Air and Space Power Journal
Encyclopedia
The US Air Force publishes six different language editions of Air & Space Power Journal (ASPJ). They currently publish in Arabic
, Chinese
, English
, French
, Portuguese
, and Spanish
. Each language edition has its own personality and content selected by editors who are native-speaking regional experts.
The ASPJ website hosts electronic versions of all these publications plus Chronicles Online Journal, the electronic-only companion journal to ASPJ. ASPJ is the professional journal of the US Air Force and the leading forum for worldwide air, space, and cyberspace
power thought. They have published the English language ASPJ since 1947. Previous names of the publication include Aerospace Power Journal, Airpower Journal, and Air University Review.
The Spanish and Portuguese ASPJ editions have provided outreach to international military readers since 1949. The Arabic and French language editions commenced publication in 2005. The Chinese language edition began in 2007. The English language ASPJ promotes air and space power professional dialogue among USAF members as well as other English-speaking militaries around the world in order to foster intellectual and professional development. The other ASPJ language editions serve the same professional needs for air forces, armies, and navies in Latin America
, Africa
, the Middle East
, Asia
, and Europe
.
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
, Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
, and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. Each language edition has its own personality and content selected by editors who are native-speaking regional experts.
The ASPJ website hosts electronic versions of all these publications plus Chronicles Online Journal, the electronic-only companion journal to ASPJ. ASPJ is the professional journal of the US Air Force and the leading forum for worldwide air, space, and cyberspace
Cyberspace
Cyberspace is the electronic medium of computer networks, in which online communication takes place.The term "cyberspace" was first used by the cyberpunk science fiction author William Gibson, though the concept was described somewhat earlier, for example in the Vernor Vinge short story "True...
power thought. They have published the English language ASPJ since 1947. Previous names of the publication include Aerospace Power Journal, Airpower Journal, and Air University Review.
The Spanish and Portuguese ASPJ editions have provided outreach to international military readers since 1949. The Arabic and French language editions commenced publication in 2005. The Chinese language edition began in 2007. The English language ASPJ promotes air and space power professional dialogue among USAF members as well as other English-speaking militaries around the world in order to foster intellectual and professional development. The other ASPJ language editions serve the same professional needs for air forces, armies, and navies in Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
, Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
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