AF Doctrine, AEF and Joint Force Flashcards
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AFDD 1, Air Force Basic Doctrine
What is the AF methodology for presenting forces to combatant commanders (CCDR)
The AEF
Three principles are the foundation upon which the AEF is structured and executed
Transparency, Predictability, and Equitability
This is a statement of officially sanctioned beliefs, warfighting principles, and terminology that describes and guides the proper use of air, space, and cyberspace power in military ops.
Air Force Doctrine
This facilitates the rapid standup of joint and service organizations during rapidly evolving situations
effective command relationships and command authorities
The arrangement of military actions in time, space, and purpose to produce maximum relative combat power at a decisive place and time
Synchronization
The arrangement of military forces and their actions to create a force that operates by engaging as a whole.
Integration
What is the Airman’s basic doctrine?
AFDD 1, it describes the “elemental properties” of air, space, and cyberspace power and provides the Airman’s perspective.
What is Operational Doctrine?
AFDD 2, describes more detailed organization of forces and applies the priciples of basic doctrine to military actions.
This describes the proper employment of specific U.S. AF assets, individually or in concert with other assets, to accomplish detailed objectives.
Tactical Doctrine
Tactical doctrine is codified as tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) in..
AF TTP 3-series manuals
The study of airpower..General Hap Arnold termed
Airmindedness
War and peace are decided, organized, planned, supplied, and commanded at the
Strategic level of war
Airpower can exploit the principles of mass and maneuver simultaneously. Airpower dominates the…
fourth dimention - time - and compresses events to produce physical and psychological shock
Airpower’s versatility allows it to be rapidly employed against
strategic, operational, and tactical objectives simultaneously
The aspects of warfare that are universlly true and relevant
Principles of war
Ensures concentration of effort for every objective under one responsible commander
Unity of command
Directing military operations toward a defined and attainable objective that contributes to strategic, operational, and tactical aims
Objective
Is to seize, retain, and exploit the initiative. Act rather than react. Dictates the time, place.
Offensive action
Concentrates the effects of combat power at the most advantageous place and time to achieve decisive results
Mass
Places the enemy in a position of disadvantage. Allows engagement anywhere, from any direction, at any time.
Maneuver
The judicious employment and distribution of forces. May require a commander to establish a balance in the application of airpower between attacking, defending
Economy of Force
Purpose is never to permit the enemy to acquire unexpected advantage.
Security
Leverages the security principle by attacking the enemy at a time, place, or in a manner for which they are not prepared.
Surprise
Calls for avoiding unnecessary complexity
Simplicity
Application of airpower is refined by several fundamental guiding truths know as
Tenets
The oldest tenet of airpower remains the keystone of success in modern warfare.
Contralized control and decentralized execution
Fundamental organizing principles for airpower,
Centralized control and decentralized execution.
It allows subordinates to exploit opportunities in rapidly changing, fluid situations
Decentralization
Allows airpower to exploit mass and maneuver simultaneously
Flexibiilty
Is the ability to employ airpower effectively at the strategic, operational, and tactical levels
Versatility
The essential guideline for air component commanders
Balance
Tenets of Air, Space, and Cyberspace Power
Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution, Flexiblity and Versatility, Synergistic Effects, Persistence, Concentration, Priority, and Balance
Together they do represent the means by which U.S. AF forces accomplish the missions assigned to JFCs by the President, SECDEF, and CCDRs.
Operational Functions
Is an offensive action specifically selected to achieve national strategic objectives. Seeks to weaken the adversary’s ability or will to engage in conflict
Strategic Attack
Through strategic attack, military commanders can directly affect adversary leadership perceptions (by isolation, deception, or exploitation), cut off fielded forces from their leaders and societies, and directly attack the adversary’s capacity to sustain military forces in the field.
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The Airmans Perspective:
Thinking about defeating the enemy as a system
Best describes the Airman’s overall vision for striking at the enemy
Strategic Attack
Consists of integrated offensive and defensive operations to attain and maintain a desired degree of air superiority
Counterair
Consists of operations to destroy, degrade, or disrupt enemy air and missile power as close to its sourse as possible. OCA is often the most effective and efficient method for achieving the appropriate degree of air superiority
Offensive counterair
Entails detection, identification, interception, and destruction of attacking enemy aircraft and missiles and normally takes place over friendly territory
Defensive counterair
Involves those kinetic (lethal) and nonkinetic (nonlethal) operations conducted to attain and maintain a desired degree of space superiority by protecting and defending friendly….; the main objectives are to allow friendly forces to exploit space capabilities, while negating the enemy’s ability to do the same.
Counterspace
These operations deny, degrade, disrupt, destroy, or deceive and adversary’s space capability
Offensive counterspace
These operations preserve space capabilities, withstand enemy attack, restore or recover space capabilities after an attack, and reconstitute space forces. Destruction of ground based GPS.
Defensive counterspace
Is defined as airpower operations against enemy land forces capabilities to create effects that achieve JFC objectives. Control the surface environment
Counterland
Counterland provides two discrete air operations for engaging enemy land forces
Air Interdiction and Close Air Support
This is a form of aerial maneuver that destroys…the enemy’s surface military potential before it can be used
Air Interdiction
Is normally the supported commander for air interdiction
JFACC (Joint Force Air Component Commander)
Is directed against enemy land force capabilities and associated infrastructure that contribute directly to or are maneuvering to reinforce the ground battle
air interdiction
Provides direct support to help friendly surface forces in close proximity with enemy forces carry out their assigned tasks
Close Air Support (CAS)
Can halt attacks; help create breakthroughs, cover withdrawals, guard flanks, and escort. Should be used at decisive points in a battle and should normally be massed to concentrate combat power and saturate defenses
Close air support (CAS)
these operations are conducted to attain and maintain a desired degree of maritime superiority by the destruction….neutralization of threats in the maritime environment.
Countersea
Is the integrated employment of the core capabilities of influence operations, electronic warefare, and network warefare ops. Influence the adversary’s “observe, orient, decide, act” loop while protecting our own.
Information Operations (IO)
Employ capabilities to affect behaviors, protect operations, communicate commander’s intent, and project accurate info to achieve desired effects. Counterpropaganda, psychological, military deception, operation security, counterintelligence, and public affairs
Influence Operations
The integrated planning, employment, and assessment of military capabilities to achieve desired effects across the electromagnetic spectrum. Is not limited to radio frequencies, also includes optical and infrared regions, electronic attack, protection, and warefare support.
Electronic Warfare Operations
The integrated planning and employment of military capabilities to achieve desired effects across the interconnected analog and digital portion of the operational environment. Include radio nets, satellite links, telemetry, network attack, network defense, and network warfare support.
Network Warfare Operations
The art of motivating and directing people and organizations into action to accomplish missions.
Command
The process and system by which commanders can plan and guide operations.
Control
Includes both the process by which the commander decides what action is to be taken and the systems that facilitate planning, execution, and monitoring of those actions.
Command and Control (C2)