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Dear Participants As Turkish Air War College, we would be honored to welcome you in Turkey with the occasion of International Conference on Air and Space Power, which we are organizing for the second time at the international level. In this conference hosted by Air War College with Turkish Air Force’s contribution, the operations of recent times will be examined with respect to Air and Space Power and the facts provided by history will be presented to all participants in the light of expert appraisals. In this beautiful city, İstanbul, where continents meet, academicians, specialists, senior executives and commanders, known for their significant studies within aviation field coming from across the globe will gather and contribute greatly for two days. The subjects to be discussed academically in ICAP Istanbul 2015, will ensure that today’s and future changing principles of Air and Space Power are clearly understood with the contributions of speakers from friendly and allied nations from all over the world. In ICAP’15’s sessions an academic environment will be provided, in which participants will be able to discuss openly. ICAP’15 is going to be meeting point for Air and Space Power specialists and airmen to exchange ideas and beliefs on latest development in their specific fields and create mutual understanding. Conference consists of five sessions including plenary session. Please see session topics below: 1st Session- Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts 2nd Session- C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power 3rd Session- Sustainment of Combat Air and Space Power 4th Session- Personnel Quality and Effectiveness in the Future Air and Space Power Thanks for your contributions in advance. Sincerely ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 1 02 April 2015 Thursday 10.00 - 10.40 Opening Speeches Speaker Title Welcome Speech by General Abdullah Recep Commander, War Colleges Command Keynote Speech Speaker Title Subject General Akın Öztürk (Keynote Speaker) Commander, Turkish Air Force “The Increasing Value of Air and Space Power” Honorary Guests Professor Banu Onaral H.H. Sun Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems; Senior Advisor to President, Global Innovation Partnerships, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships,Teknopark Istanbul. Lt.Gen.David A.Deptula, USAF (Ret.) Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, a thought leader and independent consultant on defense, strategy, and ISR, and President, The Deptula Group, LLC. Dr.Benjamin S.Lambeth Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. 10.40 - 11.30 2 "Feza Bey" Award Ceremony ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Photo and Coffee Break 02 April 2015 Thursday 11.30 - 14.00 Speaker 1st Session - Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts Title Subject Director, National Security Lt.Gen.Tad J.Oelstrom, USAF (Ret.) (Moderator and Speaker) Program, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. "What Does Recent Use of Air and Space Power Imply for the Future?" Air Marshal David Walker, RAF (Ret.) an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter Strategy and Security Institute; and a visiting Lecturer at the USAF Maxwell Air University Alabama; former Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command at Brunssum. "Recent Operations - Enduring Lessons and Emerging Challenges for Air Power" Major General Micael Byden Chief of Staff, Swedish Air Force. "Swedish Air Power Delivering Independently, Joint, and Combined" Colonel Professor John Andreas Olsen Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Visiting Professor of Operational Art and Tactics, Swedish National Defense College. "A New Air Power Concept" Professor Thomas A.Keaney the Associate Director of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Executive Director of the Merrill Center, and a senior adjunct professor of strategic studies at SAIS. “Rethinking Air Campaigns” 14.00 - 15.30 Lunch ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 3 02 April 2015 Thursday 15.30 - 18.00 Speaker 2nd Session - C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power Title Supreme Allied Commander General Jean Paul Palomeros (Keynote Speaker of 2nd Session) Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia. 4 Subject “Air Power and Transformation” Lt.Gen.David A.Deptula, USAF (Ret.) (Moderator and Speaker) Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, a thought leader and independent consultant on defense, strategy, and ISR, and President, The Deptula Group, LLC. "A New Era for Command & Control of Aerospace Operations" Air Vice Marshal Junaid Ahmed Siddiqui Director General C4I at Pakistan Air Force. "C2 ISR in the Perspective of Counter Insurgency Operations (COIN OPS)" General Abidin Ünal Commander, Air Combat and Air Defense Command, Turkish Air Force. "Centralized Control of Airpower with Effective ISR Capability" General Frank Gorenc "Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa, Commander Allied Air Command, Ramstein Air Base,Germany, Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar, Germany." "Global Integrated ISR (GIISR) for the Joint Force Commander" ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 03 April 2015 Friday 10.00 - 12.10 3rd Session - Sustainment of Combat Air and Space Power Speaker Title General Francisco Javier Garcia Arnaiz Spanish Air Force Chief of Staff. “Is There Any Need for an Air Operations Specific Logistic Doctrine and Policy?” Lt.Gen.Jean Jacques Borel Commander, Air Defense and Air Operations, French Air Force. "Sustainment of Air Power: Benefits of Reachback C2 and Space" Lt.Col.Tamer Özarslan Faculty Member in Management Department, Turkish Air War College. "Current and Future Challenges in Military Logistic Domain, How These Challenges Effect Today’s Military Leaders and Their Training Requirements in Logistic" Dr.Robert S.Tripp Senior Management Scientist, RAND Corporation, Ca, USA. “A Proactive Approach for Integrating Logistics Enterprise Capabilities into the Operational Planning and Execution Process” 12.10 - 13.30 Subject Lunch ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 5 03 April 2015 Friday 13.30 - 15.40 Speaker 4th Session - Personnel Quality and Effectiveness in the Future Air and Space Power Title Subject Professor Umran Savaş İnan President of Koç University, İstanbul. “Leadership in the 21st Century; Creativity & Individualism versus Chain of Command” Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed former Commander of Pakistan Air Force. "Significance, Quality, Development and Effectiveness of Human Resource in Future Air & Space Power" General Robin Rand Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, USA. "AETC/CC Leadership and Professional Development Perspective" Brig.Gen.Recep Ünal Director of Training Department at Turkish Air Force Headquarters, Ankara. "Training and Education Perspective for the Future Air and Space Power" 15.40 - 16.10 Coffee Break Closing Speeches Speaker Closing Remarks by Colonel Professor John Andreas Olsen Closing Address by Major General Recep Yüksel 6 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Title Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Visiting Professor of Operational Art and Tactics, Swedish National Defense College. Subject “The Increasing Value of Air and Space Power” Commander, Turkish Air War College ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 7 General Akın ÖZTÜRK Commander, Turkish Air Force Keynote Speaker of the Conference International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 “The Increasing Value of Air and Space Power” Gen. Akın ÖZTÜRK, was born in 1952 in Gümüşhane. After completing his high school education in Erzincan, he graduated from Turkish Air Force Academy in 1973. Upon graduating from 2nd Main Jet Base (MJB) Flight Training School as fighter pilot in 1975, he was assigned to 7th MJB, Malatya where he served as F-100 and then F-4 pilot till 1981. Between 1981 and 1985, he was assigned to 1st MJB, Eskişehir where he served as Squadron Officer and Standardization and Evaluation Branch Chief. He attended Air War College in 1985 and graduated in 1987. He was assigned to 3rd MJB as Standardization and Evaluation Officer in 1987. In 1989 he was assigned to 4th MJB where he became an F-16 pilot. He served as 141st Sq Operations Officer between 1989 and 1991. He then served as 141st Sq Commander till 1993. Between 1993 and 1996 he served as Project Officer and Branch Chief in Training Department at TURAF Headquarters. He was the Turkish Military Attaché to Israel between 1996 and 1998. He then became the Operations Commander of the 6th MJB, Bandırma between 1998 and 2000. After his promotion to Brigadier General in 2000, he served as Chief of Training Department in Air Force HQ for two years and as the Commander of 9th MJB until 2004. As of 2004 he was promoted to Major General and assigned as Commander of 2nd Air Supply and Maintenance Center for two years. In 2006 he assumed the command of 2nd MJB. In 2008, he became the Chief of Intelligence of TURAF. In 2009, he was promoted to Lieutenant General and served as the 2nd Air Force Commander for two years. He then became the Commander of the Air Training Command in 2011. As of 22 August 2013, Gen. ÖZTÜRK assumed the duty of the Turkish Air Force Commander. He has been promoted to the rank of General as of 30 August 2013. Gen. ÖZTÜRK has more than 5500 flight hours and he has flew with F-16, F-4, F-100, T-33, T-34, T-37, T-38, KT-1T and CN-235 within his flight career of 41 years. Gen. ÖZTÜRK was awarded with NATO Medal, Turkish Armed Forces Distinguished Service Medal, Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Honor and Pakistan Nishan-e-Imtiaz Medal. Gen. ÖZTÜRK is married to Mrs. Tülay ÖZTÜRK, has a daughter and a son. 8 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL General Abdullah RECEP Commander, War Colleges Command Welcome Speech International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 General Abdullah RECEP was born in Tirebolu, Giresun, Turkey in 1955. He graduated from the Military Academy in 1975, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Engineer Corps. After having completed his training in the branch school in 1976, he held a variety of positions as Platoon Leader at the 3rd Corps, Engineer Battalion, 39th Infantry Division Engineer Battalion and Engineer School Courses Battalion between 1976-1981, and Company Commander at the 3rd Army Engineer Construction Battalion between 1981-1982. He completed his study at the Army War College between 1982-1984, and served as a staff officer in the capacity of the Company Commander at the 1st Infantry Battalion of the 9th Infantry Regiment of the 19th Brigade between 1984-1986, the Planning Officer at the 9th Corps, Operations and Training Branch as a Plans Officer between 1986-1989, and Planning and Project Officer at the Personnel Department of the Turkish General Staff between 19891993. In the period between 1993-1994, he took office as the Battalion Commander at the 1st Mechanized Infantry Battalion of the 61st Mechanized Infantry Brigade and subsequently, he served as staff officer at the Peacekeeping Branch, Operational Planning Department of NATO Headquarters Europe located in Mons, Belgium between 1994-1997. He was appointed as the Executive Assistant to the Commander of the Turkish Armed Forces in 1997 and he served there for three years. During this period he completed his training at the Armed Forces College. Afterwards, he served as the Commander of the Regiment of Presidential Guard. Having been promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 2001, he served as the Chief of the Internal Security Operations Department of the Turkish General Staff between 2001-2004, and as the Commander of the 16th Armored Brigade between 2004-2006. General RECEP was promoted to the rank of Major General in 2006 and served as the Assistant Chief of Staff (ACOS) for Resources and Logistics in HQ SACT in Norfolk, U.S. between 2006-2008, and as the Commander of Security Forces of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus between 2008-2010. In 2010, he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant General and appointed as the Chief of Operations of the Turkish General Staff, and then he served as the Commander of the 7th Corps between 2012-2014. He was promoted to his current rank on August 30, 2014, and appointed as the Commandant of the Turkish War Colleges. General RECEP is married to Mrs. Alev RECEP, and has two children. He speaks English. