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May 2011
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Muir S. Fairchild Research
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Fawcett, John M., Jr. The JFACC Team.
Air & Space Power Chronicles. Kometer, Michael W. Command in the Air
War: Centralized Versus Decentralized Control of Combat Airpower.
Maxwell AFB, AL, Air University Press, 2007. 335 p. United States. Dept. of the Air Force.
Air Force Basic Doctrine. Washington, November 2003. 106 p.
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Joint
Operations. Washington, September 2006. 1 vol. Documents (Student Research)
Baltrusaitis, Daniel F. Centralized Control with Decentralized
Execution: Never Divide the Fleet? Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College,
February 2003. 77 p. Blomme, Mark E. Decentralizing Centralized Control: Reorienting the
Fundamental Tenet for Resilient Air Operations. Fort Leavenworth, KS,
School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General Staff College, May
2008. 99 p. Chambers, J. Ian. Command and Control of
Airpower in Irregular Warfare. Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies,
Army Command and General Staff College, 2010. 44 p. Combs, Jason R. The Air Force Installation Operations Center: How Will
the Installation Operations Center Assist the Deployed Commander to Integrate
the Unit Level Mission into the Joint Fight? Fort Leavenworth, KS,
Army Command and General Staff College, June 2006. 72 p. Guttman, Nick O. The Supported Commander in High Intensity Anti-Access
Maritime Conflict. Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 2009. 21
p.
Hertz, Martin R. The Virtual Council of War: Relationships, Trust
and Influence Between the Joint Forces Commander and His Air Component.
Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 2002. 33 p. Lasica, Daniel T. The Ultimate Quarterback: How the Joint Force
Commander Can Utilize the Air Component, Supported by the Ground and Special
Forces Components, to Most Effectively and Efficiently Achieve Operational
Objectives. Newport, RI, Naval War College, April 2008. 27 p. Marzolf, Gregory S. Command and Control of Airpower: A New Paradigm
for the Future. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, February 2009.
52 p. Missler, Timothy B. The Theater JFACC Construct:
Creating Disunity of Command in the CENTCOM AOR. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff
College, April 2009. 35 p. Santicola, Henry J. Centralized Control/Decentralized Execution:
A Valid Tenet of Airpower. Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College,
March 2005. 26 p. Schaefer John J., III. Time for a New Master Tenet? Fort
Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General
Staff College, May 2006. 61 p.
Available
online at: http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/fawcett.html
Provides definitions and information about relevant official publications, organization and
training to create the JFACC team.
Develops "a more complete picture of the various ways
airpower is controlled in combat, and their subsequent consequences, by
presenting airpower as a system, placing the above theories in their proper
context within that system, and accounting for the interaction among them."
- Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA473231
Book call no.: 355.33041 K81c 2007
Air Force Doctrine Document 1.
See Tenets of Air and Space Power, pp 27-30.
Also available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/afdd1.pdf
Book call no.: 358.400973 U582aa
"Examines issues of joint air operations and in particular those associated or
related to the role and functions of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC)."
- Introduction.
Also available online:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA290629
Doc call no.: M-U 30352-16 no.7884
Joint Publication 3-0 incorporating Change 2 March 22, 2010.
See page III-8: Command and Control of Joint Air Operations.
Also available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/new_pubs/jp3_0.pdf
Doc call no.: M-U 40592 no.3-0
Ankerstar, Stephen E. Beyond Centralized Control and
Decentralized Execution. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Air and
Space Studies, June 2005. 59 p.
"It is time for the Air Force to move beyond centralized control and
decentralized execution to a deeper understanding of the contextual factors
leading senior leaders to actively involve themselves into tactical operations."
- Abstract.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org
Doc call no.: M-U 43998-1 A611b
"US involvement in wars with limited aims, combined with the technology which
allows senior commanders to see the common operational picture and view from the
cockpit is driving a trend towards the centralization of air power execution." -
Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424923
Doc call no.: M-U 43117 B197c
"The Air Force must recognize the need to embrace the degree of decentralized
control and resource aircrews with the ability to directly gather information
needed to make decisions." - Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA485469
Doc call no.: M-U 42022-2 B653d
"Examines the Air Force’s ability to apply the centralized control approach to
irregular warfare. The growing focus and literature on the differences
between traditional warfare and irregular warfare challenge the US Air Force’s
adherence to centralized control." - Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA522723
Doc call no.: M-U 42022-2 C444c
"Focuses on what the installation operations center provides to the deployed
commander. Using doctrine and history as a baseline and 14 criteria for
measurement, the installation operations center greatly enhances the deployed
commander's ability to integrate the unit mission into the joint fight." -
Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA451806
Doc call no.: M-U 42022 C731a
"Recommends future courses of action for both the Navy and the Air Force to make
the operational situation more tenable, and concludes with recommendations to
joint force commanders to manage shifts in command relationships." - Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA502988
Doc call no.: M-U 41662 G985s
"Addresses the problem of
geographically separated commanders, the impact of separation and the affect of
electronic meeting systems on their relationship."
