JFACC: Taking the Next Step

Designating a Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) has rapidly become the customary procedure for exercising command and control of air power in support of joint force commanders. This approach enables JFACCs and air component staffs to develop joint operations plans together with staffs from...

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Main Author: Hurley, Marcus
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AIR POWER
ATO(AIR TASKING ORDER)
ATTACK
CENTRALIZED
CENTRALIZED CONTROL
CENTRALIZED PLANNING
CENTRALLY CONTROLLED AIR POWER
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS
Command, Control and Communications Systems
CTAPS(CONTINGENCY THEATER AUTOMATED PLANNING SYSTEM)
DECENTRALIZED EXECUTION
INTERDICTION
JFACC TRAINING
JFACC(JOINT FORCE AIR COMPONENT COMMANDER)
JOINT MILITARY ACTIVITIES
MILITARY COMMANDERS
MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics
MILITARY PLANNING
MILITARY TRAINING
PERSIAN GULF WAR
Personnel Management and Labor Relations
REPRINTS
TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT
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Summary:Designating a Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) has rapidly become the customary procedure for exercising command and control of air power in support of joint force commanders. This approach enables JFACCs and air component staffs to develop joint operations plans together with staffs from other assigned components. Though limited resources preclude maintaining large standing air component staff for every contingency, it makes sense to have a small, trained cadre augmented by liaison officers from each component as well as trained personnel seconded in times of crisis. Such a mix can foster mutual trust, ensure the correct blend of capabilities, and furnish air assets to implement the myriad requirements of the joint force commander's concept of operations. A review of the improvements made in the JFACC concept since the Persian Gulf War points the way to a new age of centrally controlled air power. Published in Joint Force Quarterly (JFQ), n7 p60-65, Spring 1995.