Air Operations Center

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The AN/USQ-163 Falconer, better known as the Air and Space Operations Center (AOC), is the senior element of the Theater Air Control System (TACS) and is the weapon system Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) provides the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) for planning and executing theater-wide aerospace forces. When the COMAFFOR is also the JFACC, the AOC is also the Joint Air Operations Center (JAOC). In cases of Allied or Coalition (multinational) operations, the AOC is also a Combined Aerospace Operations Center (CAOC).

Contents 1 Divisions 1.1 Strategy Division (STRAT) 1.2 Combat Plans Division (CPD) 1.3 Combat Operations Division (COD) 1.4 Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Division 1.5 Air Mobility Division (AMD) 2 Falconer AOCs 2.1 Non-Deployable 2.2 Deployable 3 Tailorable AOCs 4 Functional AOCs 5 Training/Experimentation 6 AOC-equipping Units 7 NATO Air Operations Centres 7.1 Active AOCs 7.2 Inactive AOCs 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Divisions

There are five divisions in the AOC. These separate, but distinct, organizations fuse information that eventually becomes the Air Tasking Order.

[edit] Strategy Division (STRAT)

• Strategy Plans Team
• Strategy Guidance Team
• Operational Assessment Team

[edit] Combat Plans Division (CPD)

• Target Effects Team
• Master Air Attack Plan Team
• Air Tasking Order Production Team
• Command and Control Planning Team

[edit] Combat Operations Division (COD)

• Offensive Ops Team
• Defensive Ops Team
• Senior Intelligence Duty Officer
• Interface Control

[edit] Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Division

• Analysis, Correlation, and Fusion
• Targeting and Tactical Assessment
• ISR Operations

[edit] Air Mobility Division (AMD)

• Air Mobility Team
• Airlift Control Team
• Air Refueling Team
• Air Mobility Control Team
• Aeromedical Evacuation Control Team

[edit] Falconer AOCs

[edit] Non-Deployable

• 609th Air and Space Operations Center/Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) - Al Udeid AB, Qatar
• 607th Air and Space Operations Center - HTACC - Osan AB, South Korea

[edit] Deployable

• 612th Air and Space Operations Center - USSOUTHCOM/12th Air Force AOC - Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona^[1]
• 603rd Air and Space Operations Center - 3d Air Force AOC - Ramstein AB, Germany
• 613th Air and Space Operations Center - 13th Air Force AOC - Hickam AFB, Hawaii

[edit] Tailorable AOCs

• 601st Air and Space Operations Center - 1st Air Force AOC - Tyndall AFB, Florida (Homeland Defense)
• 623rd Air and Space Operations Center - 23rd Air Force AOC - Hurlburt Field, Florida (Special Operations)
• 608th Air and Space Operations Center - 8th Air Force AOC - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (Global Strike)
• 611th Air and Space Operations Center - 11th Air Force AOC - Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

[edit] Functional AOCs

• 614th Air and Space Operations Center - 14th Air Force AOC - Vandenberg AFB, California (aka Joint Space Operations Center or JSpOC)
• 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center - Air Mobility Command AOC - Scott AFB, Illinois

[edit] Training/Experimentation

• 505th Command and Control Wing (AOC Formal Training Unit) - Hurlburt Field, Florida
• Combined Air Operations Center-Nellis (CAOC-N) - Nellis AFB, Nevada
• Combined Air Operations Center-Training (CAOC-T) - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
• Combined Air Operations Center-Experimental (CAOC-X) - Langley AFB, Virginia

[edit] AOC-equipping Units

• 152d Air Operations Group - Syracuse, New York (New York Air National Guard)^[2]
• 157th Air Operations Group - St Louis, Missouri (Missouri Air National Guard)
• 112th Air Operations Squadron - State College, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Air National Guard)^[3]
• 701st Combat Operations Squadron - March ARB, California (California Air Force Reserves)
• 710th Combat Operations Squadron - Langley AFB, Virginia (Virginia Air Force Reserves)^[4]

[edit] NATO Air Operations Centres

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also uses the Combined Air Operations Center concept at multiple locations. Supporting the air component commands are four static Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCCs) to direct NATO air operations – in Udem , Germany ; Finderup , Denmark ; Poggio Renatico , Italy ; and Larissa , Greece ; and two deployable CAOCs in Udem and Poggio Renatico. The static CAOCs can support Allied air operations from their fixed locations, while the deployable CAOCs will move where they are needed.

[edit] Active AOCs

• Combined Air Operations Centre-1 (CAOC-1) - Finderup, Denmark
• Combined Air Operations Centre-2 (CAOC-2) - Uedem, Germany^[5] (Deployable)
• Combined Air Operations Centre-4 (CAOC-4) - Meßstetten, Germany^[6]
• Combined Air Operations Centre-5 (CAOC-5) - Poggio Renatico, Italy (Deployable)
• Combined Air Operations Centre-6 (CAOC-6) - Eskisehir, Turkey^[7]
• Combined Air Operations Centre-7 (CAOC-7) - Larissa, Greece^[8] (Fixed)
• Combined Air Operations Centre-8 (CAOC-8) - Torrejon AB, Spain^[9]
• Combined Air Operations Centre-9 (CAOC-9) - RAF High Wycombe, United Kingdom
• Combined Air Operations Centre-10 (CAOC-10) - Lisbon, Portugal^[10]

[edit] Inactive AOCs

• Balkans Combined Air Operations Center - Vicenza, Italy (Deactivated in 2001)
• CAOC 3 - Bodoe, Norway (Deactivated in 2008)

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[edit] See also

• United States Air Force

[edit] References

[edit] External links