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 9 Major General Recep YÜKSEL Commander, Turkish Air War College Closing Address International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 Major General Recep YÜKSEL was born in 1965 in Tosya, Kastamonu. After completing his high school education in 1980, he joined the Air Force. He earned his commission in 1984 from the Turkish Air Force Academy. Upon graduating from 2nd Main Jet Base (MJB) Flight Training School as fighter pilot in 1985, he was assigned to 7th MJB, Malatya where he served as F-4 pilot until 1992. Between 1992 and 1995, he was assigned to 1st MJB, Eskişehir where he served as quadro wing leader and instructor pilot. He attended Air War College in 1995 and graduated in 1997. Between 1997 and 1999, he served as project officer in Personnel Department, Air Force Command Headquarters. He was assigned to Air Force Academy as squadron commander in 1999. In 2002, he was assigned to Personnel Department where he served as head of personnel management branch for 3 years and as head of officer assignment branch for two years. In 2007, he was assigned to 7th MJB where he served as operation commander. In 2008, he was assigned to Operation Department where he served as head of operation branch. After his promotion to Brigadier General in 2009, he served as Chief of Staff in Air Training Command for 3 years and as the Commander of 1st MJB for a year. As of 2013 he was promoted to Major General and he was assigned to Air Force Combat Command as deputy commander. As of 2014, Major General YÜKSEL assumed the duty of the Turkish Air War College Commander. Major General YÜKSEL is married and has two daughters. EDUCATION 1984 Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Engineering, Turkish Air Force Academy, Istanbul. 1985 Flight Training School, 2nd MJB, Izmir. 1997 Air War College, Istanbul. 2001 Armed Forces Higher Command and Management College, Istanbul. 10 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL ASSIGNMENTS 1984-1985 student, Flight Training School, 2nd Main Jet Base (MJB), Izmir. 1985-1986 student, 3rd MJB, Konya. 1986-1990 wing man, 172nd Sq, 7th MJB, Malatya. 1990-1992 duo wing leader, 172nd Sq, 7th MJB, Malatya. 1992-1993 quadro wing leader, 112nd Sq, 1st MJB, Eskişehir. 1993-1995 instructor wing man, 112nd Sq, 1st MJB, Eskişehir. 1995-1997 student, Air War College, Istanbul. 1997-1999 financial project officer, Personel Plan and Management Department, Ankara. 1999-2002 squadron commander, 1st Squadron Command, Air Force Academy, Istanbul. 2002-2005 head of personel management branch, Personel Plan & Management Department, Ankara. 2005-2007 head of officer assignment branch, Personel Department, Ankara. 2007-2008 operation commander, 7th MJB, Malatya. 2008-2009 head of operation branch, Operations Department, Ankara. 2009-2012 chief of staff, Air Training Command, Izmir. 2012-2013 commander, 1st MJB, Eskişehir. 2013-2014 deputy commander, Air Force Combat Command, Eskişehir. 2014- present, commander, Air War College, Istanbul FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 3,500 Aircraft flown: T-41D, T-38A, F-100, F-4, CN-235 AWARDS AND DECORATIONS NATO Medal Operational Award, 2 stars Education and Training Service Achievement Award, 3 stars Administrative and Logistic Service Achievement Award, 7 stars Combat Operational Award Training Distinguished Unit Award, 2 stars Abroad Temprorary Mission Award EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Aug 30, 1984 First Lieutenant Aug 30, 1987 Captain Aug 30, 1991 Major Aug 30, 1997 Lt.Colonel Aug 30, 2001 Colonel Aug 30, 2004 Brigadier General Aug 30, 2009 Major General Aug 30, 2013 (Current as of August 2013) ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 11 Professor Banu ONARAL H.H. Sun Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems; Senior Advisor to President, Global Innovation Partnerships, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Senior Advisor, Strategic Partnerships,Teknopark Istanbul. Honorary Guest of the Conference International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 Banu Onaral is H. H. Sun Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Electrical Engineering at Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. She received her BS and MS in electrical engineering from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, in 1973 and 1974 respectively and earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. Dr. Onaral joined the faculty of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Biomedical Engineering and Science Institute at Drexel University in 1981. Starting in 1995, she led the strategic planning to transform the Biomedical Engineering and Science Institute into a university-level interdisciplinary school. She served as the Founding Director of the School of Biomedical Engineering Science and Health Systems since its foundation in 1997 to 2014. She currently serves as Senior PresidentialAdvisor for ‘Global Innovation Partnerships’ at Drexel University. Academic Focus and Leadership Her academic focus both in research and teaching is centered on information engineering with special emphasis on complex systems, biomedical signal processing in ultrasound and optics and functional optical brain imaging. She has led major research and development projects sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Naval Research (ONR), DARPA, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) and the US Marines. She supervised a large number of graduate students to degree completion and has an extensive publication record in biomedical signals and systems. She founded several laboratories throughout her career: the most recent is the CONQUER (Cognitive Neuroengineering and Quantitative Experimental Research) CollabOrative established in Fall 2008 as an interdisciplinary, multi-institutional and international resource 12 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL dedicated to the study of brain activation, development and deployment of optical brain imaging technologies in human performance, healthcare, mental health and learning with research and development partners in US and overseas, including China, Israel, Spain and Turkey. National Honors, Awards and Services She is the recipient of a number of faculty excellence awards including the 1990 Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award of Drexel University, the EDUCOM Best educational Software award and the NSF Faculty Achievement Award. She is a Fellow of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and a Founding Fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE). She served on the inaugural Board of the AIMBE as publications chair and as Chair of the Academic Council. Dr. Onaral’s professional services include chair and membership on advisory boards and strategic planning bodies of several universities and funding agencies, including service on the National Science Foundation's Engineering Advisory Board, and on the proposal review panels and study sections. Her professional responsibilities have included service on the Editorial Board of journals and the CRC Biomedical Engineering Handbook as Section Editor for Biomedical Signal Analysis. She served as President of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), the largest member-based biomedical engineering society in the world. Earlier, she had served as Vice-President of Conferences of IEEE-EMBS. She has been active in conference leadership; notably, she organized and chaired the 1990 Annual International Conference of the EMBS and Co-Chaired the 2004 Annual Conference of the Biomedical Engineering. Translational Research and Health Innovations Leadership – University Dr. Onaral’s translational research efforts for rapid commercialization of biomedical technologies developed at Drexel and its partner institutions have resulted in the creation of the Translational Research in Biomedical Technologies program. This initiative brings together academic technology developers with entrepreneurs, regional economic development agencies, local legal, business and investment communities. Under her leadership, the program has been awarded $10 million from the Wallace H. Coulter Foundation toward the creation of the $20 million Coulter-Drexel Translational Research Partnership Endowment that serves all faculty and researchers at Drexel University. She has participated in the development of the Philadelphia Pediatric Device Consortium sponsored in part by FDA and led by the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Drexel University and University of Pennsylvania. Regional Health Innovation Partnership She led the creation of the regional Health Innovation Partnership - Philadelphia Region ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 13 Roadmap modeled on the ‘Coulter Translational Research Partnership’ approach to commercialize university innovations. The initiative has been sponsored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and aims to mobilize the academic grassroots and to pool regional resources and assets to bring novel solutions to healthcare. International Academic and Health Innovation Partnerships She has actively forged international academic partnerships with institutions in China, Israel, Italy, Spain and Turkey. In 2000, she led the first Eisenhower Foundation sponsored delegation of biomedical engineers to China and helped organize the first Asia-Pacific Biomedical Engineering Conference in Hangzhou. She has been instrumental in the organization of international biomedical engineering conferences in China including the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology in Shanghai, China, in 2005 and the dualdoctoral degree in Neuroengineering with Shanghai Jiao Tong University. She has facilitated the development of translational research partnership with the Institute for Drug Research of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. She is spearheading the creation of similar partnerships in China including Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute and Shanghai Technology University. In Turkey, she participated in the strategic planning team charged with the creation of Sabancı University established in 1998 in Istanbul, Turkey and served on its Board of Trustees. Sabancı University is top ranked in innovation and entrepreneurship in Turkey. She served as the President of the Turkish American Scientists and Scholars Association. She serves as a senior advisor for strategic and global partnerships to Teknopark Istanbul, the $4B science, technology and innovation hub under development in Turkey. Her responsibility areas center on health solutions and human systems in aerospace. She also serves as an honorary advisor to several Turkish universities, including her membership on the EBILTEM Technology Transfer Advisory of Ege University, Izmir, the Advisory Board of DEpark, the Dokuz Eylul University Health Technopark and HUNITEK, Hacettepe University Advanced Technology initiative. She has participated as the US lead or global liaison in regional health innovation initiatives, namely INOVIZ, INOVAnkara and INOVITA in Izmir, Ankara and Istanbul, Turkey, respectively. 