AIR OPERATIONS CENTERS
 

April 2005

Compiled by Terry Kiss
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL

Contents

• Internet Resources
• Books
• Documents
• Periodicals

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All sites listed were last accessed on April 4, 2005.

Internet Resources

Air Force Doctrine Center.
Available online at: https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Main.asp
From the main page click on the Doctrine link, which will in turn display the hierarchy of AF doctrine and provide links to individual publications. Scroll down the main page for a list of doctrine publications, by number and title.

Caterinicchia, Dan. Air Force Piloting Secure Portal. Falls Church, VA, FCW.COM, December 2, 2002.
Available online at: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/1202/tec-portal-12-02-02.asp
The Air Force is in the initial phases of developing a secure portal that will provide air operations centers with access to the data they need to make critical warfighting decisions — information that is currently maintained in various disparate systems.

Clarke, Patrick E. Nerve Centers for Air Warfare. Military Information Technology Online edition September 1, 2003.
Available online at: http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=183
Air Force leaders made a fateful decision in 1995—to manage command and control (C2) as a weapon system in its own right. This led to a weapon being re-worked and unleashed with devastating power—the power of coordinated attacks with previously unheard-of speed. This powerful weapon, known as the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) or Joint Air Operations Center (JAOC) depending on the campaign and partners involved, is the nerve center for any air campaign. The first major re-designed AOC was fielded at Prince Sultan AB, Saudi Arabia.

Elliott, Scott. Air Force Rethinks Air Operations Centers.  AirForceLink  February 26, 2003.
Available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=22603562
The Air Force needs to start thinking of its air operations centers as weapon systems if the service wants to remain the best in the world, the deputy chief of staff for air and space operations said.

Fleming, Todd. NATO Holds Seminar at Langley. Air Combat Command News Service June 22, 2001.
Available online at: http://www2.acc.af.mil/accnews/jun01/01202.html
CAOC-X demonstrated to NATO leaders to emphasize commitment to "creating an AOC weapons system."

Fleming, Todd. Special Center Validates Improved Warfighting Capabilities. AirForceLink  April 9, 2001.
Available online at: http://www.af.mil/news/Apr2001/n20010409_0486.asp
The Combined Aerospace Operations Center-Experimental here has proven its worth, according to Air Force officials. The center recently completed an operational assessment that will result in the delivery of command and control hardware and software with innovative and expanded capabilities to the new CAOC at Prince Sultan Air Base in Southwest Asia.

Justice, Joseph H. Airpower Command and Control: Evolution of the Air and Space Operations Center as a Weapon System. Carlisle Barracks, PA, U.S. Army War College, 2004. 27 p.
Available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ada423705

Mahan, Ed. AOC Weapon System. June 13, 2001.
Available online at: http://www.dpaas.com/Day2/9brig%20gen%20(s)%20edward%20mahan%20combined%20aerospace%20operations.ppt
Unclassified PowerPoint briefing by Col Ed Mahan. Director ESC/CX describing background and development of the AOC.

Norman, Carl. Air Force Warfighters Applaud AFMC Support. Hilltop Times December 20, 2002.
Available online at: http://www.hilltoptimes.com/story.asp?edition=34&storyid=738
Examples of the CAOC-X support of logistics missions.

Paone, Chuck. ACC, AFMC Commanders Laud CAOC-X Team.  Air Combat Command News Service June 12, 2001.
Available online at: http://www2.acc.af.mil/accnews/jun01/01192.html

Paone, Chuck. AFMC, ACC Commanders to Mark CAOC-X Achievements. Hansconian  June 12, 2001.
Available online at: http://www.hanscom.af.mil/hansconian/Articles/2001Arts/06082001-5.htm
Six month review of COAC-X progress since initial ribbon-cutting.

Paone, Chuck. AOC Blue Two Links Warfighters, Developers.  ESC News  April 6, 2001.
Available online at: http://www.hanscom.af.mil/Esc-PA/news/2001/apr%202001/AOCBlueII.htm
Air Force program to link with industry to promote cooperative research and development, a cornerstone of the CAOC-X program.

Paone, Chuck. Industry, AF Get Together For New Technology Air Combat Command News Service February 17, 2001.
Available online at: http://www2.acc.af.mil/accnews/feb01/01048.html

Paone, Chuck and Fleming, Todd. Generals Review, Laud CAOC-X Accomplishments. Hansconian June 2002.
Available online at: http://www.hanscom.af.mil/hansconian/Articles/2001Arts/06152001-1.htm

Paone, Chuck and Todd Fleming. Leaders Impressed by AOC Blue Two Demonstrations. Hansconian August 10, 2001.
Available online at: http://www.hanscom.af.mil/Hansconian/Articles/2001Arts/08102001-02.htm
Technology that "can be fielded in six months, or less...is the AOC weapons system goal...".

Phister, Paul, Igor Plonish, and Todd Humiston. The Combined Aerospace Operations Center (CAOC) of the Future. 2001. 10 p.
Available online at: http://www.dodccrp.org/events/2001/6th_ICCRTS/Cd/Tracks/Papers/Track7/062_tr7.pdf
"This paper discusses the evolution of the existing AOC into the CAOC.".

RDT&E Budget Item Justification Sheet (R-2 Exhibit) Operational System Development Aerospace Operation Center (AOC) Project 4372. February 2002.
Available online at: http://www.dtic.mil/descriptivesum/Y2003/AirForce/0207410F.pdf
Past and projected costs for "Time Critical Targeting" AOC FY01 through FY07.

Seffers, George I. Air Force Soups Up Command Center. Federal Computer Week FCW.COM, June 11, 2001. 2 p.
Available online at: http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2001/0611/web-iraq-06-11-01.asp

Simpson, Marvin L. Integration and Interoperability of Information Systems Within the Coalition Aerospace Operations Center. Information & Security 8: November 2, 2002. 15 p.
Available online at: http://www.isn.ethz.ch/researchpub/publihouse/infosecurity/volume_8/C3/C3_index.htm

United States. Air Force. Air Warfare.  Air Force Doctrine Document 2-1. January 22, 2000. 118 p.
Available online at: https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Library/Doctrine/afdd2-1.pdf
Located in the AUL Authority Collection (Documents).

United States. Air Force. Organization and Employment of Aerospace Power. Air Force Doctrine Document 2.  February 17, 2000. 160 p.
Available online at: https://www.doctrine.af.mil/Library/Doctrine/afdd2.pdf
Located in the AUL Authority Collection .

Wight, Lee T. Stretching the Umbilical Cord: The Theory, Practice and Future of the Split Air Operations Center. Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, School of Advanced Air Power Studies, 1998. 152 p.
Available online at: https://research.au.af.mil/viewabstract.aspx?id=1862
 

Trowbridge, Gordon. Bringing Order From Chaos. Air Force Times 64:22 December 20, 2004.
Behind what looks like warehouse walls, the military experts at the Combined Air Operations Center guide U.S. and coalition aircraft from East Africa to Pakistan.
Also available online at: http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AFNB:AFTB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=1076B38512917F28&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated4&req_dat=0F56A02D68496F45

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