US Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall and Chief of
Sta! General Ronald Fogelman adopted a long-range
policy in 1996/1997, which included a mandate to shift
the US Air Force from an &Air and Space Force' to
a &Space and Air Force' [3]. It was the critical role of
space during the Gulf War, that war even being called
`the "rst space wara, which initially generated recognition
within the United States of the need for a switch in
priorities. Acknowledgement of the clear ascendancy of