside the cially one's morality. Beltway" politics and the operational levei of war. Core values in the Air Force underlie the more Many Air Force officers also have a sophisticated fundamental values of love of God and country. grasp of national security strategy and world af- My commitment to Air Force core values grows fairs, but they have developed this through indi- out of patriotism, and my patriotism stems in vidual effort, more in spite of the Air Force's large part from the degree to which our country perspective and values rather than because of allows freedom of worship and the degree to them. While it would be only a very small step in which our national laws and actions mirror Chris- a wider transformation of institutional attitudes, tian morality. Integrity, competence, courage, te- the Air Force needs a strategic journal. Long live nacity, and Service all need to have a foundation Airpower Journal, but bring back Air University Re- in something larger than simply an organization. view! There is not only room for both, but in this In my case, God's law is the basis of my morality; time of dramatic strategic transformation, there is my moral principies determine my character; and also a pressing need. my character results in actions which exhibit what Colonel Roberts calls core Air Force values. Steven Metz Colonel Roberts suggests that transformational Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania leaders proclaim the real meaning of our organi- zation, the Air Force. I suggest that without other meaning and higher commitments in life, this REBUFF cannot be accomplished. The critique in "Ricochets" (Summer 1994) of the Lt Col Steven T. Lofgren, USAF mystery author's article "A New Defense Indus- Beavercreek, Ohio trial Strategy" (Fali 1993) was remarkable for three reasons. First was its insistence that the STRATEGIC JOURNAL costs of doing depot business are "their" fault— "their" being, variously, the threat, the Congress, Kudos on your devotion of the recent special edi- tion of Airpower Journal to strategic issues.