JAIC

Question 1

What Intelligence Fundamentals will you learn?

Answer 1

Main types of Intelligence and their strengths and weaknesses: SIGINT, OPINT, IMINT, MASINT, HUMINT, OSINT
UK Intelligence Agencies and their roles: GCHQ, MI6
Document Security
Military capability for Air/Land and Maritime

Question 2

What Analytical Techniques will you learn?

Answer 2

Centres of Gravity
Courses of action
Backcasting
Competing Hypotheses /SWOT ANALYSIS

Question 3

What sort of briefs will you be required to conduct?

Answer 3

Intelligence Update Brief - collate and present a 10 min brief in developing scenario under time constraints

Threat Brief - collate and present an 8 min brief in a threat system, usually an adversary aircraft and missile system

Mission Support Brief - provide bespoke intelligence briefing support to aircrew departing on operational sorties

Question 4

What is the AWFC?

Answer 4

Air Fundamentals Warfare Course, the main theoretical points about combat and warfare from an Air perspective

Question 5

ISR training?

Answer 5

Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance training, Joint training day with RN Int Officers in basic principles of ISR

Question 6

Land Intelligence course?

Answer 6

4 day serial on basic concerns and principles of Int support to land-based Ops

Question 7

Open Source Intelligence Course

Answer 7

4 day course in how to search and use the internet effectively, safely and legally from an Int perspective

Question 8

Ex PROMETHEUS DAWN

Answer 8

Final pass/fail exercise that tests all learned skills in a simulated Ops-room environment with 4 Sqn (2x Fast Jets, 2x Rotary), 1xFP, 1x Watchkeeper

Question 9

Do you go anywhere else?

Answer 9

Spread of visits to working locations:
Wyton
Digby 
Brize
Benson
Waddington
Marham
Coninsgby

Staff ride focusing on the defence of London from V Weapons of WWII
Bletchley Park
RAF Museum
Hasting fun batteries