Rethinking the Air Operations Center : Air Force Command and Control in Conventional War

By Major J. Taylor Sink, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170855
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Reproduction Date: 10/24/2012

Title:	Rethinking the Air Operations Center : Air Force Command and Control in Conventional War
Author:	Major J. Taylor Sink, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, United States Air Force
Collections:	Authors Community, Technology
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago J. Taylor Sink, Usa, B. M. (n.d.). Rethinking the Air Operations Center : Air Force Command and Control in Conventional War. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
The study concludes with recommendations for rethinking the Air Operations Center. Methods for improving responsiveness include time-value based target analysis, greater use of alert or reserve forces, on-board mission planning, and limited decentralization, with mission-type orders and commanders intent transmitted to lower echelons. Solutions for improving assessment include delegating target assessment functions to the wings, focusing theater-level intelligence personnel on mission assessment, using statistical and effects-based evaluation techniques, using Air Force Special Operations forces to evaluate target system degradation, and acquiring technology that can conduct top-down assessment of the enemys war-making systems.