The Wire - October 16, 2023
…This is a newer class of vessel that functions as an Expeditionary Sea Base. Quietly sending her back to her home port in Greece would be a strategically useful move to bolster US Naval assets in…
ovda air base
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Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 21
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
…An effective
joint targeting cycle framework, coupled with the separate yet related air tasking cycle, is
essential for the air component commander to plan and execute joint air operations.
AIR COMPONENT CONTRIBUTION TO THE JOINT TARGETING…
Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 17
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
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…
19 Nov Intel Update: Pipelines and Petroleum
…of the debris revealed that the projectile may have been a missile from a Ukrainian s-300 air defense system right now a lot of finger pointing is going on with all sides engaging in prop…
Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 16
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
…The air component commander provides
a robust staff and an extensive command and control (C2) capability to facilitate targeting.
AIR COMPONENT STAFF
Within the Commander Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) role, the air component
commander has a…
The Wire - August 25, 2026
…This morning unique aviation traffic was observed, centered around a US Air Force C-17 which took off from Riga, Latvia bound for Moscow. The transport aircraft (Callsign REACH4555) took off from Riga, landing in Moscow…
The Wire - May 05, 2026
…As of this morning, the situation in the Middle East is still very fluid, but based on the events of the past 48 hours, a resumption of the shooting-phase of the war is increasingly more…
The Wire - March 15, 2023
…Thankfully, initial American reporting was a bit incorrect, with this incident not exactly being a normal mid-air collision, but rat
The Wire - December 2, 2024
…This southern advance now threatens the logistical corridor used by the Russian Naval base in Tartus, Russia’s only direct access point for the Mediterranean Sea that does not involve going through the Turkish Straits.
Lebanon…
The Wire - October 26, 2023
…bombing and shelling campaign of Gaza continues conflicting reports indicate Poss Multiple Man pad or Man portable air defense systems attacks on Israeli aircraft with no success so far no word on when the official invasion…
The Wire - December 2, 2025
…Nevertheless, this is probably as clear of an indication and warning as we're going to get regarding the shifting of the operation to including ground-based airstrikes. Probably the biggest revelation is that the comments…
Military manual · JP 3-60
JP 3-60, page 71
Joint Targeting
Joint Publication: Joint Targeting
…Reviewing and refining ISR collection requirements and joint ISR
assessment guidance based on JFC priorities and intent, to include refinement of MOPs and
MOEs, as appropriate.
7. Reviewing and submitting the coordinated JIPTL for JFC approval…
Listening Posts: An Intro to SIGINT
…troops or footsteps the new goal was to listen in to the radio signals blasting through the air thus the birth of signals intelligence or sigint the cold war years gave us listening posts all over…
Military manual · AFDP 3-60
AFDP 3-60, page 22
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication: Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Publication 3-60, Targeting
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TARGETING AND THE AIR TASKING CYCLE
The joint air tasking cycle is an
analytical, systematic cycle that focuses
air efforts on accomplishing operational
requirements. Much of the cycle…
The Wire Special Report - October 1, 2024
…short claims have been made that the primary means of targeting Trump would be via Man portable air defense systems or man pads being used to shoot down his aircraft further claims have been made that…
Military manual · AFDD 2-1.9
AFDD 2-1.9, page 8
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Document: Targeting
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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…
War Maps: An Introduction
civilian aeronautical charts of their area of operations let's face it an awful lot of civilian air Liners in the past have been shot down by mistake by military forces around the world if a…
The Wire - May 12, 2025
…https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/who-is-ak-bharti-one-of-the-minds-behind-indias-air-strikes-against-pakistan-101747047689426.html
China deal:
Military manual · JP 3-60
JP 3-60, page 51
Joint Targeting
Joint Publication: Joint Targeting
…recognition, electronic support systems, non-cooperative
target recognition techniques, identification friend or foe systems, or other physics-based
identification techniques. PID is acquired during step 2 (Fix) during F2T2EA. CID is the
process of attaining an…
Military manual · AFDD 2-1.9
AFDD 2-1.9, page 125
Targeting
Air Force Doctrine Document: Targeting
…A tactical exercise carried out at sea, in the air, on the