14 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Lt. Gen. David A.Deptula, USAF (Ret.) Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, a thought leader and independent consultant on defense, strategy, and ISR, and President, The Deptula Group, LLC. Honorary Guest of the Conference International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 Lieutenant General David A. Deptula (Ret.) is a battle-tested defense innovator. A highly decorated military leader, he transitioned from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in 2010 after more than 34 years of distinguished service. He is a world-recognized leader and pioneer in conceptualizing, planning, and executing national security operations from humanitarian relief to major combat operations. Accomplished historic achievements and several “firsts” in the command of joint forces, planning and execution of aerospace power, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and improved international relationships. He has taken part in operations, planning, and joint warfighting at unit, major command, service headquarters and combatant command levels, and also served on two congressional commissions charged with outlining America’s future defense posture. General Deptula has significant experience in combat and leadership in several major joint contingency operations. He was the principal attack planner for the Desert Storm coalition air campaign in 1991. He has twice been a Combined/Joint Task Force Commander – in 1998/1999 for Operation Northern Watch where he flew 82 combat missions as a general officer, and for Operation Deep Freeze conducting operations in Antarctica. In 2001, he served as Director of the Combined Air Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom, where he orchestrated air operations over Afghanistan during the period of decisive combat. In 2005, he was the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) for Operation Unified Assistance, the South Asia tsunami relief effort, and in 2006 he was the standing JFACC for Pacific Command. General Deptula was the first Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Headquarters Air Force. Responsible for policy formulation, planning, and leadership of AF ISR and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), he transformed those enterprises setting a standard emulated by services and nations around the world. In 2009 he was recognized as the Targeting Professional of the Year as the driving force in standing up the Air Force Targeting Center. In 2010 he was awarded a Aviation Week & Space Technology Aerospace Laureate Award for extraordinary accomplishment in national defense, and in 2010 he was also presented with the General H.H. Award, the AF Association’s highest honor to a military member in the field of national security. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 15 He has piloted more than 3,000 flying hours (400 in combat) to include multiple operational fighter command assignments in the F-15. Formerly, the CEO of a high technology company, he is currently a board member on a variety of public, private and think-tank institutions; is a senior scholar at the US Air Force Academy; and a sought-after commentator around the world as a thought leader on defense; strategy; and ISR. Born in Dayton, Ohio, General Deptula earned his B.A. with distinction in astronomy at the University of Virginia where he was commissioned as an Air Force officer in 1974 as a distinguished graduate from Air Force ROTC. He remained at the University of Virginia to complete a master’s degree in systems engineering. He also earned a master’s degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Air Command and Staff College, and the Armed Forces Staff College. 16 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Dr. Benjamin S. LAMBETH Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments. Honorary Guest of the Conference International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 Benjamin S. Lambeth is a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, an independent, nonprofit public policy research institute established in Washington, D.C. in 1983 to promote innovative thinking and debate about national security strategy, defense planning, and military investment strategies and options. He assumed this position in July 2011 after a 37-year career as a Senior Research Associate at the RAND Corporation. His areas of professional interest include strategy, international security, defense planning, force development, air campaign assessment, and air and space doctrine, operations and training. An internationally recognized expert on military aviation and air warfare, he has conducted research and lectured widely on these subjects, including at all of the U.S. senior military service schools. He also has written more than 70 books, articles, and professional studies on air power and other defense-related matters. A civil-rated pilot, Dr. Lambeth has flown or flown in more than 40 different fighter, bomber, attack, mobility, surveillance, and trainer aircraft types with the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, as well as with the Royal Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Norwegian Air Force, German Luftwaffe, Republic of Korea Air Force, Finnish Air Force, and Israeli Air Force. He also has attended the USAF’s Ballistic Missile Staff Course, Tactical Fighter Weapons and Tactics Course, and Combined Force Air Component Commander Course, as well as the Aerospace Defense Command’s Senior Officers’ Course, Air Force Space Command’s Senior Leaders’ Course, and portions of Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and the Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Instructor’s Course. In 1988, he received initial qualification training and a frontseat checkout in the F/A-18 Hornet. In December 1989, he became the first U.S. citizen to fly the Soviet MiG-29 fighter and the first Westerner invited to fly a combat aircraft of any type inside Soviet airspace since the end of World War II. In 1985 and 1986, Dr. Lambeth served on the Board of Directors of the Center for Advanced Airmanship at General Electric Company. He also served on the editorial board of Orbis from 1985 to 1990 and for a time directed RAND’s International Security and Defense Policy Program. In 1996, he took a four-day deployment in USS Atlanta (SSN-712) to observe prospective commanding officer training in nuclear fast attack submarine-on-submarine ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 17 operations. In 1998, he was a participant-observer in the Mission Employment Phase of USAF Weapons School Class 98A at Nellis AFB, Nevada. In 2008, he was appointed by the Secretary of Defense to serve as a member of the Board of Visitors of Air University. In addition, he currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of Strategic Studies Quarterly, Air and Space Power Journal, and the Journal of Slavic Military Studies. He remains an adjunct member of RAND’s senior research staff, holds a Top Secret/SCI security clearance, and is proficient in Russian, German, and French. EDUCATION 1965 Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1967 Master of Arts degree with Distinction in Government, Georgetown University 1985 Doctor of Philosophy degree in Political Science, Harvard University PAST WORK HISTORY 1975-2011 Senior Research Associate, RAND Corporation 1973-1974 Senior Analyst, Office of National Estimates, Central Intelligence Agency 19721973 Resident Scholar, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Ebenhausen, Germany 19711972 Teaching Fellow in Government, Harvard University 1971-1973 Graduate Research Associate, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University 1966-1969 Research Staff Member, Institute for Defense Analyses 1965-1966 Research Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies HONORS AND AWARDS 1967 Invited to membership in Pi Sigma Alpha, the national political science honorary fraternity 1991 Resident Scholar, Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Lake Como, Italy 2001 Recipient of the Air Force Association’s Gill Robb Wilson Award in Arts and Letters 2002 Elected an Honorary Member of the Order of Daedalians, the national fraternity of U.S. military pilots SELECTED PUBLICATIONS “Nuclear Proliferation and Soviet Arms Control Policy,” Orbis, Fall 1969 “Deterrence in the MIRV Era,” World Politics, January 1972 Selective Nuclear Operations in American and Soviet Strategic Policy, RAND Corporation, December 1976 “The Political Potential of Soviet Equivalence,” International Security, Fall 1979 “Soviet Strategic Conduct and the Prospects for Stability,” in The Future of Strategic Deterrence, IISS, 1980 “Uncertainties 18 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL for the Soviet War Planner,” International Security, Winter 1982-83 “Pitfalls in Force Planning: Structuring America’s Tactical Air Arm,” International Security, Fall 1985 “Moscow’s Lessons from the 1982 Lebanon Air War,” in War in the Third Dimension, Pergamon-Brassey’s, 1986 “Theater Forces,” in American Defense Annual 1987-88, Lexington Books, 1987 “The Kremlin and SDI,” Foreign Affairs, Spring 1988 “The Outlook for Tactical Air Power in the Decade Ahead,” in Air Power, Pergamon-Brassey’s, 1988 From Farnborough to Kubinka: An American MiG-29 Experience, RAND Corporation, 1991 “What the Russians Learned from the Gulf War,” Aviation Week and Space Technology, October 5, 1992 “Flying the Flogger,” Flight International, February 23, 1994 “Russia’s Wounded Military,” Foreign Affairs, MarchApril 1995 “The Uses and Abuses of Air Power,” Wall Street Journal, July 27, 1995 “To Dominate the Skies: Why America Continues to Need the F-22,” Armed Forces Journal, November 1995 “The Technology Revolution in Air Warfare,” Survival, Spring 1997 “Bounding the Air Power Debate,” Strategic Review, Fall 1997. “Air Power, Space Power, and Geography,” The Journal of Strategic Studies, June/September 1999 “Why Submariners Should Talk to Fighter Pilots,” The Submarine Review, October 1999 Russia’s Air Power in Crisis, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1999 The Transformation of American Air Power, Cornell University Press, 2000 NATO’s Air War for Kosovo: A Strategic and Operational Assessment, RAND Corporation, 2001 “The Air Force Renaissance,” in The Air Force, Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 2002 Mastering the Ultimate High Ground: Next Steps in the Military Uses of Space, RAND Corporation, 2003 Singapore’s Combat Aircraft Competition, King’s College London, January 2004 American Carrier Air Power at the Dawn of a New Century, RAND Corporation, 2005 Air Power against Terror: America’s Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom, RAND Corporation, 2005 “A Transformed U. S. Air Force at 60,” in United States Air Force: Founding Centennial and 60th Anniversary, 2007 Combat Pair: The Evolution of Air Force-Navy Integration in Strike Warfare, RAND Corporation, 2007 “Air Power in a Nutshell,” in Global Strategic Assessment 2009, National Defense University Press, 2009 “Reflections on the Balkan Air Wars,” Air Power History, Spring 2010 “Air Power, Space Power, and Cyber Power,” Joint Force Quarterly, First Quarter, 2011 Air Operations in Israel’s War against Hezbollah, RAND Corporation, 2011 Airpower at 18,000’: The Indian Air Force in the Kargil War, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 2012 “Israel’s War in Gaza: A Paradigm of Effective Military Learning and Adaptation,” International Security, Fall 2012 “Lessons from Modern Warfare,” Strategic Studies Quarterly, Fall 2013. The Unseen War: Allied Air Power and the Takedown of Saddam Hussein, Naval Institute Press, 2013 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 19 AERONAUTICAL BACKGROUND