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Air and Space Power Chronicles
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Winter 2002

Volume XVI, No. 4

AFRP 10-1

Prelaunch Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Flight Lines
The Best in Professional Air and Space Power Thought . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Ricochets and Replies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Vortices
Toward Defining AirForce Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Dr. Mike Thirtle

Creating Strong Leaders and Strong Units: Using Air Force History

as a Leadership Tool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
James T. Hooper


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PIREP
Air Staff Rides: WartimeLeadership Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Capt Gilles Van Nederveen, USAF, Retired

Dr. Daniel R. Mortensen


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Features
Emotional Intelligence: Implications for All United States

Air Force Leaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lt ColSharon M. Latour, USAF

Lt Gen Bradley C. Hosmer, USAF, Retired


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The Sources of Leadership Doctrine in the Air Force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Shannon A. Brown, PhD


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The Oath of Office: A Historical Guide to Moral Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lt Col Kenneth Keskel, USAF


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Train LikeWe Fight, Fight Like We Train: Establishing the Air and

Space Expeditionary Force Training Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lt Col Bradley D. Spacy, USAF

Lt Col Michael I. Trapp, USAF

Command and Control of Air and Space Forces Requires Significant

Attention to Bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....