…Other AIS’ are subordinate to a NAF Air Intelligence Group. Regardless, these are peacetime organizations. During contingencies, AIS’ “become” the ISRD of their corresponding CAOCs. Deployable Common Ground System (DCGS). The AF has developed specific units…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 5 Functional characteristics are often difficult to discern because they may not be directly observed. Reaching plausible conclusions can often entail speculation through deductive and inductive reasoning. Some examples…

…Analysis Results Assemble data on friendly forces status Assigning Forces to Targets and Missions Allocation MAAP Development Allotment Disapproved Revise JFC Approval Approved Issue/Revise Plans and Orders Air Tasking Order IO Plan Space Plan Fire…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 7 may require special consideration and caution. Sensitive Target. These are targets for which planned actions warrant Presidential or SecWar approval. Sensitive target criteria are normally delineated by JFCs…

…None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.) close air support. Air action by fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft against hostile targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces and that require detailed integration of

…However, as non-kinetic and non-lethal weapons continue to make their way into the Air Force inventory, targeteers will have to expand their thinking of what weaponeering is. Commanders can assist by ensuring targeteers have…

…Navy A-6 Intruders were assigned the two targets in the Benghazi area, and the Air Force F- 111s hit the other three targets in the vicinity of Tripoli. Resistance outside the immediate area of attack…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 23 Weaponeering for non-air domain targets is typically conducted by other components. Weaponeering for space (non-terrestrial) targets is conducted by the Combined Space Operations Center (CSpOC), in…

…Most can be associated in three primary groups related to organizing the joint force, organizing the joint force headquarters, and organizing operational areas to help control operations. Understanding the operational environment helps the JFC understand factors…

…The purpose of these procedures is to afford added visibility to, and allow JFCs to give priority to, targets directly affecting planned maneuver by air, land, or maritime forces. f. Operations When WMD are Employed or…

…None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.) master air attack plan. A plan that contains key information that forms the foundation of the joint air tasking order. Also called MAAP. (Approved for incorporation into JP…

…As a maneuver element, it can be supported by surface forces in attaining its assigned objectives.] {Italicized words in brackets apply only to the Air Force and are offered for clarity.} measures and indicators. Encompassing term…

…Those characteristics, capabilities or sources of power from which a military force derives its freedom of action, physical strength or will to fight. Also called COGs. (JP 1-02) [In Air Force terms, a COG is…

…LNOs work deconfliction issues and their forces on the ground can also assist friendly forces by finding, fixing, tracking, targeting, and assessing targets Successful prosecution of a target during execution sometimes requires that targeting be completed…

Chapter V V-56 JP 3-0 particular importance, particularly when JFCs task component commanders to execute theater- and/or JOA-wide functions. (a) Air, land, and maritime commanders are directly concerned with those enemy forces…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 36 high-accuracy, all-weather, day-or-night strikes against ground targets. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) is a component MAJCOM of USSTRATCOM. AFGSC provides combat ready forces…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 37 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…

…Support requirements include not only such joint force capabilities as suppression of enemy air defenses and refueling, but also how much time is required to change a direct fire mission or ordnance load.

…Many federated organizations, both Air Force and joint, have analysts who have studied specific targets, target sets, nations, and regions for many years. Many of the analysts with deepest understanding are civilians working for national intelligence…

…Their road movements were steadily bombed by US Air Force A-10s and B-52s (dropping 500-pound bombs) and British Tornados. An Iraqi commander concluded that their movement south had been one of the Iraqi…