Improving JFACC: Doctrine and Communications

Abstract

The employment of the Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC) Concept during Operation Desert Storm raised a number of issues. After-action reports highlight communications difficulties between the JFACC and the Naval aviation forces operating in the theater. The existing joint doctrine regarding the JFACC states that normally the service component with the preponderance of air assets and the ability to assume the function will be designated as JFACC. Because it failed to provide any more definitive guidance, joint doctrine assumed that different service components would perform as JFACC in more or less the same manner. However, the Navy and the Air Force developed dissimilar philosophies regarding the command and control of tactical air assets and subsequently procured communications systems to support their own philosophies. This produced interoperability problems during Desert Storm. The communications problems which occurred were the product of inadequate joint doctrine and the service components' insistence on employing their individual service doctrines/philosophies during a joint operation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 18, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253098

Entities

People

  • Gary E. Washburn

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Classification
  • Classified Materials
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Damage Assessment
  • Doctrine
  • Marine Corps
  • Procurement
  • Radio Equipment
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control