ARTICLES
Part 2: The Myth of the Spitfire – The Spitfire Over Burma
Continuing the story of the Spitfire in the Asia-Pacific, this article reviews the Spitfire in combat with Japanese army Type 1 fighters over India and Burma in late 1943 and early 1944. During most of 1943 the Royal Air Force contested air...
Unmasking the Myth: The Spitfire’s Struggles in the Pacific War
The homepage on my computer cycles various items of interest across the screen. These may be news or current events (fashion and celebrity gossip among them) but also include some historical subjects, even aviation history. Among the latter are...
Mitsubishi Zero 21 – A Question of Speed
This is an updated version of Zero 21: Unraveling the Performance Data - New and improved with additional data and new insights. A lot of widely disseminated but inaccurate data is debunked and – sorry, while it gets close to a definitive answer...
The Real Hero of August 1, 1943 – An Excerpt from SPAW
On the first of August 1943, PT-109 was rammed and cut in two by a Japanese destroyer. The story from the American perspective is well known because the skipper of PT-109 was future President of the U.S. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The following...
The South Pacific – North Viet Nam Connection of the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons
Aficionados of the Pacific air war will appreciate the remarkable history of the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons, known for their significant contributions during World War II and their notable involvement in the early stages of the Vietnam War....
Murakami: September 11th, 1942 – The Rest of the Story and More
This article was previously posted on J-Aircraft.com forum in 2003. An addition has been made at the end to include correspondence and photos from Harumi Sakaguchi, who visited Kitava and interviewed locals and witnesses. Click here to scroll to...
The First Solomons Air Campaign
Numerous books and articles have been written about the air fighting that went on along with the ground combat and naval battles occasioned by the U.S. invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi beginning August 7, 1942. Little has been written about air...
The Type 100 Headquarters Reconnaissance Plane in Japan’s Southeast Area 1942-1944
The Type 100 Headquarters Reconnaissance Plane commonly referred to simply as headquarters reconnaissance airplane (Shin-Shitei) was given the codename Dinah by Allied forces in the Pacific. Arguably it was one of Japan’s most successful aircraft....
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part VIII – Kamikaze Tactics Succeed with Profound Consequences
Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part VII – Mass Japanese Attacks
Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part VI – The First Official Kamikaze Mission
Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background...
Ten Days to Kamikaze – Part V – The Allies Land at Leyte
Ten Days to Kamikaze is a series that explores the decision-making process and implementation of Japan’s use of suicidal crash dives during World War II. It provides an in-depth review of the critical ten-day period and examines the background...
Additional Publications
- Tuluvu’s Air War (Cape Gloucester)
- Masao Yoshihara’s Story: May 14th-25th, 1943
- Error Oft Repeated – The Anabuki Hoax
- Murakami: September 11th, 1942 – The Rest of the Story
- First Kamikaze? Attack on HMAS Australia — October 21st, 1944
- 248th Hiko Sentai: A Japanese “Hard luck” Fighter Unit
University of New Hampshire Magazine
Book Reviews
- Ki-43 Hayabusa aces of World War 2 (via Wayback Machine)
- P-40 Warhawk vs. Ki-43 Oscar (via Wayback Machine)
- Jimmy Doolittle, Hap Arnold, and the Battle of Britain: The 100-Octane Story (2020)
- Uncertain Wings: Curtiss Hawk 75 in China (2008)
- Illusive Target: Bombing Japan from China (2006)
- Chennault and the Flying Tigers – Heroes but were they legal? (2005)
- Double Lucky? The Campaigns of the 77th Hiko Sentai (2005)
- Japanese aircraft code-names in perspective (2005)
- Curtiss-Wright CW-21 (2005)
- Vultee P-66 in Chinese Service (2005)
- Zero Model 21: Unraveling the performance data (2004)
- Republic P-43 and China’s Air War (2004)
- Nakajima Type 1 Model 1 Army Fighter (Ki-43-I) Armament — A Reassessment (2002, 2004)
Selected Legal Publications
Air Force Law Review
- “The Agency Defense in Sale of Drugs Cases” Volume 16 (1974)
- “Aspects of Malingering” Volume 17 (1975).
- “Military Pleading” Volume 17 (1975)
- “Air‑Sea Rescue Operations in Europe During World War II: Historical Perspective on a Footnote in International Law” Volume 21 (1979)
American Business Law Journal
- “Keeping Secrets in the Campus Lab”, Volume 39 (2002) [Outstanding article award, Volume 39; cited in a brief to the U.S. Supreme Court]
Naval Postgraduate School Acquisition Research
- “Contractors in the 21st Century ‘Combat Zone’ (2005)
- “Contractors Supporting Military Operations” (2006)
- “Injecting New Ideas and New Approaches in Defense Systems: Are ‘Other Transactions’ an Answer?” (2009)
- “Contractors on The Battlefield: Resolving the Remaining Policy Issues” (2010)
- [PDFs available at NPS Acquisition Research Program repository]
The Air and Space Lawyer
- “Contractual Mechanisms in Support of Commercial Space Activities” Volume 1 (1984)
Additional legal articles with popular rather than primarily academic style have appeared in publications such as Aerospace America, Contract Management Magazine, Government Executive, Nash & Cibinic Report, and National Defense Magazine. Podcasts and other articles are available at strategicinstitute.org.
The Government Contractor
- “Feature Comment: Appropriate Contractual Instruments for R&D,” 59 GC ¶202 (2017)
- “Feature Comment: DOD Other Transactions Guide—A Breath of Fresh Air,” 60 GC ¶362 (2018)
- “Feature Comment: Thirty Years of Other Transactions,” 61 GC ¶ 347 (2019)
- “Feature Comment: New Administration: New Acquisition System?” 62 GC ¶ 344 (2020)
- “Feature Comment: Space Development Agency: Why Was Using an OT the Second Choice?” 63 GC ¶ 366 (2021)
- “Feature Comment: New Life and a New Number for Research Other Transactions,” 64 GC ¶ 63 (2022)
- “Feature Comment: New DOD Other Transactions Guide: Retreating from Innovation,” 65 GC ¶ 202 (2023)
[TGC is a subscription publication addressing legal aspects of government contracting aimed primarily at law firms, government legal offices and government contractors. In addition to lead articles cited above, TGC also contains several of my Practitioner’s Comments. Some of these articles are available at strategicinstitute.org]
Thompson Reuters Briefing Papers, Second Series
- “Uses of Other Transactions” (2023)
[see comments applicable to TGC above]