Making Room for Space in Aerospace

<p>Is the Air Force on an evolutionary path to becoming a space and air force? Is it on an evolutionary path to becoming an aerospace force? What is an evolutionary path? Lacking a consistent and coherent vision of what it wants to be can the Air Force evolve at all? This paper attempts to address the answers to these questions by analyzing the roots of the term aerospace and the controversy associated with its renewed use. It makes the assumption up front that the Air Force has abandoned the idea of establishing a space and air force. Instead the Air Force is pursuing a new vision - the vision of an aerospace force. The paper uses naval aviation Marine amphibious warfare and the Independent Air Force as examples of successful military evolution to establish indicators of evolutionary progress.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>