Nearly 500 hours of combined military flight experience in the T-33, T-37 (left seat), T-38 (front seat), F-100, F-101, F-104 (front seat), F-105, F-106, FB-111 (left seat), F-111C (left seat), F-4C/D/E/F, RF-4, F-5B/F (front seat), F-14 (two traps in USS Kitty Hawk), F-15B/D/E, F-16B/D, F/A-18B (front seat), F/A-18D/F, Mirage IIID/5B, Kfir TC-2, TA-4, EA-6B, TA-7C, A-7K, TAV-8B, A-37, CT-114, T-2C, Alpha Jet, Aermacchi MB 326H, PC-9 (front seat), T-50, MiG-21 (front seat), MiG-23 (front seat), MiG-29, Su-30, Hawk T1/127, Harrier T4, Tornado GR1T/GR4, Jaguar T2, Typhoon T3, EMB-312 Tucano (front seat), and U-2. Also T-6C and AT-6 (both front seat), T-28B (front seat), T-34A (front seat), AH-1W, OV-10, B-52H, B-1B (left seat), Canberra T4, KC-135A (left seat), XV-15 (left seat), C-17 (left seat), C-47 (left seat), C-130, C-131, E-3 AWACS, Valmet Redigo L-90 TP, and Wright B Flyer replica, plus high g-tolerance centrifuge training, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, and U.S. Parachute Association B License with 44 jumps (34 free-fall). AFFILIATIONS Council on Foreign Relations, Air Force Association, Air Force Historical Foundation, U.S. Naval Institute, Association of Naval Aviation, Red River Valley Fighter Pilots Association, Order of Daedalians, Tailhook Association 20 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Lt. Gen. Tad J.Oelstrom, USAF (Ret.) Director, National Security Program, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. Moderator and Speaker in the 1st Session Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts “What Does Recent Use of Air and Space Power Imply for the Future?” Tad Oelstrom, adjunct lecturer in Public Policy, is Director of the National Security Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. The National Security Program encompasses a broad range of executive education initiatives, e.g., program for Senior Executives in National and International Security, National Security Fellows program, US-Russia Security program, Black Sea Security Program, Generals and Flag Officers Homeland Security Program and the US-South Asia Leader Engagement Program. He joined the faculty in 2001 after more than 35 years in the US Air Force, retiring as a Lieutenant General. As a Command Pilot, he has flown more than 20 types of fighter aircraft, served in 6 different countries, and participated in combat in both Southeast Asia and Southwest Asia. He has command experience at all tactical levels from Flight through Numbered Air Force. Key senior command positions include three different fighter wings in England, Southwest Asia, and Germany, the US Third Air Force in England and the US Air Force Academy. Key staff assignments include Director of Fighter Operations, Tactical Air Command; Executive Officer to the Deputy Commander US European Command; and Inspector General US Air Forces in Europe. His areas of focus are national and international security issues, US military, and advanced development education for national security professionals. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 21 Air Marshal David Walker, RAF (Ret.) an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter Strategy and Security Institute; and a visiting Lecturer at the USAF Maxwell Air University Alabama; former Deputy Commander, Allied Joint Force Command at Brunssum. Speaker in the 1st Session Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts “Recent Operations - Enduring Lessons and Emerging Challenges for Air Power” David Walker retired from the Royal Air Force in July 2013 having commanded operationally at squadron, wing, and group level. He served in flying and command duties in Germany, Belize, the Falkland Islands, USA, Iraq, and Bosnia; and in senior staff appointments in the UK Ministry of Defence, NATO Headquarters, deployed operational locations, and throughout the RAF command structure. He served on exchange with the US Navy and has held 3 separate senior NATO appointments, most recently as the Deputy Joint Force Commander at JFC Brunssum. As the Deputy Commander for the NATO Air Headquarters he initiated and championed the successful multi-national NATO helicopter project to support operations in Afghanistan and was selected by the US and NATO to lead the development of the US/NATO Ballistic Missile Defence programme. David was educated at Bristol University (BSc in Geography); King’s College London (MA in Defence Studies); and is completing a PhD in Military History with the War Studies Department at the Birmingham University. He is a Graduate of the Windsor Leadership Trust; the University of Exeter Strategic Development Scheme; an Honorary Fellow of the University of Exeter Strategy and Security Institute; and a visiting Lecturer at the USAF Maxwell Air University Alabama. 22 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Major General Micael BYDÉN Chief of Staff, Swedish Air Force. Speaker in the 1st Session Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts “Swedish Air Power Delivering Independently, Joint, and Combined” Major General Bydén was born in Gnarp, Sweden in 1964. He graduated from the Coastal Artillery Academy in 1985 and then converted to the Air Force to start basic flying training. Most of the early part of his career was spent in the air as a fighter pilot. In 1999 he left F21 Wing in the northern part of Sweden and moved to Washington D.C to take post as Air Attaché at the Swedish Embassy for three years. Since then he has served as Commanding officer at the Swedish Air Force Flying Training School and at the Swedish armed Forces Helicopter Wing. Among other commitments he served as Chief of Staff at HQ Regional Command North, ISAF, in 2011. In 2012 he was promoted Major General and took post as the Chief of Staff, Swedish Air Force. He has some 1500 flight hours in propeller and jet trainers and all versions of SAAB 37 Viggen (recce, ground attack and fighter). Part from this he has also basic helicopter training. His hobbies include golf, hunting, running, workout and skiing. He is married to Anita Carlman and they have three children; Ludvig, Lovisa and Harald. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 23 Colonel Professor John Andreas OLSEN Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Visiting Professor of Operational Art and Tactics, Swedish National Defense College. Speaker in the 1st Session Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts “A New Air Power Concept” Dr. John Andreas Olsen is director in the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, head of section for security policy analyses, colonel in the Royal Norwegian Air Force and visiting professor at the Swedish Defence University. He was the deputy commander and chief of the NATO Advisory Team at NATO Headquarters, Sarajevo, from 2009 to 2012. His previous assignments include tours as dean of the Norwegian Defence University College and head of its division for strategic studies. Colonel Olsen is a graduate of the German Command and Staff College and has served both as liaison officer to the German Operational Command in Potsdam and as military assistant to the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin. He has a doctorate in history and international relations from De Montfort University, a master’s degree in contemporary literature from the University of Warwick, and a master’s degree in English from the University of Trondheim. Professor Olsen is the author of Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm (2003) and John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power (2007); coauthor of Destination NATO: Defence Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003‒2013 (2013); editor of On New Wars (2006), A History of Air Warfare (2010), Global Air Power (2011), Air Commanders (2012), European Air Power (2014) and Airpower Reborn (2015); and coeditor of The Evolution of Operational Art (2011) and The Practice of Strategy (2012). Olsen has received several awards for his command and work. 24 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Professor Thomas A. KEANEY The Associate Director of Strategic Studies, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Executive Director of the Merrill Center, and a senior adjunct professor of strategic studies at SAIS. Speaker in the 1st Session Air and Space Power in Recent Crises and Conflicts “Rethinking Air Campaigns” Dr. Keaney is the Associate Director of Strategic Studies, Executive Director of the Merrill Center, and a senior adjunct professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Before coming to SAIS in 1998, he was for ten years a professor of military strategy at National War College, Washington DC, and director of its core courses on military thought and strategy. A retired colonel in the U.S. Air Force, during his military career he served in positions including: associate professor of history at the U.S. Air Force Academy; planner on the Air Staff; chairman of the department of military strategy at National War College; forward air controller in Vietnam; and B-52 squadron commander. During 1991 and 1992 he was a researcher/author with the Gulf War Air Power Survey. He was co-author of two reports of that survey, The Summary Report and The Effects and Effectiveness of Air Power, and a subsequent book, Revolution in Warfare?: Air Power in the Persian Gulf (with Eliot A. Cohen). Among his publications are: US Allies in a Changing World (2001) and Armed Forces in the Middle East, Politics and Strategy (2002) (both ed. with Barry Rubin); War in Iraq: Planning and Operations (2007) (ed. with Thomas Mahnken); and Understanding Counterinsurgency Warfare (2010) (ed. with Thomas Rid). He received a Ph.D. in History from the University of Michigan. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 25 General Jean Paul PALOMÉROS Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Norfolk, Virginia. Keynote Speaker of 2nd Session C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power “Air Power and Transformation” General Jean-Paul Paloméros was confirmed by the North Atlantic Council as Supreme Allied Commander Transformation on 6 August 2012 and assumed Command in Norfolk, Virginia, on 28 September 2012. He joined the French Air Force Academy in 1973 and qualified as a fighter pilot in 1976. Throughout his career he acquired extensive experience both as an operational Commander and as a fighter pilot, having flown 82 combat missions and more than 3,500 flying hours, mostly on Mirage F1C and Mirage 2000 aircraft. He commanded 2/12 Picardy Squadron in Cambrai which he led for the “Epervier” operational deployment in Chad (1987) and then the 30th Fighter Wing in Reims (1990). He was then appointed as Commander of Cazaux Air Force Base from 1996 to 1998. This base hosts one the main French flight test centres, several advanced French flying training squadrons and a permanently stationed Singaporean training Squadron. General Palomeros also has a diverse background in multinational operations and was deployed in Vicenza, Italy (1993) as Deputy Commander of the French Air Force during Operation “Crecerelle”, French participation in operation “Deny Flight”, and then in Kiseljak, Bosnia-Herzegovina (1995) where he was in charge of coordinating the air-ground campaign during Operation “Deliberate Force.” He became the head of the “Studies and Strategic Plans” Department of the French Air Force Staff in 1998. Promoted to Brigadier General in 2001, he was appointed as Chairman of the Capability Development Committee within the French Joint Staff and in August 2002 became the Head of the Plans and Program Division. In April 2005, he was appointed Vice-Chief of Staff of the French Air Force. In this function, he developed and implemented the new organization named “Air 2010.” Promoted to General, he went on to serve as Air Force Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2012. 