Rethinking the Air Operations Center: Air Force Command and Control in Conventional War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288306114)

The Air Operations Center (AOC) is the centerpiece of the Air Force's new command and control (C2) system for prosecuting theater conventional war. The AOC is a direct outgrowth of the Tactical Air Control Center (TACC). In Vietnam, the TACC mirrored the divided command structure of the U. S. military establishment in Southeast Asia. This resulted in a C2 system that allowed air power to be responsive to the needs of traditional land campaigns, and yet require extensive planning time for deep interdiction and strategic attacks. Additionally, since a land strategy dictated targeting priorities in South Vietnam, the Air Force's measure of effectiveness in the South was its ability to strike targets requested by ground commanders efficiently. Similarly, agencies other than the Air Force selected and approved deep interdiction and strategic targets during Rolling Thunder. Thus, the Air Force's measure of effectiveness in the North likewise became its efficiency of attacking targets there. Assessment thereby became disconnected from the political and military objectives.

Author: J. Sink
ISBN-10: 1288306113
ISBN-13: 9781288306114
Publisher: Biblioscholar
Language: English
Published: 11/16/2012
Pages: 74
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.33lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.15d