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1
Q

On what principle is the TACS design based?

A

Centralized control and decentralized execution

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To whom does the Air Force task to present Air Force AEF to the JFC?

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Numbered air force

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What does the deployable nature of the CRC require?

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That all elements are able to integrate and interoperate with C2 systems within the Air Force, other service systems and allied systems

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What type of operations can the TACS support?

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It can support all types of operations, from MOOTW to strategic nuclear war

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Who delegates BM responsibilities to the TACS elements?

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The JFACC

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Where is the information derived for the JFACC’s recognizable air picture?

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Ground radars integrated with airborne, seaborne and space based sensors

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What is the senior deployable element of the TACS?

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AOC

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8
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What is the most important aspect of an air campaign?

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Complete integration of an array of joint force operations

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9
Q

Name the divisions of the AOC

A 
Strategy
Combat Plans
Combat Operations
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Air Mobility
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10
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Who is responsible to the JFACC for effectively conducting joint air, space and cyberspace operations and establishing the AOC battle rhythm?

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The AOC commander

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11
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Which element within the AOC produces the ATOs?

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The combat plans division

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What does the AOC’s combat operations division concentrate on?

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Execution of the current ATO and ACO

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13
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Which component liaison at the AOC supports integration of air, space and cyberspace operations with ground maneuver?

A

BCD

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14
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Who supervises the functions of the AOC’s offensive operations?

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SODO

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15
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Who is responsible to the chief of combat operations for the duties assigned to the defensive operations team?

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SADO

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What position supervises the duties and functions of the enlisted members of the defensive operations team?

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SADT

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17
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What duty position at the AOC facilitates the resolution of the dual track designation and identification conflicts that are a result of system interoperability problems or operator error?

A

TDC

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18
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Which unit is designated as the primary C2 facility within TACS?

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CRC

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19
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What are the functions of the CRC?

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Battle management, surveillance, weapons control, airspace management, tactical data-link management

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20
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What function is responsible for implementation of the airspace control order?

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Airspace management

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21
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On what TDLs are CRCs capable of interfacing?

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Link 11/11B/16, SADL and NATO Link-1

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POSITION

CRC unit commander

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BC- battle commander

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POSITION

Responsible to the SD for coordinating localized air defense operations using ADA assets

A

ADAFCO

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POSITION

Responsible to the MCC for assignment of allocated weapons

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SD

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POSITION

Responsible to the SD for controlling aircraft

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WD

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POSITION

Ensures tracking continuity and reports unusual scope presentations

A

ST

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POSITION

This position is located in the radar van

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EPT

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POSITION

Responsible for implementing manual tell procedures

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AST

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29
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POSITION

Plans and coordinates the initial build of the MCE database

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DST

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30
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POSITION

Monitors data-link effectiveness

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ICT

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31
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POSITION

This SNCO supervises the management of the ADP systems

A

BSC

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32
Q

What does the modular control system concept provide?

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Mobility and flexibility necessary to meet deployment requirements of tactical forces anywhere in the world

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33
Q

How are remoted radars tied into the system, and what type of data is displayed on the operator console unit work station?

A

Remote radar is received using VHF radio and provides a symbology only air picture

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34
Q

What piece of equipment drops false returns and correlates actual radar and IFF targets?

A

MIG

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EQUIPMENT

Serves as the main thoroughfare for all data exchange between DDB and OCUWS

A

SSU

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EQUIPMENT

Provides secure and non-secure communications of C2

A

IRE

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EQUIPMENT

The main human-machine system interface component

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R/R

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38
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EQUIPMENT

Used to log voice communications

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OCUWS

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39
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EQUIPMENT

The data communications interface

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EXA

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40
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To whom does the JFC normally assign as the JFACC?

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The component commander having the preponderance of air assets and the capability to plan, task, and control joint air operations

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41
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Who is directly subordinate to the AOC for planning, coordinating, and directing tactical air support for ground forces?

A

ASOC

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42
Q

During LINEAR operations where does the air support operations center normally control airspace?

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Just short of the fire support coordinate line

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43
Q

What does irregular warfare favor?

A

Indirect and asymmetric approaches

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44
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Who is subordinate to the ASOC and serves as the principal Air Force liason element to the Army?

A

TACP

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45
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Who is the senior TACP member attached to a ground unit?

A

ALO

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46
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What airborne position locates, identifies, and marks ground targets for aircraft attack?

A

FAC-A

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47
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What types of radar does the AWACS have?

