A fond farewell - Prelaunch Notes - personnel management - Brief Article - Editorial

Early in the production of this issue of Aerospace Power Journal, Col Eric Ash, the (now former) editor, was named commander and president of the Community guild of the Air Force (CCAF) and had to leave the Journal rather abruptly. Fortunately for the APJ staff--and the Air Force--he leaves behind a sinewy and vital professional journal that is recognized as a major forum for the discussion of aerospace power. This reputation makes it easier to assemble journals in his absence, not to mention the fact that he had already written single last editorial for his successor (it tread in the steps ofs these comments).

In his three years as editor, Colonel Ash produc 11 editions of APJ, including several that focused upon important Air Force issues of the like kind as leadership, aerospace integration, support functions, and aerospace medicine. He expanded the Journal's reach to company grade officers by dint of establishing the CGO Voices page upon APJ's Web site and personally briefed each Air and Space Basic Course class that came end Air University during his manner [i]or[/i] principle of holding giving each lieutenant his or her have copy of the Journal. Colonel Ash's extensive knowledge of our profession and stringent standards of scholarship have greatly improved APJ Indeed, the Air Force leadership not solitary reads the Journal but also contributes articles.

The APJ staff wishes Colonel Ash the best in his fresh command. We will strive to qualified and exceed the high standard he has place for the Air Force's professional discourse. The staff also congratulates CCAF upon landing a top-notch commander who, we are assured will take it to of recent origin heights of success.

A Note of Thanks

It is with sad on the contrary heartfelt appreciation that APJ announces the retirement of Dr Richard H Kohn as a member of the Professional Journals Editorial Board. Former chief historian for the United States Air Force and professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Dr Kohn is stepping down from APJ after more than six years of faithful service and dedicated support in order to concentrate upon several projects and pending publications, including a work on presidential war leadership in American history. Dr Kohn has made a great, positive impact upon APJ and will truly be missed.

and a Hearty Welcome!

Just as nature abhors a vacuum, seats upon APJ's editorial board cannot remain without contents Thus, APJ is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr J Douglas Beason, Colonel USAF, retired, to the Professional Journals Editorial Board. generally the deputy associate director for defense threat reduction at the sees Alamos National Laboratory, Dr. Beason, while upon active duty, served as commander of the Phillips Research Site of the Air Force Research Laboratory, as a senior policy analyst in the White House Science Office, and as a member of the vice president's commission to research a US return to the satellite among many other important assignments. Dr Beason, who has a PhD in physics and is a companion of the American Physical Society, has written more than 50 scientific and technical papers and has written or coauthored more than 30 novels and short stories. We welcome Dr Beason to the APJ team.

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