26 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL General Palomeros graduated from the Royal Air Force Staff College, Bracknell, Great Britain in 1993 where he was awarded the Curtis Prize by the Chief of the Air Staff of Great Britain. He was awarded the rank of Grand Officer of the French Legion of Honour in 2009. He is also an Officer of the National Order of Merit and holds the Aeronautical Medal. Married to Agnes and the father of 5 grown-up children and 8 grandchildren, he regularly goes jogging, enjoys swimming, opera and poetry. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 27 Lt. Gen. David A.Deptula, USAF (Ret.) Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, a thought leader and independent consultant on defense, strategy, and ISR, and President, The Deptula Group, LLC. Moderator and Speaker in the 2nd Session C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power “A New Era for Command & Control of Aerospace Operations” Lieutenant General David A. Deptula (Ret.) is a battle-tested defense innovator. A highly decorated military leader, he transitioned from the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in 2010 after more than 34 years of distinguished service. He is a world-recognized leader and pioneer in conceptualizing, planning, and executing national security operations from humanitarian relief to major combat operations. Accomplished historic achievements and several “firsts” in the command of joint forces, planning and execution of aerospace power, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), and improved international relationships. He has taken part in operations, planning, and joint warfighting at unit, major command, service headquarters and combatant command levels, and also served on two congressional commissions charged with outlining America’s future defense posture. General Deptula has significant experience in combat and leadership in several major joint contingency operations. He was the principal attack planner for the Desert Storm coalition air campaign in 1991. He has twice been a Combined/Joint Task Force Commander – in 1998/1999 for Operation Northern Watch where he flew 82 combat missions as a general officer, and for Operation Deep Freeze conducting operations in Antarctica. In 2001, he served as Director of the Combined Air Operations Center for Operation Enduring Freedom, where he orchestrated air operations over Afghanistan during the period of decisive combat. In 2005, he was the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) for Operation Unified Assistance, the South Asia tsunami relief effort, and in 2006 he was the standing JFACC for Pacific Command. General Deptula was the first Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR), Headquarters Air Force. Responsible for policy formulation, planning, and leadership of AF ISR and remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), he transformed those enterprises setting a standard emulated by services and nations around the world. In 2009 he was recognized as the Targeting Professional of the Year as the driving force in standing up the Air Force Targeting Center. In 2010 he was awarded a Aviation Week & Space Technology Aerospace Laureate Award for extraordinary accomplishment in national defense, and in 2010 he was also presented with the General H.H. Award, the AF Association’s highest honor to a military member in the field of national security. 28 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL He has piloted more than 3,000 flying hours (400 in combat) to include multiple operational fighter command assignments in the F-15. Formerly, the CEO of a high technology company, he is currently a board member on a variety of public, private and think-tank institutions; is a senior scholar at the US Air Force Academy; and a sought-after commentator around the world as a thought leader on defense; strategy; and ISR. Born in Dayton, Ohio, General Deptula earned his B.A. with distinction in astronomy at the University of Virginia where he was commissioned as an Air Force officer in 1974 as a distinguished graduate from Air Force ROTC. He remained at the University of Virginia to complete a master’s degree in systems engineering. He also earned a master’s degree in National Security Strategy from the National War College. He is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Air Command and Staff College, and the Armed Forces Staff College. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 29 Air Vice Marshal Junaid Ahmed SIDDIQUI Director General C4I at Pakistan Air Force. Speaker in the 2nd Session C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power “C2 ISR in the Perspective of Counter Insurgency Operations (COIN OPS)” Air Vice Marshal Juniad Ahmed Siddiqui was born in Lahore on 01 November, 1958. He was inducted in Pakistan Air Force Academy in 1978 in General Duty Pilot Branch. After completing his Flying Training from PAF Academy, he was commissioned in PAF as Pilot Officer in 1981. He was promoted to the Rank of Air Vice Marshal on 21 July, 2011. During his professional career, AVM Juniad Ahmed Siddiqui has held various Command and Staff appointments. His Staff appointments include Flight Safety Officer at Fighter Base, Deputy Director Flight Safety at Air Headquarters and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Operations at Air Headquarters. He has commanded Fighter Squadron, Combat Flying Wing and Military Training Wing at PAF Academy. In addition to Commanding a fighter Base of PAF he has also served as Deputy Director General Civil Aviation Authority Pakistan. Air Vice Marshal Juniad Ahmed Siddiqui has been appointed as Director General C4I (Command, Control, Communication, Computers and Intelligence) at Air Headquarters since August, 2013. The officer is a qualified Instructor Pilot and graduate of Combat Commander School. He is also graduate of prestigious Air War College, Nation Defence University Islamabad and Nation Defence University China. He holds bachelor degree in Aero Sciences and Honors & two Masters Degrees in War Studies and Defence Strategic Studies. For his meritorious services the Air Officer has been conferred with 04 Green Endorsements, Chief of the Air Staff Commendation Certificate, Sitara-i-Basalat and Sitara-i-Imtia (Militry). 30 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL General Abidin ÜNAL Commander, Air Combat and Air Defense Command, Turkish Air Force. Speaker in the 2nd Session C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power “Centralized Control of Airpower with Effective ISR Capability” He was born in 01 January 1953 in Pınarbaşı-KAYSERİ. Upon graduation from Kazancık primary school, he finished his secondary education at Pınarbaşı Secondary School and Karabük Demir-Çelik Secondary school. Attended Ankara Chemical Technician School in 1968 and graduated in 1972 as he attended Turkish Air Force Academy at the same year. In 30 August 1975, he graduated with the rank of lieutenant. After completion of flight and combat readiness training in 2nd Main Jet Base Flight Training Central Command and 3rd Main Jet Base respectively, he was assigned to 3rd Main Jet Base 131st Squadron Command as wing pilot and instructor pilot in July He was attended Air War College in 1982, graduated in 1984 and assigned to Air Military College Trainee Regiment as Division Commander. With first F-16 activation in 1987, first he was assigned to Öncel Squadron as Operations Officer and Instructor Pilot, then in 1989 upon activation he was assigned to 142nd Squadron as wing commander; in 1990 he was assigned to MND System Management Division as Project Officer, in 1991 he was assigned to 162nd Squadron as Operations Officer. In 1992 he attended Royal Air Force Air College for a year; in 1993 he was assigned to 192nd Squadron as Squadron Commander. In 1994 he was assumed the duty of Project Officer at General Staff Plans and Policy Division Disarmament and International Relations Branch and in 1995 assigned as Military Advisor of Turkish Permanent Representative of OSCE in Vienna. He assumed the duty of Operations Commander at 5th Main Jet Base Command in September 1998, promoted the rank of Brigadier General in 30 August 2000 and at the same date he was assigned as the Head of Scientific Decision Support Center. During his duty, he was a senior member of NATO Technology and Research Organization General Committee. He was assigned to 5th Main Jet Base Command as the Commander in 03 August 2002 and in 04 August 2003 he was assigned to Air Force HQ as the Head of Project Management Division. Promoted the rank of Major General in 30 August 2004 and assumed the duty of ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 31 Chief of Plans and Policy Division at Headquarters in 17 August 2004. He was assigned as the Commander of Air Military College in 04 August 2006. He was promoted the rank of Lieutenant General in 30 August 2008 and between 15 August 2008 and 12 August 2009 he was assumed the duty of the Head of General Staff ATASE and Inspection Division while he was the Deputy Commander of the Air Force between 14 August 2009 and 09 August 2011. Lieutenant General ÜNAL was assigned as the Commander of 1st Air Force and 6th CAOC. In 05 August 2014 he was assumed the duty of Deputy Comander Of Air Combat and Air Defence Command. He was promoted the rank of General in 30 August 2014 and assigned to Air Combat and Air Defence Command as the Commander. General Abidin ÜNAL is married to Mrs. Leyla ÜNAL and father to 2 children. 32 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL General Frank GORENC “Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa, Commander Allied Air Command, Ramstein Air Base,Germany, Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar, Germany.” Speaker in the 2nd Session C2 and ISR Capability for Contemporary Air and Space Power “Global Integrated ISR (GIISR) for the Joint Force Commander” Gen. Frank Gorenc is Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces Africa, Commander Allied Air Command, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Director, Joint Air Power Competence Centre, Kalkar, Germany. He is responsible for Air Force activities, conducted through 3rd Air Force, in an area of operations covering more than 19 million square miles. This area includes 104 countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East, and the Arctic, Atlantic and Indian oceans, and possesses more than a quarter of the world’s population and generates more than a quarter of the world’s gross domestic product. General Gorenc was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has commanded a fighter squadron, an operations group, two wings, the Air Force District Washington, and a component Numbered Air Force. General Gorenc has served in numerous positions at Air Combat Command, the Air Staff, the Joint Staff, and at US European Command/Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. Prior to assuming his current position, he was the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. The general is a command pilot with more than 4,500 flight hours. EDUCATION 1979 Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1983 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence 1986 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence 1986 NATO Tactical Leadership Program, Jever AB, West Germany 1988 Distinguished graduate, U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 1989 Master of Aeronautical Science degree, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 33 Beach, Fla. 1994 Air War College, by seminar 1995 Master of Science degree in national security strategy, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2006 Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2007 Capstone Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 2008 Joint Flag Officer Warfighter Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2008 Defense Policy Seminar, Elliott School of International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 2009 Cyberspace Operations Executive Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2011 Pinnacle General and Flag Officer Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. August 1979 - December 1980, student, undergraduate pilot training, Vance AFB, Okla. 2. December 1980 - April 1984, T-38A instructor pilot and flight examiner, 25th Flying Training Squadron, Vance AFB, Okla. 3. April 1984 - August 1984, student, F-15 Replacement Training Unit, Luke AFB, Ariz. 4. August 1984 - April 1988, F-15C aircraft commander, flight examiner and flight commander, 525th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Bitburg AB, West Germany 5. April 1988 - October 1991, F-15C aircraft commander and Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 94th Fighter Squadron, Langley AFB, Va. 6. October 1991 - March 1992, Chief, Weapons and Tactics, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va. 7. March 1992 - June 1992, aide to the Commander, Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Va. 8. June 1992 - September 1993, aide to the Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 9. September 1993 - August 1994, Chief, Operational Officer Assignments Branch, ACC, Langley AFB, Va. 10. August 1994 - September 1995, student, National War College, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. 