Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 29 DYNAMIC TARGETING KILL CHAIN The USAF follows the F2T2EA method for dynamic targeting process. This method is colloquially referred to as the “kill chain.” The kill chain applies…

…For example, during operations defending a hypothetical friendly country, the joint force commander (JFC) might approve the following desired operational-level effect relative to the adversary’s air force: Joint force air component commander (JFACC) Objective…

…This reduces the level of air defense protection for the maneuver divisions and makes them more susceptible to friendly forces’ attack. In other words, it could be unnecessary to attack all nodes in the air defense…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting i FOREWORD Doctrine embodies the fundamental principles by which military forces guide their actions in support of national objectives. It is a body of carefully developed authoritative ideas that…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 22 STAGE 3: WEAPONEERING AND ALLOCATION Weaponeering and allocation are two aspects of the air tasking cycle that function together to produce the MAAP and are integral to targeting…

…All components—Air Force and joint, official and unofficial—are required for effective federation. Air Force and Joint/National. CAOC planners are concerned with two federated systems: one internal to the Air Force (also known as…

…A party acknowledged as potentially hostile to a friendly party and against which the use of force may be envisaged. (JP 1-02. SOURCE: JP 3-0) air apportionment. The determination and assignment of the total…

…Certain information operations (IO) capabilities operate within a 96- hour cycle as well, and it is critical for CAOC planners to know if special operations forces (SOF) and IO personnel will assist with targeting. Intertheater air…

…This Air Education and Training Command (AETC)-sponsored course is the Air Force’s primary targeteer training course. Anyone working directly in the ISRD targeting and assessment team or the COD/CPD targeting team should consider…

vii FOUNDATIONAL DOCTRINE STATEMENTS These statements are the basic principles and beliefs upon which this Air Force doctrine document (AFDD) is built. Other information in the AFDD expands on or supports these statements. › Targeting is the…

…The mission of the USAFWS is to teach graduate-level instructor courses, which provide the world’s most advanced training in weapons and tactical employment to officers in the combat air forces. (Also commonly know as…

…Even at the operational level, they may include lesser measures such as modifying the MOE to reflect new requirements, or utilizing new capabilities or forces. Metrics The SD should develop metrics to determine if air operations…

…For further guidance on CID, see JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarters, and Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (AFTTP) manual 3-1.1, General Planning and Employment Considerations (Secret). Finally, the JAOP should establish…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 11 constantly engaged with the strategy, plans, and operations divisions within an Air Operations Center (AOC) at all stages in the air tasking cycle. Additionally, judge advocates are usually…

…Targeting also explicitly includes force execution and assessment, so it encompasses the processes and procedures that form the core of how the Air Force and the combined force as a whole fight at the operational level…

…appropriate components’ agencies and liaison elements for tasking of the capabilities and forces made available (see Chapter Two). › Monitor execution and redirect joint air and space operations as required (see Chapter Three). › Compile component target requirements…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 17 (OSINT) can be equally, and sometimes more, important to targeteers and planners.27 Collaboration with reachback and federated organizations may enable analysts to pull together this multitude of…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 28 for detecting, engaging, and assessing targets prosecuted via dynamic targeting (see Appendix A: Targeting Automation). During dynamic targeting, on-call, unscheduled, and unanticipated targets are prosecuted using the…

25 The tasking cycle has usually been represented as a set of distinct processes that separately accomplish targeting, apportion and allocate joint air capabilities, and produce the ATO. In fact, these processes are all closely interrelated…

107 GLOSSARY Abbreviations and Acronyms AAC Air Armaments Center ACC Air Combat Command ACFT analysis, correlation, and fusion team ACO airspace coordination order AETC Air Education and Training Command AFB Air Force base AFDD Air Force…