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Pulse Doppler, beyond the horizon and maritime

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48
Q

What gives the AWACS its important capability of being able to detect targets flying lower than the E-3 without interference from radar returns from the ground?

A

The pulse Doppler radar

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49
Q

What AWACS system provides an improved, air-to-air and air to ground, jam-resistant UHF voice communication capability?

A

Have Quick

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50
Q

What does JSTARS provide?

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Air and ground commanders with information on surface forces that enable situation development, targeting, attack planning, and limited post attack assessment

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51
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What type of radar does the JSTARS have?

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The phased array antenna

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52
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What are the capabilities of the operational and control system?

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Can predict areas screened from the radar’s field of view, extrapolate moving target tracks, provide compressed time replay of radar history, and track weapons/target pairing

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53
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Who is responsible for collecting information about air, missile, and space activities to determine whether North America may be under military attack?

A

Commander of NORAD

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54
Q

NORAD is divided into how many regions?

A

3

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What NORAD region is responsible for identifying and tracking all aircraft entering Canadian airspace?

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Canadian Region

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56
Q

Who performs additional surveillance of the National Capital Region?

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JADOC

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57
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Which position is responsible for monitoring assigned airspace for aircraft ensuring they are in compliance with Federal Aviation Administration procedures?

A

Tracking Technicians

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58
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Which command is responsible for homeland defense and civil support?

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United States Northern Command

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59
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What does USNORTHCOMs civil support mission include?

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Domestic disaster relief operations that occur during fires, hurricanes, floods, and earthquakes

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60
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What is the mission of the KTACS?

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To plan, direct, and coordinate the employment of forces engaged in air operations throughout ROK

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61
Q

What is the focal point of the KTACS?

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The HTACC

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62
Q

What division produces and disseminates the ATO?

A

Combat plans division

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63
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What division supervises the execution of air operation orders?

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Combat operations division

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64
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Who within the MCRC ensures BSD are received, posted, and updated as required?

A

MCCT

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65
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Who within the MCRC synchronizes the BSC-K with the Naval Observatory?

A

system maintenance

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66
Q

The JFC exercises operational control of his or her forces through the

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service component commanders

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67
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The TACS performs key BM, surveillance, identification, airspace management, and what other function?

A

weapons control

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68
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Which element of the TACS plans, directs, controls, and coordinates all air operations within its AOR?

A

AOC

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69
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Name the essential characteristics of the baseline deployable AOC:

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Deployable-maintain mobility readiness
Professional
Standardized- ensures an efficient, consistent, well-defined, and clearly understood capability
Tailorable-flexible and responsive to mission needs
Interdependent
Horizontal integration- link laterally
Vertical integration- link of superior and subordinate elements

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70
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Who supervises and directs the operations of the AOC?

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Air Operations Center Commander (AOCC)

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71
Q

Which division within the AOC produces the ATO?

A

Combat Plans Division

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72
Q

Which division is responsible for monitoring and executing the ATO?

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Combat Operations Division

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73
Q

Which component liaison supports integration of air, space and cyberspace operations with ground maneuver?

A

Battlefield coordination detatchment

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74
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Which support team element provides timely notification of meteorological and oceanographic impacts affecting launch and recovery bases?

A

weather specialty

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75
Q

What positon with the AOC is responsible to the chief, combat operations division for directing and supervising offensive combat operations?

A

SODO

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76
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Within the AOC, who facilitates the resolution of dual track designation and identification conflicts that are a result of system interoperability problems or operator error?

A

track data coordinator

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77
Q

What function of the CRC is responsible for detecting, tracking and identifying airborne tracks?

A

Surveillance

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78
Q

What function of the CRC is responsible for controlling offensive and defensive counterair missions?

A

Weapons Control

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79
Q

What is the main sensor for the MCE is the

A

AN/TPS-75

80
Q

To how many internal UHF radios does the internal radio equipment provide for C2 operations?

A

4

81
Q

At the air support center, what type of operations focus on creating specific effects on multiple decisive points?

A

Nonlinear

82
Q

What is the element of the TACS that assists the land commander in planning, requesting and coordinating close air support and suppression of enemy air defense missions?

A

TACP

83
Q

Which radar combination cannot be used together?

A

maritime and beyond the horizon radars

84
Q

The JSTARS aircraft is an

A

E-8

85
Q

The JSTARS radar antenna is

A

electronically scanned in azimuth and mechanically positioned in elevation

86
Q

What is used by the JSTARS to broadcast data to Army ground station modules?

