Distinguished Participants, We, Air War College, are honored to host you at the fi rst International Symposium on the History of Air Warfare (ISAW) in Türkiye. In the symposium, organized by Air War College with the support of Turkish Air Force, the history of air warfare will be analyzed and the facts under the light of scholarly assessment will be provided for decision-makers of today and tomorrow. Academicians, scholars, senior fellows and top rank military offi cials well-known in the fi eld of air power history, theory and strategy will make signifi cant contribution to the discipline of Air Warfare History during the symposium which will be held in this beautiful city İstanbul where continents meet. Topics of Air Warfare History, which will be discussed on an academic platform through ISAW, will shed light on the experiences of various countries in the last century. While providing an academic atmosphere in each session where partici- pants will be able to discuss their ideas freely, the symposium will help enlighten the future of air power by deepening the understanding of history. ISAW will be a platform providing a perspective that helps us to look to the future from the historical aspects. The symposium will be held in six sessions including a very attractive opening session. Session Topics as follows: -Air Power in Theory and Implementation -Air and Space Power in 20th-Century Warfare -How Air Power Has Become An Independent Service -The Contribution of R&D and Think Tanks to Air and Space Power -Air Power and Society Thanks in advance for contribution of all participants. Respectfully, 10 April 2014 Thursday 09.00 - 10.15 Opening Speeches Speaker Title Welcome Speech by Brigadier General R. Commander, Turkish Air War College Sami Özatak Opening Speech by Commander, Turkish Air Force General Akın Öztürk Keynote Speech Speaker Title Subject Deputy Supreme Allied Air Power: Leading General Mirco Zuliani Commander Transfor- Continuous mation (DSACT), NATO Transformation 10.15 - 11.00 Photo and Coffee Break 10 April 2014 Thursday 1’st Session: 11.00 - 13.00 Air Power In Theory And Implementation Speaker Title Subject Colonel John A. Warden Air Power Theorist, CEO 21st Century Airpower III, USAF (Ret.) Venturist Inc., USA Theory: Next Steps (Keynote Speaker) Director of Command Major General Kubilay and Control Department Chairman Selçuk in Turkish General Staff, Türkiye Head of Joint Doctrine, His Greatest Gift - Air Commodore ID Air & Space, Devel- Trenchard’s Theories on (Paddy) Teakle opment, Concepts & Airpower Doctrine Centre, UK Political Science and Post Cold War Airpow- Professor Luciano Sociology Department er: The Curious Case Bozzo (DISPO) of the Universi- of Vanishing Strategic ty of Florence, Italy Effectiveness Professor of Military Theory, Implementation, Professor Mark Strategy at the National and the Future of Air Clodfelter War College, Washing- Power ton, DC, USA Military Historian and Dr. Colonel Phillip S. Former Dean of the Air Targeting: Meilinger, USAF (Ret.) School of Advanced An Overview Airpower Studies, USA 13.00 - 14.30 Lunch 10 April 2014 Thursday 2’nd Session: 14.30 - 16.30 Air And Space Power In 20th-Century Warfare Speaker Title Subject Senior Fellow at the Air Power Comes of Dr. Benjamin S. Center for Strategic Age: The Maturation of Lambeth and Budgetary Assess- Aerial Warfare in the (Keynote Speaker) ments, USA Late 20th Century Commander, NATO Major General Rubén Combined Air Opera- Chairman Carlos García Servert tions Center Torrejón (CAOC TJ), Spain Commander of Turkish The Vital Role Of Air Air Force NCO Col- Power In The Struggle lege and Air Specialty Brigadier General Of A Nation’s Liberty: Schools, Dr. Ahmet Cural The Great Offensive Former Dean of Turkish In The War Of Turkish Air Force Academy, Independence Case Türkiye Deputy Director General in the Norwegian Minis- try of Defence, Norway Colonel Professor John The Pursuit of Victory Visiting Professor of Op- Andreas Olsen Through Airpower erational Art and Tactics at the Swedish National Defence College Dean of the Baltic De- The Origins of Air Power Professor James Corum fence College, Estonia Thought 100 Years Ago Chief of Department of Humanitarian Sciences East Front Close Air Dr. Andrij Kharuk at the Hetman Petro Support: Attempt of Sahaydachnyi Army Comparative Analysis Academy, Ukraine 11 April 2014 Friday 3’rd Session: 08.30 - 10.30 How Air Power Has Become An Independent Service Speaker Title Subject Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Commander, U.S. Air Forces General Frank Gorenc Africa, Independent Air Forces in (Keynote Speaker) Commander Allied Air Command, the 21st Century Ramstein Air Base,Germany, Director, Joint Air Power Compe- tence Centre, Kalkar, Germany. Head of the Air Historical Branch Mr. Sebastian Cox (RAF) in the UK Ministry of Chairman Defence, UK Major General Director of Personnel Department “Road to Independence: H. Hü seyin Demirarslan in Turkish Air Force, Türkiye Turkish Air Force” The Struggling Pursuit Major General