CENTRALIZED CONTROL OF AIR ASSETS
OTS Current Military Topics

Does the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) approach
 promote a truly unified fighting force in combat operations?


March 2005

Compiled by Stephen B.T. Chun
Bibliographer, Air University Library
Maxwell AFB, AL


Contents

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OTS Reserve


The following materials are located on the OTS Reserve Shelf. Check online catalog for availability of additional copies.

Rand Corporation.  A League of Airmen: U.S. Air Power in the Gulf War, by James A. Winnefeld and others. Santa Monica, CA, 1994. 335 p.
The JFACC: A Step on the Long Road to Jointness, pp 263-264.
Book call no.: 956.7044248 W434L

Probasco, Michael T.  Joint Force Air Component Commander or Coordinator?  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, Air University, 1994. 24 p. 
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43117  P962j 

Sharon, Anthony P.  Theater Command and Control Time for an Agile Enterprise.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, Air University, 1995.  34 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U 43117  S531t 

Van Splunder, Timothy W.  Are the Armed Forces Playing Lip Service to Jointness?  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, 1995. 37 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43117  V281a 


Internet Resources


Fawcett, John M., Jr.  The JFACC Team.  Air & Space Power Chronicles.
Available online:  http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/cc/fawcett.html

Habbestad, Gordon B.  The JFACC Supporting Function.  Alexandria, VA, GlobalSecurity.org, 1993.
Available online:  http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1993/HGB.htm

Operational Air and Space Power.  Maxwell AFB, AL, CADRE, n.d.
Available online:  http://www.apc.maxwell.af.mil/launch.htm?oap
Part of the Air & Space Power Course.  For text only version:  http://www.apc.maxwell.af.mil/text/oap/intro.htm

Polowitzer, William G.  Role of the JFACC in Future Conflicts.  Alexandria, VA, GlobalSecurity.org, 1993.
Available online:  http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/1993/PWG.htm

United States.  Dept. of the Air Force.  Air Force Basic Doctrine.  Washington, 2003.  106 p.
Available online: http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/service_pubs/afdd1.pdf
See "Tenets of Air and space Power," pp 27-30.


Books


Tramoundanis, Despina.  Australian Air Power in Joint Operations.  RAAF Fairbairn, Canberra, Australia, Air Power Studies Center, 1995. 245 p.
Air Power--The Current State of the Operational Art, pp 80-94.
The JFACC Role in ADF Air Operations, pp 169-178.
Book call no.:  358.4030994  T771a

Winnefeld, James A. and Johnson, Dana J.  Joint Air Operations: Pursuit of Unity in Command and Control, 1942-1991.  Annapolis, MD, Naval Institute Press, 1993.  219 p.  (A RAND research study)
A Truly Joint JFACC, pp 134-140.
Book call no.:  355.422  W776j


Documents


Documents are located across the lobby in the East Wing of the library. Some of the documents cited in this section are student papers written to fulfill PME school requirements.

Air Force Doctrine Center.  Aerospace Commander's Handbook for the JFACC.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Force Doctrine Center, 2001.  136 p.
Includes CD-ROM containing reference materials:  Journal articles from Air Force Magazine and Air Power Journal, Doctrine Center watch articles, NATO publications.
Doc. call no.:  M-U  44468

Becknell, Michael J.  Joint Forces Air Component Commander Transition.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1997.  23 p. 
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA325780
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  B398j

Brown, Lawrence T.  You've Got to Be Kidding:  Empowering the JFACC with Selected Ground Reconnaissance Forces.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 2003.  34 p. 
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA415381
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  B8786y

Brugal, Andres A.  There Is More to JFACC Than an ATO.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1995.   31 p.
This paper deals with JFACC afloat; an evolutionary application of the joint force air component commander concept developed by the Naval service for operations in theaters where no suitable shore basing site exists.
Also available online: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA297815 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  B891t

Champagne, Lynn M.  Let's Put the "Joint" Back into JFACC.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1994.  23 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  C449L

Coble, Henry Joe.  JFACC: What Is the Impact of the USAF Composite Wing?  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1992.  31 p. 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  C656j

Day, Newell B., II.  Network Centric Warfare and the Joint Forces Air Component Commander.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1999. 18 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA363152
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  D274n

DePalmer, Steven J.  The Airpower Tenet of Centralized Control from Organizational and Battle Management Perspectives.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies, 1997.  62 p.
Also available online: https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay1997/saas/depalmer_sj.pdf
or http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA391854
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43998-1  D419a

Donovan, Daniel L., III.  Integrating Naval Air Power under the JFACC: Desert Shield/Storm from the Red Sea.  Newport, RI, Naval War College,  1992.  27 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  D6872i