A

SADL

87
Q

What type of command is NORAD?

A

Bi-national

88
Q

Within NORAD, which position overseas all sections of operations and reports to the director of operations?

A

Mission crew commander (MCC)

89
Q

Which unit within the hardened theater air control center is responsible for execution surveillance, identification and weapons control?

A

Master Control and Reporting Center (MCRC)

90
Q

What MCRC position make sure battle staff directives (BSD) are received, posted, disseminated, and updated as required?

A

Mission crew commander technician (MCCT)

91
Q

What MCRC position updates the RAP by dropping duplicate, local tracks, and associating local and data link tracks?

A

Data system technicians (DST)

92
Q

What are the four objectives of C4I?

A
  • Producing unity of effort
  • Exploiting total force capabilities
  • Properly positioning critical information
  • Information fusion
93
Q

What C4I system objective allows for the views of many experts to be brought to bear on any given task?

A

Producing unity of effort

94
Q

What is the ultimate goal of the C4I systems?

A

To produce real-time battle space information that is accurate and meets the needs of warfighters

95
Q

What are the four C4I system components?

A
  • Terminal devices
  • Transmission media
  • A switching system
  • Control
96
Q

Give 2 examples of terminal devices.

A

Telephones, radios, computer, facsimile machines and televisions

97
Q

What do transmission media connect?

A

Terminal devices

98
Q

What is switching?

A

The means by which traffic is routed through a network of transmission media

99
Q

C4I system characteristic.
Modular system designs and microelectronics help achieve this
characteristic

A

Mobile

100
Q

C4I system characteristic.
Achieved when information or services can be exchanged satisfactorily
between C4I systems and users.

A

Interoperable

101
Q

C4I system characteristic.
This characteristic ensures continuous support is provided during any type
and length of joint operation

A

Substainable

102
Q

C4I system characteristic.

Focuses on ensuring C4I process only essential information

A

Disiplined

103
Q

C4I system characteristic.

This characteristic is achieved by dispersing key facilities

A

Survivable

104
Q

C4I system characteristic.
Allows planners to more readily integrate all levels of joint and service
C4I systems

A

Flexible

105
Q

C4I system characteristic.
In order to achieve this characteristic, systems must be reliable, redundant,
and timely.

A

Responsive

106
Q

What is the mission of GCCS?

A

to support the C2 function of the president and the secretary of defense, or their deputized alternates

107
Q

What does GCCS provide to the president and secretary of defense?

A

A global network of interoperable systems that provide information processing and dissemination
capability necessary to conduct C2 of forces

108
Q

What does GCCS provide combatant commanders?

A

One predominant source for generating, receiving, sharing, and using information securely

109
Q

What connects all GCCS sites together?

A

DISN

110
Q

What can enable top secret GCCS information to pass over a Secret network?

A

A NES in between the nodes creates VPN that allows TS information to run over a Secret network

111
Q

What does the JFACC and his or her staff use TBMCS for?

A

To plan, disseminate, and execute contingency plans in a theater of operations during employment of airborne
assets in peacetime, exercise, and wartime environment

112
Q

What four basic roles require TBMCS for interoperability between the services?

A

Aerospace control, force application, force enhancement and force support

113
Q

What are the three packages in which TBMCS can be deployed?

A

Quick response package, Limited response package, Theater response package

114
Q

What TBMCS application creates the ATO?

A

Theater air planning (TAP)

115
Q

How will alert messages be displayed?

A

As either flash, immediate, priority or routine

116
Q

What level provides the wing and base commanders and their battle staffs with timely and
accurate information for effective decision making?

A

TBMCS unit level

117
Q

Where is the ADSI’s recognized air picture forwarded to at the GCCS?

A

The COP

118
Q

How many TDL tracks can the ADSI forward?

A

4,000

119
Q

What are the three computers that make up the ADSI?

A

MLIU, MDB and TSD
Tactical Situation Display (TSD)
Master Database (MDB)

120
Q

How many separate links can the router perform?

A

16

121
Q

How many TSDWs can be connected to each ADSI?

A

50

122
Q

The design of the tactical display framework systems is based on what?

A

Demanding applications such as direct air support, surveillance, strike, C2, and air traffic management

123
Q

Which systems serve as the Air Force’s Homeland Defense battle management?

A

BCS-F

124
Q

What does a typical BCS-F OWS include?