Junichi Director of General Affairs Depart- for Independent Airpower Araki ment in Joint Staff, Japan Before and After the Pacifi c War Technical Deputy Director of the Information Technology, From Air Corps to Air Force: Brigadier General Communications and Advanced 1915-1923 The road to Basilio Di Martino Technologies Directorate of the independence of the Italian General Secretariat of Defence, Air Force Italy How Air Power Transformed Air Power Strategist and Author of Air Commodore Kaiser into an Independent Service “Great Air Battles of Pakistan Air Tufail (Ret.) and Contemporary Chal- Force”, Pakistan lenges to its Independence How Argentine Air Power Colonel Oscar Luis Has Become An Inde- Director of Historical Studies of the Aranda Durañona pendent Service in 1945: Argentine Air Force, Argentine (Ret.) Domestic Needs, Foreigner Infl uences 10.30 - 11.00 Coffee Break 11 April 2014 Friday 4’th Session: The Contribution Of R&D And Think Tanks To 11.00 - 13.00 Air And Space Power Speaker Title Subject President of The Scientifi c The Contribution of Space, Professor Yü cel Altunbaşak and Technological Coun- Aviation and R&D Studies to (Keynote Speaker) cil of Turkey (TUBITAK), Technological Development Türkiye Chairman of Baynuna Group for Companies Man- Major General Khalid agement, Abdulla Mubarak Al Chairman Formal Commander of UAE Bu-ainnain Al Mazrouei Air Force and Air Defence, UAE Executive Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre Commander, German Air Lieutenant General Joachim Force Air Operations Com- NATO Air Power - Quo Wundrak mand vadis? Commander, Combined Air Operations Centre Uedem, Germany Associate Professor at the Between Autonomy and Department of Political Dependence: Role of Think Associate Professor Jong Science and International Tank and R&D Institutions Kun Choi Studies at Yonsei University, in South Korea’s Air and Republic of Korea Space Power Air Power Strategist of the Royal Australian Air Force at Dr. Sanu Kainikara TBD the Air Power Development Centre, Australia Strategic Analyst of Royal Linking Strategy to Op- Canadian Air Force at the erations Using Air Power Dr. Brad Gladman Canadian Forces Aerospace Knowledge Development as Warfare Centre, Canada a Catalyst President of IRIS Indepen- dent Research and Director Four Technologies for Dr. Rebecca Grant of the Washington Security Future Air Warfare Forum, USA 13.00 - 14.30 Lunch 11 April 2014 Friday 14.30 - 16.30 5’th Session: Air Power And Society Speaker Title Subject H. H. Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Air and Space Power Electrical Engineering at Drexel Professor Banu Onaral as Drivers of Civilian University, (Keynote Speaker) Innovation and Founding Director of the School Economic Development of Biomedical Engineering Sci- ence and Health Systems, USA Professor of International Rela- tions and Head of International Professor Nurşin Relations Department at Yıldız Chairlady Ateşoğlu Gü ney Technical University, Istanbul, Türkiye Visiting Professor at National Are We Suffering From Brigadier General Dr. Defense University, Tunnel Vision? Airpower Zenon Smutniak (Ret.) Former Rector of National De- As Seen By Airmen fense University, Poland Air Vice Marshal Distinguished Fellow at the Air Power: Societal Tool Manmohan Bahadur Centre for Air Power Studies, of a Higher Calling (Ret.) New Delhi, India Permanent Professor and Head Tribal Warfare: The Colonel Professor Mark Department of History, United Society of Modern K. Wells States Air Force Academy, USA Airmen Head of Joint Personnel Recov- The History of Turkish Colonel Gökhan ery Branch, Chief of Joint Target Air Force Rescue Sönmezateş Analysis Center, TurAF, Türkiye Operations Aviation Author and President of Depictions of Air Power Mr. Philip Handleman Handleman Filmworks, USA in Western Art. Closing Speech Speaker Title Air Power Strategist of the Royal Australian Air Force at the Dr. Sanu Kainikara Air Power Development Centre, Australia General Akın Öztürk Turkish Air Force Commander Opening Speech International Symposium on the History of Air Warfare - ISAW 2014 General Akın ÖZTÜRK, was born in 1952 in Gümüşhane. After completing his high school education in Erzincan, he graduated from Turkish Air Force Academy in 1973. Upon graduating from 2nd Main Jet Base (MJB) Flight Training School as fi ghter pilot in 1975, he was assigned to 7th MJB, Malatya where he served as F-100 and then F-4 pilot until 1981. Between 1981 and 1985, he was assigned to 1st MJB, Eskişehir where he served as Squadron Offi cer and Standardization and Evaluation Branch Chief. He attended Air War College in 1985 and graduated in 1987. He was assigned to 3rd MJB as Standardization and Evaluation Offi cer in 1987. In 1989 he was assigned to 4th MJB where he became an F-16 pilot. He served as 141st Squadron Operations Offi cer between 1989 and 1991. He then served as 141st Squadron Commander until 1993. Between 1993 and 1996 he served as Project Offi cer and Branch Chief in Training Department at Turkish Air Headquarters.