Hancock, Ben.  MAGTF Air Assets and the JFACC.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air War College, Air University, 2000.  19 p.
Also available online:  https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2001/awc/hancock.pdf
or  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA407120
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43117  H2341m

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, Air University, 2002.  33 p.
Also available online:  https://research.au.af.mil/papers/ay2002/acsc/02-055.pdf 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43122  H576v

Hulick, J. B.  The Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Evolution...Selection...Perspectives.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, May 1995.  21 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA297783
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  H912j

Hunter, Jonathan B.  Joint Operational Targeting: Who's in Charge; CINC, JFACC, or JTCB?  Fort Leavenworth, KS, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1994.  56 p. 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  42022-2  H945j

Kehler, C. Robert.  Facing a Nuclear Armed Adversary in a Regional Contingency: Implications for the Joint Commander.   Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1995.  21 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA298284
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  K261f

Kincaid, Gregory R. and Poligala, Richard A . An Independent Evaluation of Information Systems Support of the Joint Forces Air Component Commander Concept of Operations.  Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, Air Force Institute of Technology, 1993.  66 p. 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  39567-4  K51i

Leland, J. Morri.  Keeping the JFACC at the Operational Level.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1997.  20 p. 
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA325261
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  L537k

Logan, David A.  Agile Control of Military Operations (JFACC).  Burlington, MA, Alphatech, Inc., 2001.  1 vol.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397078
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43440-3

McClain, Douglas L.  Developing Afloat JFACC Targeting: What Will It Take?  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1993.  32 p. 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  M126d

McNamara, Stephen J.  Airpower's Gordian Knot: Centralized Versus Organic Control.  Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Airpower Studies,  1992.  202 p. 
Korea: The First JFACC, pp 75-95.
Desert Storm: The JFACC Resurrected, pp 121-140.
The JFACC: Past and Future, pp 141-156.
Also available online:  http://www.au.af.mil/au/aul/aupress/Books/McNamara/mcnamara.pdf
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43998-1  M169a

Medler, Linda R.  In the Crucible of Battle; An Analysis of the Split Air Operations Center and the Principles of War.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1999.  52 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA363116
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  M491i

Morgan, David J.  A Reexamination of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Concept for the 21st Century.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1999.  17 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA363183
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  M847r

Orton, William D.  Joint Force Air Component Commander: Transitioning from Afloat to Ashore.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1997.  18 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA325167
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  O78j

Pitts, Larry.  Joint Doctrine in a Combined Operations World:  The JFACC.  Washington, National War College, National Defense University, 2000.  13 p.
Also available online:  http://www.ndu.edu/library/n2/n005605i.pdf 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  42279-23  P6921j

RAND Corporation.  Joint Force Air Component Commander--A Common Sense Approach, by Jarc E. Freitas and Thomas A. Parker. Santa Monica, CA, 1994.  31 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA290629
Doc. call no.:  M-U  30352-16  no.7884

Saling, Jeffrey M.  Dynamic Re-Tasking: The JFACC and the Airborne Strike Package.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1999.  44 p.
Also available online: https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay1999/acsc/99-179.pdf
or http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA398855
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43122  S165d

Schenberger, Walter R.  SOF and JFACC:  Prescription for an Ailing Relationship.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 2001.  29 p.
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43122  S3241s

Schmidt, Rick W.  The Joint Force Air Component Commander and Maneuver Warfare:  Are They Compatible?  Fort Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, 1998.  54 p. 
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA357712
Doc. call no.:  M-U  42022-2  S353j

Senna, Philip M.  The JFACC and Small Scale Contingency Operations.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 1998.  40 p. 
Also available online:  https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay1998/acsc/98-256.pdf
 
or http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA398700
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43122  S478j 

Seward, Jay E., II.  Warfighting Resources and the Need for Operational Planning.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1995.  28 p. 
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA297854
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  S514w

Sigler, Andrew C., Jr.  The Joint Force Air Component Commander, Carrier Battlegroup, and Fleet Air Defense: Ingredients for Incompatibility During the Joint Task Force Exercise.  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1996.  20 p.
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA307579
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  S577j

Timmerman, Thomas J.  Assessing Effects-Based Operations Crucial Feedback for the Air Component Commander.  Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, 2003.  53 p. 
Also available online:  https://research.maxwell.af.mil/papers/ay2003/acsc/03-1363.pdf
 
or http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA424960
Doc. call no.:  M-U  43122  T5841a 

United States.  Air Force.  Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations.  JFACC Primer.  Washington, 1994.  1 vol.
Doc. call no.:  M-U  42992-157  Feb 94