11. September 1995 - January 1996, operations officer, 390th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho 12. January 1996 - June 1997, Commander, 390th Fighter Squadron, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho 34 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 13. June 1997 - January 1998, special assistant to Operations Group Commander, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho 14. January 1998 - December 2000, Chief, Studies, Analysis and Gaming Division, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 15. December 2000 - August 2002, Commander, 18th Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan 16. August 2002 - September 2003, special assistant to U.S. European Command/Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Mons, Belgium 17. September 2003 - June 2005, Commander, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Va. 18. June 2005 - July 2006, Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad AB, Iraq 19. August 2006 - June 2007, Director, Operational Plans and Joint Matters, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air, Space and Information Operations, Plans and Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 20. June 2007 - August 2008, Commander, Air Force District of Washington, Andrews AFB, Md. 21. August 2008 - August 2009, Director of Air and Space Operations, Air Combat Command, Langley AFB, Va. 22. August 2009 - March 2012, Commander, 3rd Air Force, Ramstein AB, Germany 23. April 2012 - August 2013, Assistant Vice Chief of Staff and Director, Air Staff, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C. 24. August 2013 - present, Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Africa; Commander, Air Component Command, headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Director, Joint Air Power Competency Centre, Kalkar, Germany SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. January 1998 - December 2000, Chief, Studies, Analysis and Gaming Division, Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel and colonel 2. August 2002 - September 2003, special assistant to U.S. European Command/Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Mons, Belgium, as a colonel 3. June 2005 - July 2006, Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad AB, Iraq, as a colonel and brigadier general FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command pilot Flight hours: More than 4,500 Aircraft flown: T-38A, F-15C, MQ-1B, UH-1N and C-21 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 35 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Defense Superior Service Medal with oak leaf cluster Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Airman’s Medal Bronze Star Medal Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters Aerial Achievement Medal with silver oak leaf cluster Joint Service Commendation Medal Air Force Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster Air Force Achievement Medal with oak leaf cluster Combat Readiness Medal with four oak leaf clusters National Defense Service Medal with bronze star Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Southwest Asia Service Medal Iraq Campaign Medal Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Air and Space Campaign Medal NATO Medal OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS 2006 Joseph A. Moller Trophy, Air Combat Command’s Outstanding Wing Commander EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 30, 1979 First Lieutenant May 30, 1981 Captain May 30, 1983 Major June 1, 1990 Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 1994 Colonel Sept. 1, 1998 Brigadier General Oct. 1, 2005 Major General Feb. 1, 2008 Lieutenant General Aug. 24, 2009 General Aug. 2, 2013 (Current as of April 2014) 36 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL General Francisco Javier García ARNAIZ Spanish Air Force Chief of Staff. Moderator and Speaker in the 3rd Session Sustainment of Combat Air and Space Power “Is There Any Need for an Air Operations Specific Logistic Doctrine and Policy?” Nominated by H.M. the King, the 4-star General (General del Aire) F. Javier García Arnaiz began his duties as the twentieth Spanish Air Force (SpAF) Chief of Staff on July 27th, 2012. Under the direct authority of the Minister of Defense, he is responsible for the organization, training and equipping of 24.000 active-duty and civilian forces. He is also member of the National Defense Council. General Arnaiz was born and primarily educated in Madrid. He joined the SpAF in 1972 and, after completing his studies in the Spanish Air Force Academy, he was posted to his first assignment in the 12th Fighter Wing, Torrejon Air Base, at that time equipped with F-4C. Since then he had the opportunity to develop his fighter pilot career at three different operational wings: the aforementioned 12th Wing (F-4 and F-18), the 15th Fighter Wing (F-18) at Zaragoza Air Base and the 21st Fighter Wing (F-18) at Morón Air Base. He has accumulated around 4000 flying hours, mainly on board of the F-4 and the F-18. In 2000, colonel Arnaiz was nominated Commander of the 12th Fighter Wing, flying the F-18 aircraft. In addition to his pilot activities, General Arnaiz has been assigned to several Staff Officer positions such as the Air Combat Command, the Chief of Staff Office and the Air Force Staff. His international experience is also wide. Among others, he´s had the following assignments: Balkans Operations, UNPROFOR Air liaison Officer in Bosnia-Herzegovina, SP representative to CAOC Vicenza for “Deliberate Force” Operation, Commander of the Forward Support Base (FSB) Herat, Afghanistan, in the ISAF mission and in 2006 he was designated Deputy Spanish MILREP to the NATO and EU Military Committees, in Brussels. In 2010 General Arnaiz became SpAF Deputy Chief of Staff, and thereby responsible of the main organization committed to provide advice to the Chief of Staff. From this position he was ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 37 promoted to Chief of Staff two years later. General Arnaiz is married and has two children. EDUCATION • Fighter and transport pilot. • Air Staff Course. • NATO Defence College Senior Course. • Forward Air Controller. • Flight Safety (USA). LANGUAGES • English SLP 4.4.4.4. • French SLP 4.3.4.3. • Italian SLP 3.3.4.3. AWARDS • Gran Cruz de la Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo. • Gran Cruz del Mérito Aeronáutico con distintivo blanco. • Gran Cruz de la Orden del Mérito de la Guardia Civil. • Cinco Cruces del Mérito Aeronáutico con Distintivo Blanco. • Placa, Encomienda y Cruz de la Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo. • Cruz de la Orden del Mérito de la Guardia Civil con distintivo blanco. • Medalla de las Naciones Unidas (UNPROFOR). • Medalla OTAN (Antigua Yugoslavia). • Medalla OTAN: No artículo 5 “ISAF” • Medalla al Mérito Santos Dumont de la República de Brasil. • Medalla Cruz Centenario Aviación Militar de la República de Chile. • Grado de Oficial en la Orden de la Legión de Honor de la República Francesa. • Distintivo de Mérito por Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz. • Distintivo de realización del curso NADEFCOL. • Distintivo de permanencia en al Estado Mayor de la Defensa. Madrid, 15th October 2014 38 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Lt. Gen. Jean Jacques BOREL Commander, Air Defense and Air Operations, French Air Force. Speaker in the 3rd Session Sustainment of Combat Air and Space Power “Sustainment of Air Power: Benefits of Reachback C2 and Space” Born on June 15th ,1960 in Palikao (French Algeria). Married with 4 children. 1980 “lieutenant Saint-Hillier” entry at the French Air Force Academy. Fighter pilot wings in 1984. 3 300 flying hours. 1984 pilot at the Fighter Squadron 03.030 “Lorraine”, Reims air base. 1988 fourship leader with fighter squadron 01.030 “Valois”, Reims air base. 1990 chief of operations at fighter squadron 03.030 “Lorraine”, Reims air base. 1992 chief of operations then deputy commander of the fighter squadron 03.004 “ Limousin”, Istres air base. 1996 commander of reconnaissance squadron 01.033 “Belfort”, Reims air base. 1999 Defense Staff College, Paris. 2000 Chief of “Air defense” department at the Air Defense and Air Operations Command, Taverny air base. 2001 Deputy chief of staff in charge of operations and air safety affairs with the Air defense and Air Operations Command, Taverny air base. 2003 Air safety” advisor for the Air defense and Air Operations Command, Taverny air base. 2004 Base commander, Colmar-Meyenheim Air Force 132 and Military senior representative for the Haut-Rhin administrative department. 2007 Head of Risk management at the Air Force Staff , Paris air base. 2009 Air Force advisor to the General commanding the Joint Operations Center (CPCO), Defense Staff (EMA), Paris. 2010 Head of planning and logistics for the CPCO, Defense Staff (EMA), Paris. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 39 2012 Chief of Staff of the Air defense and Air Operations Command, Lyon air base. 2013 Deputy Commander, Air Defense and Air Operations, Paris. 