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Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
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deliberate planning and taskings. JIOCs are located within all CCMDs (referred to as the
Joint Analysis Center in US European Command). They coordinate with theater J2s and
maintain the JTL, NSL, and RTL for specific OPLANs or contingency plans (CONPLANs).
JIOCs have liaisons from the major national intelligence agencies to facilitate effective
national intelligence support to the theaters. The functional commands: USSTRATCOM,
USTRANSCOM, and USSOCOM, also have a JIOC.
Air Component A2 Staff validates and endorses target development priorities with ACC,
363 ISRW, the 616 Operations Center, and 16 AF on behalf of the Command’s AOCs.
This coordination enables reachback, distributed, and federated requirements are
properly estimated based on internal AOC capacity and documented in plans and
directives such as the AOD.
United States Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) plans, coordinates, integrates,
synchronizes, and conducts activities to direct the security, operation, and defense of the
DoD information network (DoDIN). When established, in accordance with AFMAN
13-1AOCV3, the Director of Cyberspace Forces (DIRCYBERFOR/DC4) is the senior
cyberspace advisor to the COMAFFOR/JFACC for the integration of the DoDIN,
defensive cyberspace operations, and offensive cyberspace operations capabilities in
support of air component operations.
United States Space Command (USSPACECOM) supports the joint targeting process
by planning, coordinating, integrating, and executing offensive and defensive space
operations. USSPACECOM also provides key space capabilities to other CCMDs for
precision targeting and deterrence, supporting the JFCs’ objectives. A USSPACECOM
Joint Integrated Space Team (JIST) co-located within each CCMD provides additional
advice on the employment of space capabilities. The CSpOC supports duties associated
with the coordination of space operations.
Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC) executes operational C2 for space
forces under Space Forces Space to achieve theater and global objectives. It
continuously coordinates, plans, integrates, synchronizes, and executes space
operations, providing tailored space effects on demand to support CCDRs. The CSpOC
ISRD provides timely, predictive, and actionable intelligence to support the space tasking
cycle and target development for worldwide terrestrial operations.
United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) supports targeting with assigned
forces including the JWAC, the joint electromagnetic spectrum operations (JEMSO)
office, and the 608 AOC.
Joint Warfare Analysis Center (JWAC) is a functional component of USSTRATCOM
that provides CCMDs, Joint Staff, and other customers with effects-based, engineering,
and scientific analysis and precision targeting options for selected networks and nodes to
carry out the national security and military strategies of the United States during peace,
crisis, and war. JWAC provides innovative and accurate engineering and modeling-based
targeting options with an understanding of risks and consequences, including CDEs.