United States.  Joint Chiefs of Staff.  Command and Control for Joint Air Operations.  Washington, 2003.  1 vol. 
Also available online:  http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_30.pdf
Doc call no.:  M-U  40592  no.3-30  2003

Wigge, Maureen A.  The Joint Force Air Component Commander: Theory and Practice.  Alexandria, VA, Center for Naval Analyses,  1993.  37 p. 
Doc. call no.:  M-U  31914-40  no. 92-195

Wright, Virgil S.  Area Air Defense Commander: Can JFACC Do It All?  Newport, RI, Naval War College, 1999.  21 p. 
Also available online:  http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA363189
Doc. call no.:  M-U  41662  W953a


Periodicals


Darrah, David T.  Does Organizational Culture Affect Doctrine?  Marine Corps Gazette  81:30-33  May 1997.

Donnelly, John.  Navy Proposes Joint, Air, Missile Defense Commander.  Defense Week  18:5  June 23, 1997.

Fedorchak, Scott  Air Operations Must be JointAirpower Journal  9:79-87  Spring 1995.
Also available online:  http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/fedor.html

Fought, Stephen O.  The Tale of the C/JFACC:  A Long and Winding Road.  Air & Space Power Journal  18:18-26  Winter 2004.
Also available online:  http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj04/win04/fought.html

Gorman, Tom.  Intranet/Internet Technology and the Warfighter: "A New Concept for the JFACC, the AOC, and CTAPS".  Air Land Sea Bulletin  No.97-1:5-9  April 1997.

Hollis, Patrecia Slayden.  Making the Most of Air Power  Field Artillery, pp 3-5, September-October 1996.

Houle, Edward H.  JFACC--The Sequel. Marine Corps Gazette  77:83-89  May 1993.

Hurley, Marcus.  JFACC Taking the Next StepJoint Force Quarterly  No.7:60-65  Spring 1995.
Also available online:  http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/jfq1507.pdf

King, Robert L. and Wilson, James C.  JFACC and the Navy: Something Is Missing. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 125:71-72  October 1999.
Also available online:  http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=2339742&db=aph

Lewis, Richard B.H.  JFACC: Problems Associated with Battlefield Preparation in Desert StormAirpower Journal  8:4-21  Spring 1994.
Also available online:  http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj94/lewis.html

Liepman, James M.  CnthInthXYZ, TACS, and Air Battle Management:  The Search for Operational Doctrine.  Airpower Journal  13:61-75  Spring 1999.
Also available online:  http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj99/spr99/liepman.html

Martin, Gregory S.  New Airpower for a New Millennium.  NATO Review  48:31-32  Spring-Summer 2000.
Also available online:  http://www.nato.int/docu/review/2000/0001-09.htm

Motz, Dwight R.  JFACC: The Joint Air Control 'Cold War' Continues...  Marine Corps Gazette  77:64-71  January 1993.

Pencek, Barry D.  The Joint Air Component Commander: Another Look.  Marine Corps Gazette  78:73-74  May 1994.

Poyner, D. Robert.  "Organic" Versus Joint: Thoughts on How the Air Force Fights.  Strategic Review  29:58-62  Winter 2001.

Poyner, D. Robert.  A Proposal for Homeland-Defense Organization.  Aerospace Power Journal  16:97-100  Spring 2002.
Also available online:  http://www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil/airchronicles/apj/apj02/spr02/vorspr02.html

Quigley, John M.  Creating Joint Warfighters.  U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings 121:62-65  September 1995.

Reimer, Dennis J. and Fogleman, Ronald R.  Joint Warfare and the Army-Air Force TeamJFQ: Joint Force Quarterly  No.11:9-15  Spring 1996.
Also available online:  http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/jq019603.pdf

Stambaugh, Jeffrey E.  JFACC: Key To Organizing Your Air Assets for Victory. Parameters  24:98-110  Summer 1994.
Also available online:  http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/1994/stambau.htm

Szelowski, David W.  Disjointed: Just How Joint Are We?  United States Naval Institute Proceedings 126:58-61  September 2000.
Also available online:  http://search.ebscohost.com/direct.asp?an=9078296&db=aph

Vozzo, Martin L. and Latham, Diann.  Who Should Coordinate Fires in the Battle Interdiction Area?  Field Artillery, pp 40-44, September-October 1995.

Welch, William G.  We're Still Not Joint. U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings  122:59-61  February 1996.

Whitlow, J. L.  JFACC: Who's in ChargeJoint Force Quarterly  No.5:64-70  Summer 1994.
Also available online:  http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/jfq1105.pdf


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