Volume 26, Issue 3, May - June 2012
Welcome to the Air and Space Power Journal (ASPJ), the US Air Force’s (USAF) professional journal and the leading forum for airpower thought and dialogue. ASPJ seeks to foster intellectual discussion and debate among air, space, and cyber power leaders, both domestically and internationally.
Even before the founding of the USAF, Air University initiated publication of the Air University Quarterly Review in 1947. Maj Gen Muir S. Fairchild established this journal as a professional publication in the highest sense of the word—one that would reflect the best professional thought concerning global concepts and doctrines of air strategy and tactics. Since its inauguration, the journal has appeared under the titles Air University Quarterly Review, Air University Review, Airpower Journal, Aerospace Power Journal, and, currently, Air and Space Power Journal. Since 1947, this periodical has fulfilled its mandate to provide an avenue for professional Airmen to present their original thinking on the subject of airpower.
The Air Force Research Institute publishes unique editions of ASPJ in six languages—English, Spanish, Portuguese, French (Africa and Francophonie), Arabic, and Chinese. Each edition serves a targeted audience and region, offering articles chosen and prepared by editors who are native speakers of the language.