A/S operations and MSN Planning (ASE -11)

Question 1

MISSION PLANNING

Answer 1

Mission planning is an exercise in resource allocation.

Question 2

Airborne Target Surveillance Supervisor (US Army)

Answer 2

• Maintain voice and surveillance control and data link (SCDL) contact with CGS to accomplish ground component commander objectives
• Process radar service requests as required.

Question 3

Senior Director

Answer 3

• Maintain overall responsibility for operations section.
• Perform battle management functions to include: planning, procuring, allocating, tasking, and monitoring combat assets.
• Monitor and assess current air/ground situation; coordinate mission changes with appropriate agencies.
• Orchestrate the execution of surveillance, attack support, and radar timeline activities conducted by the operations section. This team will consist of the SD, , AWOs, SDT, and AOTs.
• Develop an effective communications plan.

Question 4

Air Weapons Officer

Answer 4

Responsible for executing surveillance, command and control (C2), and attack support functions in the AOR

Will ensure procedural deconfliction and safety of all assigned assets and maintain situational awareness (SA) of assigned assets.

Use sensor data to detect/track/classify targets; relay and update information to assigned aircraft.

Responsible for the employment of the E-8 sensors

Analyze electronic attack (EA), plan and implement electronic protect (EP) procedures, and monitor JTIDS link operations. Conduct effective radar timeline management; inform crew of sensor anomalies.

Coordinate with SD for management of the operations section.

Question 5

Mission Planning Types

Answer 5

 Mission Plan/Fly–Mission planning is held the duty day prior to execution. Most stateside training sorties follow this profile.

 Same Day Mission Planning–Mission planning and mission/flight occur on the same day. The preferred profile for pilot proficiency sorties.

 Show and Go–Show and go profile missions are planned by a mission planning team/cell (MPT/C) not by the crew executing/flying the mission. This profile will not be used for initial qualification training. It is the preferred profile for real world operations.

Question 6

Mission Debrief

Answer 6

The mission debrief highlights any lessons learned from the mission and goes through crew coordination to determine what worked and what didn’t and how to make each follow on mission better.

Question 7

OPLAN ANNEXES

Answer 7

Operations Annex , the Intelligence Annex , and the Communications Annex

Intelligence Annex provides specific details on such things as opposing forces:

 Air

 Ground

 Naval

Question 8

OPORD

Answer 8

When units receive notification that an OPLAN is activated, units tasked to support the OPLAN implement the applicable OPORD. An OPORD will specify requirements such as:

 Time and place of deployment

 Coverage amounts

 Objectives

OPLANs are used as a source to develop OPORDs which in turn are used to develop ATOs