2014 Commander, Air Defense and Air Operations, Lyon. Promotion: 1st august 2014 Lieutenant General. Decorations: Officer of the Legion of Honour. Commander of the National Order of Merit. Medal of Aeronautics. Cross of Military Valour with a bar. 40 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Lt. Col. Tamer ÖZARSLAN Faculty Member in Management Department, Turkish Air War College. Speaker in the 3rd Session Sustainment of Combat Air and Space Power “Current and Future Challenges in Military Logistic Domain, How These Challenges Effect Today’s Military Leaders and Their Training Requirements in Logistic” Lieutenant Colonel Tamer ÖZARSLAN was born in Erzurum in 1972. Following his technical high school education in 1991, he joined the Air Force. Graduating from Turkish Air Force Academy, ÖZARSLAN became officer in 1995. Upon completing his Basic Supply Officer Course, he was assigned to 7th Main Jet Base, Malatya as logistic officer in 1996. As logistic officer he dealt with tactical level logistical arrangements. It was a unique experience for him to develop a program to balance main equipment requirements in F-4 main jet base. From 1999 to 2002 he earned his MS Degree in Industrial Engineering and submitted his thesis on “Applications of Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluate efficiency of Turkish Airforce F-16 squadrons” to The Middle East Technical University. He served as Bilateral Relations Executive Officer in Turkish Air Force Headquarter till 2005. In 2007, after two years of education at the Turkish Air War College, ÖZARSLAN became staff officer and was assigned to General Staff Headquarters. He prepared a thesis on “The implications of Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program on Turkish Air Force Logistics System and Turkish Air Force dependence on foreign logistic supply”. He served as project officer in the Plans and Policy Division up to 2011. During this assignment, he mainly dealt with helicopter procurement projects and long-term defense planning issues. At this post, he also completed Pakistan Air War College education in 2010 and became a member of Pakistan AWC alumnae after 11 months of foreign education and training experience. He prepared a thesis on “Border Security issues in the context of TurkishEuropean Union Accession Negotiations”. He served as Air and Space Operations Planer in NATO Allied AIRCOM Ramstein/Germany ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 41 in 2011 and dealt with operations planning and several capability development projects like AGS. Then, he took over military assistant office to DCOS PLANS in NATO Allied AIRCOM in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He completed his foreign assignment in 2014 and be back to Turkey. As of 2014 he was assigned to Air War College as Faculty Member in Management Department. His main research areas are long term defense planning, logistic and operations planning, project management, strategic planning and logistic. He is following his doctoral program at Department of Management and Organizational Behavior in Yıldız Technical University. Lieutenant Colonel Tamer ÖZARSLAN is married and has three children. EDUCATION 1995 Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering, Turkish Air Force Academy, Istanbul. 1996 Basic Supply Officer Course, Training Command, Izmir. 2002 MS Degree in Industrial Engineering at METU, Ankara. 2007 Air War College, Istanbul. 2008 Defense Resources Management Course, California, USA. 2010 Pakistan Air War College, Karachi, Pakistan. AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Education and Training Service Achievement Award, 2 stars Administrative and Logistic Service Achievement Award, 2 stars NATO Assignment Mission Award EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant Aug 30, 1995 First Lieutenant Aug 30, 1998 Captain Aug 30, 2003 Major Aug 30, 2007 Lt.Colonel Aug 30, 2012 (Current as of Apr 2015) 42 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Dr. Robert S. TRIPP Senior Management Scientist, RAND Corporation, Ca, USA. Speaker in the 3rd Session Sustainment of Combat Air and Space Power “A Proactive Approach for Integrating Logistics Enterprise Capabilities into the Operational Planning and Execution Process” Col (Dr.) Robert Tripp, USAF, retired (BS, MS, Michigan Technological University; PhD, University of Minnesota), is a senior staff member at RAND Corporation, a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decision making through research and analysis. He has led Army and Air Force research projects to evaluate alternative combat-support postures. During the last several years, he has led research efforts to evaluate how support policy, practice, and technology options impact the effectiveness and efficiency of air and space expeditionary forces. Dr. Tripp has held corporate officer positions in industry, and he has served in the Air Force. Before he retired at the rank of colonel, he served in numerous logistics positions that included program manager of two large logistics information systems. Dr. Tripp has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in logistics, production management, management sciences, and management information systems at the Air Force Institute of Technology and the University of New Mexico. He chaired the Management Science and Management Information Systems Department at the Robert O. Andersen Schools of Management at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Tripp has numerous refereed publications in the fields of logistics and information systems. He has been recognized as Teacher of the Year at the University of New Mexico, by the National Gold Key Honor Society; awarded the RAND Silver Medal for important contributions to research; and the Research Excellence Award by RAND’S Project Air Force. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 43 Professor Umran Savaş İNAN President of Koç University, İstanbul. Moderator and Speaker in the 4th Session Personnel Quality and Effectiveness in the Future Air and Space Power “Leadership in the 21st Century; Creativity & Individualism versus Chain of Command” Umran S. Inan (BS’73–MS’74–PhD’77) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1972 and 1973, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in 1977. Professor Inan is currently the President of Koç University in Istanbul, Turkey. He served for many years at Stanford University, as a Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Director of the Space, Telecommunications, and Radioscience Laboratory. In this capacity, Professor Inan has managed numerous scientific projects totaling $90M and has served as the Principal Dissertation Supervisor for more than 60 PhD students. Prof. Inan is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, a Fellow of the Institute of Electrıcal and Electronics Engineering (IEEE), a Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), and is a member of Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and the Electromagnetics Academy. He has served as the Chair of the U.S. National Committee of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) and the International Chair of Commission H (Waves in Plasmas) of URSI., and is currently serving as the Vice President of URSI. He was the recipient of the 2007 Stanford University Allan V. Cox Medal for Faculty Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research; the 1998 Stanford University Tau Beta Pi Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching; several Group Achievement Awards from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Space Agency; the Antarctic Service Medal of the U.S., with an Antarctic Mountain named “Inan Peak” in his honor; and the 2008 Appleton Prize from URSI and the Royal Society. Professor Inan recently received 2010 Special Science Award from the Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) of Turkey, and was elected as a Member of the Turkish Academy of Sciences (TUBA). 44 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood AHMED Former Commander of Pakistan Air Force. Speaker in the 4th Session Personnel Quality and Effectiveness in the Future Air and Space Power “Significance, Quality, Development and Effectiveness of Human Resource in Future Air & Space Power” Born in 1952, Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed got his initial education from Central Model School in Lahore. Subsequently, after doing his F Sc from PAF Public School, Sargodha, he joined the Pakistan Air Force. He graduated from PAF Academy, Risalpur in April, 1972 and went on to do Fighter Conversion Course and Operational Conversion Course. He first flew the American F-86 (Sabre) and later all types of Chinese and French fighter aircraft on PAF inventory, including F-16s. He is an accomplished fighter pilot with rich experience on F-16s and Mirages. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) and a Combat Commander on Fighters. He commanded an elite Fighter Squadron, the choicest F-16 Flying Wing, PAF Base, Sargodha and PAF Academy, Risalpur. In staff jobs, the Air Chief Marshal has served as Deputy Director in Operations Branch, Personal Staff Officer to two Air Chiefs, Chief Project Director of F-16 Project, Senior Air Staff Officer at Northern Air Command, Peshawar and Director General, Air Weapons Complex, Wah. At senior staff assignments, the Air Chief Marshal has the unique distinction of having served as Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Administration), Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations) and Vice Chief of the Air Staff. The Air Chief Marshal has also served the UAE Air Force as a fighter instructor pilot. He is a graduate of Air War College, Turkey and National Defense University, Islamabad from where he did his M Sc in Strategic Studies. Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mehmood Ahmed assumed the command of PAF on 18 March 2006 and retired with distinction on 18 March,2009. He is married and is blessed with four children, two of them are pilots in the PAF. In recognition of his meritorious and exceptionally dedicated services, he has been decorated with Sitara-i-Basalat, Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military), Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Miltary) and Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military). For his outstanding and distinctive services, he has ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 45 also been awarded ‘The Legion Of Merit of the Turkish Armed Force’, King Abdul Aziz Distinctive medal from Saudi Arabia, Khalifa bin Zayed medal of First grade from UAE, Sultan of Oman’s distinctive Medal from Oman and a special medal from Government of Brazil. During the forty years that he spent in the PAF, he had the distinction of working with Defence industry personnel from the US, the UK, France, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Far East, China and South Africa. He has also worked as member Board of Governors, Fauji Foundation (2000 to 2002), DHA Karachi (2001 and 2002), member Board of Directors Shaheen Foundation (2000 to 2006),Chairman, Shaheen Foundation (2006-2009), member and Chairman Board of Governors, Air University, Islamabad (2004-2009), Chairman, Board of Governors, PAF KIET Korangi, Karachi, member Board of Governors, CAA Pakistan (2003-2006) and member Board of Directors, Shaheen Air International. He resides in his private house in Lahore Cantt. 46 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL General Robin RAND Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, USA. Speaker in the 4th Session Personnel Quality and Effectiveness in the Future Air and Space Power “AETC/CC Leadership and Professional Development Perspective” Selected for reassignment as Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana Gen. Robin Rand is Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. He is responsible for the recruiting, training and education of Air Force personnel. His command includes the Air Force Recruiting Service, two numbered air forces and Air University. The command operates nearly 1,370 trainer, fighter and mobility aircraft, 23 wings, 12 bases, and five geographically separated groups. It trains more than 293,000 students per year with approximately 62,000 active-duty, Reserve, Guard, civilian and contractor personnel. General Rand was commissioned in 1979 after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Academy. He’s had multiple flying tours; served as an air liaison officer with the U.S. Army; and has had staff tours on the Joint Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and Air Staff. General Rand’s previous commands include the 36th Fighter Squadron, USAF Weapons School, 8th Fighter Wing, 56th Fighter Wing, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and prior to this assignment 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. General Rand is a command pilot with more than 5,000 flying hours, including more than 470 combat hours. EDUCATION 1979 Bachelor of Science degree in aviation science, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1982 Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 1986 Air Command and Staff College, by seminar ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 