UNIT III AEF CONCEPT

Question 1

This concept is used today was born of necessity after years of rotation between Operations Northern Watch and Southern Watch.

Answer 1

The AEF Concept

Question 2

This AEF Banding aligns capabilities accomplishing the mission with their actual deploy to dwell ratios. It also implie battle rhythm.

Answer 2

Tempo Banding

Question 3

What are the 3 AEF key principles

Answer 3

Predictability
Equitability
Transparency

Question 4

This key AEF principle allows Airmen to answer the question “Who goes first?” and “Who goes next?” and allows them to realize what is going on and what is happening next.

Answer 4

Predicatability

Question 5

This key AEF principle allows Airmen to answer the question “Are all Airmen treated equally?” This is in addition to Tempo Banding, and allows Airmen in the same functional areas to deploy at the same pace.

Answer 5

Equitability

Question 6

This key AEF principle allows the Airmen to realize that there is no mystery to the process of the battle rhythm. The when, why and how is visible and understood by every Airman.

Answer 6

Transparency

Question 7

What are the 4 AEF Key Elements?

Answer 7

Readily available force
Enabler force
In place support
Institutional force

Question 8

This AEF key element is the primary pool fulfilling Air Force rotational requirements

Answer 8

Readily Available Force

Question 9

Thie AEF key element includes common user assets, such as global mobility forces, spec ops, and personnel recovery forces, space force, and are ALWAYS ON CALL.

Answer 9

Enabler Force

Question 10

This AEF key element has two types: Airmen that are almost exclusively employed in direct support of a CCDR mission and those representing the minimum requirements to support critical home station operations.

Answer 10

In place support

Question 11

This AEF key element consists of forces assigned to organizations responsible to carry out statutory functions at the Air Force level.

Answer 11

Institutional force