Volume 29 Issue 5, Sep-Oct 2015 Published Sept. 1, 2015 Air & Space Power Journal, Air University, Maxwell AFB, AL Senior Leader Perspective SEADE: Countering the Futility of Network Security Mr. Frank Konieczny / Lt Col Eric Trias, PhD, USAF / Col Nevin J. Taylor, USAFR Today's media is flooded with stories of cyber attacks prompting a loss of public confidence, resignations by senior officials, and a significant near- and long-term impact on our nation. Defense in depth, heavily dependent upon network perimeter... Editorial The Limits of Tactical Aviation Technology Lt Col Thomas R. McCabe, USAFR, Retired This article examines two possible options for improving the capabilities of existing tactical combat aircraft: longer-range air-to-air missiles and improved fuels. Since the end of the Cold War, our aviation technology for tactical combat aircraft... Col John Boyd's Innovative DNA Col Houston R. Cantwell, USAF This article recognizes John Boyd's innovative spirit and identifies skills that arguably helped him succeed as a disruptive innovator. Drawing on five traits identified in The Innovator's DNA by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gregersen, and Clayton... Feature Articles Dark Horizon: Airpower Revolution on a Razor's Edge--Part Two of the "Nightfall" Series Capt Michael W. Byrnes, USAF In this follow-on discussion to "Nightfall: Machine Autonomy in Air-to-Air Combat" (Air and Space Power Journal, May-June 2014), the author introduces the beginnings of remote and autonomous airpower theory, expanding John Boyd's... Any Time, Every Place: The Networked Societies of War Fighters in a Battlespace of Flows Maj Dave Blair, USAF The much-debated rise of the remotely piloted aircraft is only one aspect of a larger trend away from spatially organized conflict and toward relationally organized conflict. In his book Rise of the Network Society, Manuel Castells... Nightfall and the Cloud: Examining the Future of Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Maj Michael P. Kreuzer, USAF This article argues that the transformation of airpower to a force centered on remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) and unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAV) is a more difficult proposition than simply a technical hurdle to overcome. Significant... Views Twenty-First-Century Air Warfare and the Invisible War: Strategic Agility Maj Michael W. Benitez, USAF The Air Force's strategic agility is limited by organizational inflexibility cast in a structure that is several decades old. For airpower to remain relevant and viable in the twenty-first century, technological advantages alone are not enough.... Changing the Tooth-to-Tail Ratio Using Robotics and Automation to Beat Sequestration Capt Rachael L. Nussbaum, USAF Author The Air Force leads the way in war-fighting automation and robotics. However, it has paid little programmatic attention to applying our knowledge of automation to agile combat support, which arguably consumes most of the service's financial... Selected Air University Research Officer Professional Military Education: A New Distance Learning Evolution SOS Class 15D Think Tank Group 2 Socrates famously wrote, "Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel." As military officers, we must continue to hone our craft through career-long learning. This means having a meaningful, relevant, dynamic, and accessible... Project ArchimedeZ SOS Class 15D Think Tank Group 1 Lt Gen Steven Kwast challenged the Squadron Officer School 15D Think Tank to develop a career-long, non-resident Professional Military Education (PME) approach that fosters creative/critical thinking, motivates Total Force Airmen to participate and... Download Full Edition
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