47 1988 Master of Science degree in aeronautical science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Fla. 1990 U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev. 1998 Master of Arts degree in national security policy, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 2010 Joint Flag Officer Warfighter Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala. 2012 Pinnacle Course, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. ASSIGNMENTS 1. July 1979 - July 1980, student pilot, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Ariz. 2. August 1980 - December 1980, T-37 pilot, pilot instructor training, Randolph AFB, Texas 3. January 1981 - May 1984, T-37 instructor pilot, 82nd Flying Training Wing, Williams AFB, Ariz. 4. May 1984 - July 1984, AT-38 pilot, fighter lead-in training, Holloman AFB, N.M. 5. August 1984 - January 1985, F-16 pilot, F-16 training, 63rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, MacDill AFB, Fla. 6. February 1985 - December 1986, F-16 pilot, 612th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Torrejon AB, Spain 7. December 1986 - June 1988, air liaison officer, 3rd Brigade, 1st Armor Division, Bamberg, West Germany 8. July 1988 - October 1988, F-16 pilot, F-16 training, 311th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Luke AFB, Ariz. 9. October 1988 - December 1989, F-16 flight examiner, 432nd Tactical Fighter Wing, Misawa AB, Japan 10. January 1990 - April 1990, F-16 pilot, USAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev. 11. April 1990 - July 1992, F-16 weapons officer, 13th Fighter Squadron; and weapons and tactics flight commander, 432nd Operations Support Squadron, Misawa AB, Japan 12. August 1992 - September 1994, F-16 operations officer, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 13. September 1994 - July 1997, operations officer and Commander, 36th Fighter Squadron, 48 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Osan AB, South Korea 14. August 1997 - June 1998, student, Naval War College, Newport, R.I. 15. June 1998 - May 2000, policy planner, Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 16. May 2000 - March 2001, Deputy Commander, 56th Operations Group, Luke AFB, Ariz. 17. April 2001 - April 2003, Commandant, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nev. 18. May 2003 - May 2004, Commander, 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, South Korea 19. June 2004 - June 2006, Commander, 56th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz. 20. July 2006 - July 2007, Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad AB, Iraq 21. August 2007 - August 2009, Principal Director for Middle East Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 22. August 2009 - November 2011, Director, Legislative Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force; and Special Assistant to the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters Air Force, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C. 23. December 2011 - September 2013, Commander, 12th Air Force, Air Combat Command, and Commander, Air Forces Southern, U.S. Southern Command, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. 24. October 2013 - present, Commander, Air Education and Training Command, Joint Base San Antonio- Randolph, Texas SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS 1. June 1998 - May 2000, policy planner, Directorate for Strategic Plans and Policy (J5), Joint Staff, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a lieutenant colonel 2. July 2006 - July 2007, Commander, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad AB, Iraq, as a brigadier general 3. August 2007 - August 2009, Principal Director for Middle East Policy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., as a brigadier general and major general 4. December 2011 - September 2013, Commander, Air Forces Southern, U.S. Southern Command, Davis- Monthan AFB, Ariz., as a lieutenant general FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: command pilot Flight hours: more than 5,000 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 49 Aircraft flown: Primarily F-16, T-38 and T-37 MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters Bronze Star Medal Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters Korea Defense Service Medal Iraq Campaign Medal with two bronze stars Republic of Korea Order of National Security Merit (Samil Medal) Colombian Air Force Cross of Aeronautical Merit (Grand Cross) Brazilian Air Force Order of Aeronautical Merit (Grand Officer) EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION Second Lieutenant May 30, 1979 First Lieutenant May 30, 1981 Captain May 30, 1983 Major July 1, 1990 Lieutenant Colonel Feb. 1, 1995 Colonel Feb. 1, 2001 Brigadier General Jan. 1, 2006 Major General June 1, 2009 Lieutenant General Dec. 1, 2011 General Oct. 10, 2013 (Current as of March 2015) 50 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Brig. Gen. Recep ÜNAL Director of Training Department at Turkish Air Force Headquarters, Ankara. Speaker in the 4th Session Personnel Quality and Effectiveness in the Future Air and Space Power “Training and Education Perspective for the Future Air and Space Power” Brigadier General Recep UNAL graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1984. He earned his wings after completing the Pilot School training in 1985. He also attended the Air Force Staff College between 1994 and 1996 and the Armed Forces Staff College in 2001. Brigadier General UNAL served in various operational and staff positions throughout his aviation career. His numerous assignments include the 5th Main Jet Base between 1985 and 1991 and 3th Main Jet Base from 1991 to 1994 as Fighter Pilot. He was in the team of founding of the Turkish Acrobatic Team Turkish Stars in Konya at 1993. He served as a Flight Commander at the 5th Main Jet Base in Merzifon between 1985 and 1991. From 1998 to 2001, he was assigned as a Staff Officer to Plans Section, Reaction Forces Air Staff, Germany. Upon completion of his first NATO tour, he later commanded 132nd Squadron with the 3th Main Jet Base in Konya, until 2003. In 2003, He was assigned as Force Planning Section Chief with the J5 at the Turkish General Staff HQ in Ankara. Then, he was assigned to JFC HQ Brunssum, Netherlands as Air Operation Section Chief between 2005 and 2007. Upon completion of his second NATO tour, He was assigned to 3th Main Jet Base in Konya as Chief of Inspection at 2007, one year later as Operational Commander. Then he has performed Training and Exercises Division Head in Air Command İzmir, Turkey for two years. Later he has performed Director of Training in Turkish Air War College. In 2013 he is promoted to Brigadier General and performing as Training Department Chief of Turkish Air Force HQ. Brigadier General Recep UNAL is married to Mrs. Seyda UNAL, with two children; one daughter and a son. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 51 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND 1984 Air Force Academy 1985 Pilot Training School 1994 Air Force Staff College 1998 NATO Defence College – ITA. 2001 Armed Forces Staff College ASSIGNMENTS 1. 1984-1985, student, undergraduate pilot training, Cigli AFB, Izmir. 2. 1985-1991, fighter pilot, Merzifon AFB. 3. 1991-1994, instructor for Tactical Weapon Scholl, founder of Turkish Acrobatic Team TURKISH STARS, Konya AFB. 4. 1994-1996, student, Air War College,Istanbul. 5. 1996-1998, Force planner in Plans & Policy Division, Headquarters Turkish Air Force, Ankara. 6. August 1997-Feb 1998, student, NATO Defence College, Rome, ITA. 7. 1998-2001, Planning Officer, Headquarters Reaction Force Air Staff, Kalkar, Germany. 8. 2001-2002, student, Armed Force Staff Collage, Istanbul. 9. 2002-2003, Commander for 132rd Fighter Wapon Scholl Squadron, Konya. 10. 2003-2005, Force Planning Section Chief, Turkish General Staff J5, Konya. 11. 2005-2007, Air Branch Chief, JFC HQ Brunssum, Netherlands. 12. 2007-2009, Operational Commander, Konya AFB. 13. 2009-2011, A7 Divison Head, Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Izmir, 14.2011-2012, Director of Training in Turkish Air War College, Istanbul, 15. 2012-2013 Training Department Branch Chief in Turkish Air Force HQ 16. 2013-present, Training Department Chief of Turkish Air Force HQ, Ankara, 52 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL FLIGHT INFORMATION Rating: Command Pilot He has a total of 3200 flying hours on F-5 and F-4 aircraft. EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION 1984 2nd Lieutenant 1987 1st Lieutenant 1993 Captain 1998 Major 2002 Lieutenant Colonel 2004 Colonel 2013 Brigadier General ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 53 Colonel Professor John Andreas OLSEN Norwegian Ministry of Defense, Visiting Professor of Operational Art and Tactics, Swedish National Defense College. Closing Remarks International Conference on Air and Space Power, ICAP 2015 “The Increasing Value of Air and Space Power” Dr. John Andreas Olsen is director in the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, head of section for security policy analyses, colonel in the Royal Norwegian Air Force and visiting professor at the Swedish Defence University. He was the deputy commander and chief of the NATO Advisory Team at NATO Headquarters, Sarajevo, from 2009 to 2012. His previous assignments include tours as dean of the Norwegian Defence University College and head of its division for strategic studies. Colonel Olsen is a graduate of the German Command and Staff College and has served both as liaison officer to the German Operational Command in Potsdam and as military assistant to the Norwegian Embassy in Berlin. He has a doctorate in history and international relations from De Montfort University, a master’s degree in contemporary literature from the University of Warwick, and a master’s degree in English from the University of Trondheim. Professor Olsen is the author of Strategic Air Power in Desert Storm (2003) and John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power (2007); coauthor of Destination NATO: Defence Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2003‒2013 (2013); editor of On New Wars (2006), A History of Air Warfare (2010), Global Air Power (2011), Air Commanders (2012), European Air Power (2014) and Airpower Reborn (2015); and coeditor of The Evolution of Operational Art (2011) and The Practice of Strategy (2012). Olsen has received several awards for his command and work. 54 ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL Turkish Air War College The Turkish Air War College (Turkish AWC) is the highest level education and training center of the Air Force. The alma mater of all Air Force military leaders and commanders, the college holds the education philosophy of providing opportunities to young officers with advanced level of thinking, intellectual problem solving, and leadership skills to meet future challenges. Turkish AWC’s accredited education system is composed of three pillars, namely “Management and Military Leadership”, “Strategy and History of Warfare” and “Operations and Intelligence”. It aims to donate future military leaders with the understanding of both distinct leadership skills necessary to deal with today’s military atmosphere and command and control applications in past and present air warfare to overcome operational and logistic problems as well as operational planning to reach political objectives. In addition, to further enhance the abilities of future military leaders and commanders, Turkish AWC has held numerous conferences, symposiums and panels leading the College to become an international center of attraction, along with high standard of education. Empowered with synthesis of scientific knowledge and military tradition, Turkish AWC prepares the members of Allied and Turkish Air Forces today for tomorrow. ICAP ’15 İSTANBUL 55 Notes: