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…Readiness Responsibilities for Targeting CHAPTER FIVE READINESS AND ONGOING RESPONSIBILITIES FOR TARGETING GENERAL Targeting does not begin and end within the air tasking cycle. It neither starts when a conflict starts, nor ends when a conflict…

…Joint force air component commander (JFACC) Objective 1: Joint air forces will achieve air superiority over the theater of operations by D+5. Measure of effectiveness (MOE) 1.1: Destruction of 60 percent of enemy aircraft…

Glossary GL-7 each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces. Also called CAS. (JP 1-02. SOURCE: JP 3-0) cold war. None. (Approved for removal from JP 1-02.) combatant commander…

…JP 3-09.3, Close Air Support. u. JP 3-12, Cyberspace Operations. v. JP 3-13, Information Operations. w. JP 3-13.1, Electronic Warfare. x. JP 3-13.2, Military Information Support Operations. y…

vi COMAFFOR / JFACC / CFACC A note on terminology One of the cornerstones of Air Force doctrine is “the US Air Force prefers—and in fact, plans and trains—to employ through a commander, Air Force forces…

…23 Air Tasking Cycle Phases and Their Products.......................................................................... 29 Objectives, Effects, and Guidance........................................................................................ 29 Target Development.............................................................................................................. 32 Weaponeering and Allocation............................................................................................... 38 Air Tasking Order Production and Dissemination................................................................ 42 Execution Planning and Force Execution............................................................................. 43 Assessment............................................................................................................................ 44…

…It encompasses physical areas and factors (of the air, land, maritime, and space domains) and the information environment (which includes cyberspace). Included within these are enemy, friendly, and neutral systems that are relevant to a specific…

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 8 LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS NOTE: This section is not all-encompassing and is no substitute for legal advice from the appropriate staff judge advocate (SJA) office or designated judge advocate…

…This may be achieved by attacking enemy forces and controlling territory, airspace, populations, key waters, and LOCs through air, land, and maritime maneuvers.

Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting 14 Air Force Forces (AFFOR) A2. The AFFOR A2 provides intelligence support to the air component commander and assigned or attached Service component forces. The A2 guides Service component…

65 as shifting the priority of air and space targeting, changing the overall weight of effort, transitioning to another operational phase, or branch initiation. OA is primarily a component responsibility. Again, in the more traditional assessment…

…system video and/or data. (d) SIGINT. (e) HUMINT, to include direct reporting by forward air/ground observers, tactical air control parties, SOF, etc. (f) MASINT. (g) Open source intelligence. (h) End of MISREPs for surface…

…The joint air tasking cycle applies targeting to air-specific operations. Products include the ATO, special instructions, and the airspace control order. The airspace control authority’s and area air defense commander’s instructions must be…

…JP 3-30, Command and Control for Joint Air Operations. gg. JP 3-33, Joint Task Force Headquarter. hh. JP 3-41, Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Consequence Management. ii. JP 3-57, Civil-Military Operations…

…Defined by the President, Secretary of Defense, or the geographic combatant commander as the area of air, land, and water that is, or may become,

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…

…Depending on the geography, sanction enforcement normally involves some combination of air and surface forces. Assigned forces should be capable of complementary mutual support and full communications interoperability. g. Enforcing Exclusion Zones. A sanctioning body establishes…

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…

…In part, this effort is national or multinational, involving maintenance of intertheater (between theaters) air and sea LOCs. Supporting CCDRs can greatly enhance this effort. e. Space Considerations. Space operations are a critical enabler that supports…

85 SUGGESTED READINGS Air Force Publications (NOTE: AFDDs and AFDC publications can be accessed via the HQ Air Force Doctrine Center website at https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Main.asp) AFDD 2: Operations and Organization AFDD…