Restructuring the Air Operations Center

Abstract

A comment from the commander of Tactical Air Command (TAC) that the air operations center (AOC) did not work and that it needed to be fixed stimulated this research project. Having long been associated with the theater air control system (TACS), I have been aware of concerns about the AOC and other elements of the system. Periodically, the Air Force has tried to implement improvements, particularly in hardware, but these efforts sometimes fell short. Some of the expressed concerns included statements that the air tasking order (ATO) was not effective means of controlling the force, that centralized control will break down and leave us unable to perform our task, and that the system is too physically cumbersome and airlift intensive to be useful. Certainty, there is some truth in these comments.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA264816

Entities

People

  • David Tillotson Iii

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Control Systems
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • Radar
  • Surveillance
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Systems Analysis and Design