- Abstract.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA420690
Doc call no.: M-U 43122 H576v
Advocates for the "Joint Force Commander (JFC) to designate airpower as the main
effort, using the Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC) and Joint Force
Special Operations Component Commander (JFSOCC) as supporting commanders, when
the situation warrants." - Abstract.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA484511
Doc call no.: M-U 41662
L344u
"Suggests that the Air Force’s current 'centralized control, decentralized
execution' paradigm does not adequately represent airpower employment, and
because of this, it redefines and offers a new C2 paradigm," which is called
centralized command, adaptive control, decentralized execution. - Abstract.
Also available online at:
https://www.afresearch.org
Doc call no.: M-U 43117
M393c
"Explores the proper level of airpower command and control in irregular warfare.
By evaluating the current state of airpower effectiveness under the United
States Air Force’s Command and Control Enabling Concept employed in the CENTCOM
area of operations today." - Abstract.
Also available online at:
https://www.afresearch.org
Doc call no.: M-U 43122
M6781t
"Even in the face of emerging joint operations concepts, centralized control and
decentralized execution remains a valid tenet for the organization and
employment of airpower." - Abstract.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA434411
Doc call no.: M-U 39080-537
S235c
"Concludes that the location of sufficient understanding of the commander’s
intent along the chain of command from the JFACC to the airborne asset
determines the appropriate level of centralized execution." - Abstract.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA450629
Doc call no.: M-U 42022-2
S294t
Scheel, Lynn
I. Long-Range Strike: Concepts and Doctrinal Implications of Future Airpower
Capabilities. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies,
June 2003. 74 p.
"The final conclusion is there needs to be a very slight shift in how the Air
Force views the airpower tenet of centralized control and decentralized
execution. " - Abstract.
Also available online at: https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2003/saas/Scheel.pdf
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 S315L
Clark, Clinton R. and Cook, Timothy J. A
Practical Approach to Effects-Based Operational Assessment. Air &
Space Power Journal 22:82-99 Summer 2008.
Discusses an effects-based operational assessment (OA) "framework that emerged
from a survey of existing OA techniques, an in-depth review of joint and Air
Force doctrine, and consultation and collaboration with numerous strategists and
war fighters." - Article.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34409651&site=ehost-live
Fought, Stephen O. The Tale of the C/JFACC: A Long and Winding Road.
Air & Space Power Journal 18:18-26 Winter 2004.
Discusses the history that lead to the establishment of JFACC and the
relationship between the air forces in the United Kingdom and in the
United States.
Also available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=15259464&site=ehost-live
Krause, Merrick E. Integrated Coercive Strategies and the Role of the
Air Component. Joint Force Quarterly No. 41:68-75 April 2006.
"Provides a simple conceptual lens through which to plan or analyze coercive
operations. Keeping the objective of control in mind, it asserts that the
military instrument, and particularly joint aerospace power, is a vital tool for
coercing enemy decisionmakers. Then it proposes a simple model that
leaders and strategists might consider when planning coercive campaigns." -
Article.
Also available online at:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/203638303?accountid=4332
Lewis, Richard B.H. JFACC: Problems Associated
with Battlefield Preparation in Desert Storm. Airpower Journal
8:4-21 Spring 1994.
"Examines several problems the joint force air component commander (JFACC)
experienced during Operation Desert Storm." - Abstract.
Also available online:
http://www.airpower.au.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj94/spr94/lewis.html
Messer, Kristen R. Timing Is Everything: Operational Assessment in a
Fast-Paced Fight. Air & Space Power Journal 22:51-60 Summer
2008.
"The operational assessment team (OAT) conducts assessment at the operational
level of war and evaluates the effectiveness of air and space operations in
creating desired effects and achieving the joint force air component commander’s
(JFACC) objectives." - Article.
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=34409647&site=ehost-live
Whitlow, J. L. JFACC: Who's in Charge? Joint Force
Quarterly No. 5:64-70 Summer 1994.
"It is time to stop arguing and to start looking at the specific areas where
progress can be achieved, namely, apportionment, targeting, a concept for a
purple JFACC, and a vision of the future." - Article.
Also available online:
http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/jfq1105.pdf
Winnefeld, James A. and Johnson, Dana J. Unity of Control: Joint Air
Operations in the Gulf. Joint Force Quarterly No. 1:88-99
Summer 1993.
Excerpted from Joint Air Operations: Pursuit of Unity in Command and Control,
1942–1991 by James A. Winnefeld and Dana J. Johnson.
Also available online at: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1993/jfq1201.pdf
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