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APJ COL ANTHONY C. CAIN,EDITOR WE ARE PLEASED to announce the availability of a free subscription to the online version of Air and Space Power Journal. After you subscribe, we will add your e-mail address to our electronic distribution list. This allows us to automatically send you an e-mail message containing a table of contents with links to fulltext articles in each new quarterly issue of ASPJ, thus ensuring that you don’t miss any of our informative features. Subscribing is easy. All you have to do is log on to the “Subscription Center” at the Air Force Link Web site http://www.af.mil/ subscribe, select the “sub[scribe]” radio button for Air and Space Power Journal, enter your name and e-mail address, and then click on the “submit” button. We will notify you of your subscription via e-mail and ask that you confirm it. Our online publication offers you a great opportunity to publish your ideas. Please e-mail your submissions to aspj@maxwell.af.mil. We on the ASPJ editorial staff look forward to a new academic year, anticipating many new, insightful articles and reviews in our quest to publish the best in air and space power thought. We are always seeking quality articles. If you are interested in submitting an article for publication, please refer to our guidelines in the “Mission Debrief” section of this issue, or check the submission instructions on our Web site: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ airchronicles/howto.html. Additionally, we invite you to sample some new and very exciting books that are appearing on the market by reading our reviews, both in the published version of ASPJ and online at http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/ airchronicles/bookmain.html. If you would like to write a review for us, please refer to the guidelines on our Web site. As you can see, you have many opportunities to contribute to your Journal. ■ 4
APJ COL ANTHONY C. CAIN,EDITOR Emerging Air and Space Power Technologies THE FULL RANGE of air and space power capabilities is inherently tied to technology, more so than any other form of military power. Although navies most closely approximate air and space forces in this relationship, the capabilities resident in sea forces matured in the industrial age and are constrained by the physical challenges of operating on and beneath the surface of the world’s oceans. Air and space power also originated in the industrial age, but technological advances and the potential to expand its operational capabilities uniquely equip this form of power to bridge conflicts between the industrial and information ages. The problem with any institution that relies so heavily on technology is that leaders and practitioners have to balance present needs, doctrinal requirements, and strategies for future innovation. On the one hand, the lure of new technology can encourage a fascination with gadgets that ultimately reduces the application of air and space power to a tactical level. On the other hand, airmen might have to forgo research into new technological areas because of the expenses that invariably accompany innovation. In the 1920s and 1930s, airmen struggled with both of these constraints on technological change. They ultimately created a doctrine and strategy for employing airpower that helped define technologies—the long-range bomber and precision bombsight—required to execute the strategy. In the absence of fiscal resources and clearly defined threats, members of the interwar generation laid a doctrinal foundation for employing airpower in the event of another war between the great powers. In their dogged pursuit of doctrine, however, they failed to anticipate requirements for long-range fighter escorts, thus illustrating how the balancing act requires constant attention and investment. Presently, US Air Force members do not have the freedom to develop doctrine gradually. The global war on terrorism; ongoing operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere; conventional and unconventional threats to states; and the imperative to protect the homeland dictate heightened operations tempo and command vast resources. These factors can militate against researching and introducing new technologies. Therefore, air and space professionals must pay careful attention to identifying future requirements and capabilities that serve as catalysts for the next generation of technological advances. Our Air Force must recruit innovators who can transform the technological superiority we now enjoy into even more impressive capabilities that prepare us to meet future threats and challenges which we cannot imagine today. As in the interwar period, doctrine, operating concepts, and organizational structures must also evolve in anticipation of emerging technological capabilities to ensure that all components of air and space power come together precisely at the right time and place. This was the challenge for the airmen of yesterday, and it will remain so for air and space forces of the future. ■ 5
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