A

Situation display. status display and communication panel

125
Q

What color is the normal background of the situation display?

A

Black

126
Q

What does the BCS-K consist of?

A

Two computer monitors and a touch screen communications panel

127
Q

The BC3 performs what battle management functions?

A

Surveillance, early warning, combat identification weapons control, airspace management, theater missile
defense and all sources sensor data link fusion.

128
Q

Who does the JRE provide Link–16 connectivity between networks and C2 platforms?

A

JICO

129
Q

What type of client computers can the JRE run simultaneously on?

A

Any workstation or laptop using Windows, MAC-OS, LINUX, or UNIX

130
Q

What networks are used for platforms connecting via long-haul communications?

A

Satellite and terrestrial communications systems

131
Q

Who is connected via the GMG?

A

the ASOC and the JTAC

132
Q

Where is the GMG housed?

A

HMMMWV

133
Q

What picture does the air defense systems integrator (ADSI) create?

A

Recognized air picture (RAP)

134
Q

The Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F) processes, integrates, displays, and distributes
data from radars, data links, and other command and control agencies to maintain situational
awareness and support

A

air interdiction (AI) operations

135
Q

Which unit uses the Battle Control System-Korea (BCS-K) to control all United States air
assets over Korea?

A

Master Control and Reporting Center (MCRC)

136
Q

Which command is responsible for developing the Battle Control Center-CENTAF (BC3)
system?

A

Air Combat Command (ACC)

137
Q

For platforms connecting by long-haul communication networks the joint range extension
provides

A

inter-zone, intra-zone, reach back, and reach forward Link 16 ablilities

138
Q

Which unit uses the ground mobile gateway system to process information from multiple
tactical data links?

A

ASOC

139
Q

Who is responsible for coordinating air support and providing airspace de-confliction for
tasked aircraft using the ground mobile gateway (GMG) system?

A

Fighter duty technicians (FDT)

140
Q

When do OCA operations begin to take priority?

A

When friendly forces initiate hostilities or when defensive counterair operations are successful and the enemy’s air attack is nullified

141
Q

How is air superiority achieved?

A

Friendly forces want to seek out enemy air forces and their support and destroy them

142
Q

Why are defensives measures designed in DCA operations?

A

To detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to penetrate or attack through friendly airspace

143
Q

What is active defense?

A

The employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy

144
Q

What are the primary weapons for DCA operations?

A

Fighter aircraft, surface-to-air missiles, and air defense artillery

145
Q

How is it possible to generate an air picture showing friendly and hostile aircraft at a range of hundreds of miles?

A

By mounting powerful radars in aircraft and flying them to high altitude

146
Q

What is dominance of a nation’s airspace crucially dependent on?

A

Timely and accurate information of all air activity that might pose a threat

147
Q

Who controls all PR assets in a combat theater?

A

AOC

148
Q

Which cell within the AOC initiates and monitors PR planning?

A

PRCC

149
Q

What personnel make up the recovery teams?

A

Combat rescue officers, Para rescue personnel, and survival evasion, resistance, escape specialist

150
Q

What is the primary role of the fixed-wing aircraft?

A

To extend the operational range of PR helicopters

151
Q

Who is the airborne communication and data relay between rescue forces and command elements?

A

Airborne mission coordinator

152
Q

What are the typical targets for air interdiction?

A

Lines of communication, supply centers, C2 nodes, or fielded forces.

153
Q

What targets tend to be a less-efficient use of air power?

A

Direct attack of fielded forces, one vehicle or artillery battery at a time

154
Q

Why are strike aircraft tasked for SEAD operations employed?

A

To seek out and destroy ground-based electromagnetic emitters

155
Q

What aircraft have been designed or modified to increase their effectiveness against enemy air defenses and are typically thought of as SEAD assets?

A

The F-15 and F-16

156
Q

What means temporarily deny, degrade, deceive, delay or neutralize enemy air defense systems to increase aircraft survivability?

A

Disruptive means

157
Q

When targets are flown in the close proximity of friendly what is required in the delivery of weapons?

A

Precision

158
Q

Who determines which targets to attack for aircraft assigned to CAS operations?

A

The ground commander

159
Q

What missions are responsible for providing national and theater command authorities with timely, reliable, high-quality, high-altitude intelligence information?

A

Reconnaissance

160
Q

Which RECCE mission has a primary purpose of locating and attacking targets of opportunity?

A

Armed RECCE

161
Q

What type of missions is conducted for detection, locating, identifying, and evaluating foreign electromagnetic radiation?

