The Air Force's current doctrinal maxims of centralized control and
decentralized execution have the potential to produce over
centralized planning at the theater air operations center (AOC);
the result of this tendency is a cumbersome air tasking order (ATO)
and a campaign vulnerable to lost communications, information
overload, and decapitation. One cure for such problem is the
decentralization of tactical planning through the use of
mission-type orders at the wing or air task-force level.
Mission-type orders include a clear statement of the superior
commander's intent and state each unit's tasks in terms of
operational effects to be achieved in several days rather than
daily targets and aim points. A related problem exists in the
horizontal command relationships at the theater level. During
Operation Desert Storm, there was friction between some ground
commanders and the joint forces air component commander (JFACC)
about the issue of air interdiction targeting. When the theater
CINC insisted that ground commanders pick air targets and then
micromanaged the targeting himself, without providing feedback to
these commanders, they frequently blamed the JFACC and his staff
for ignoring their targeting nominations. To reassert their
influence, they supported the formation of a joint targeting board
that had the potential to degrade the JFACC's control of his air
interdiction assets. An alternative to such a system is the use of
mission-type requests from the ground commander to the air
commander couched in terms of desired operational effects over a
discrete period of time. This study seeks to answer the question,
"If a joint force air commander finds it useful or necessary to
operate at the theater level and one level below with mission-type
orders or requests, what are the preconditions that must exist in
order to make such a partially decentralized command system work?"
General
| Imprint: |
Biblioscholar
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
September 2012 |
| First published: |
September 2012 |
| Authors: |
Michael E Fischer
|
| Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 4mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
76 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-249-32795-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Education >
General
Promotions
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| LSN: |
1-249-32795-4 |
| Barcode: |
9781249327950 |
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