A

Electronic RECCE

162
Q

What does Air Force doctrine state is normally one of the first and most important US military goals in a conflict?

A

Air superiority

163
Q

What is the standard armament load for the F-22 in its air to air role?

A

6 AIM-120 AMRAAMs and 2 AIM-9 Sidewinders

164
Q

What is the F-15’s mission?

A

To gain and maintain air superiority in aerial combat

165
Q

Why is the seat back angle expanded on the F-16?

A

For pilot comfort and gravity force tolerance

166
Q

For what purpose was the A-10 designed?

A

CAS of ground forces

167
Q

What unique strengths of bombers are cornerstones of America’s airpower and force projection?

A

Payload, range, and responsiveness coupled with precision attack

168
Q

What B-1B features combine to provide greater range and high speed with enhanced survivability?

A

Blended wing/body configuration, along with variable geometry design and turbofan engines

169
Q

What makes the B-1B a key element of any joint/composite strike force?

A

Speed, superior handling characteristics, and large payload

170
Q

What is the altitude limit of the B-52?

A

50,000 feet

171
Q

What is the unrefueled range of the B-52?

A

In excess of 8,800 miles

172
Q

What do ISR aircraft provide?

A

Clear, brief, relevant and timely analysis on foreign capabilities and intentions for planning and conducting military operations

173
Q

What is the Navy’s all-weather, carrier based, tactical warning and control system aircraft?

A

E-2C Hawkeye

174
Q

How long can an E-3 Sentry fly a mission profile without refueling?

A

Approximately 8 hrs

175
Q

What does the RC-135 provide at the theater and national level?

A

On-scene intelligence collection, analysis, and dissemination capabilities

176
Q

How does JSTARS pass ground force information to the Army’s common ground stations?

A

surveillance and control datalink

177
Q

What are remotely piloted aircraft?

A

A small aircraft that are remotely controlled from the ground or fly autonomously based on preprogrammed flight plans or more complex dynamic automation systems

178
Q

What RPA is configured to carry two AGM-114 Hellfire missiles?

A

Predator

179
Q

What makes up a fully operational Predator system?

A

FOUR SENSOR/WEAPON EQUIPPED AIRCRAFT, a ground control station, a Predator primary satellite link, and spare equipment along with operations and maintenance crews for deployed 24 hr operations

180
Q

What is the mission of Global Hawk?

A

To provide a broad spectrum of ISR collection capability to support joint combatant forces in worldwide peacetime, contingency and wartime operations

181
Q

What is the range of a RQ-4A?

A

8,700 nautical miles

182
Q

What is the minimum runway length for a C-17?

A

3,500 feet

183
Q

What roles does the C-130 perform?

A

Airlift support, Antarctic ice resupply, aeromedical missions, weather reconnaissance, aerial spray missions, fire-fighting duties, and natural disaster relief missions

184
Q

What is the primary and secondary mission of the KC-10A?

A

Aerial refueling

185
Q

What is the KC-135’s primary fuel transfer method?

A

Boom

186
Q

What is not a primary weapon for DCA operations?

A

Bomber aircraft

187
Q

What aircraft have proved the key to successful defensive and offensive air operations in numerous conflicts?

A

Airborne early warning aircraft

188
Q

Who collects real-time intelligence information on systems posing threats to the personnel recovery missions?

A

Personnel recovery coordination cell

189
Q

Which aircraft provides navigation assistance, route sanitization, and armed escort for the recovery vehicle during personnel recovery operations?

A

Rescue escort aircraft

190
Q

Who is responsible for initiating rescue efforts in the objective area until rescue forces
arrive?

A

On scene commander

191
Q

What type of mission is a form of aerial maneuver that destroys, disrupts, diverts, or delays
the enemy’s surface military potential before it can be used effectively against friendly forces?

A

Air interdiction (AI)

192
Q

Which type of target is less-efficient use of air power during air interdiction (AI) missions?

A

Artillery battery

193
Q

In what type of mission are strike aircraft employed to seek out and destroy ground-based
electromagnetic emitters?

A

SEAD

194
Q

Which mission is conducted against enemy forces in close proximity to friendly forces?

A

CAS

195
Q

Which is not considered a reconnaissance mission?

A

Combat

196
Q

Which aircraft have variable-geometry wings?

A

B-1B Lancer

197
Q

Which is not a mission of the C–130?

A

Aerial bombing

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