Mission-Type Orders in Joint Air Operations: The Empowerment of Air Leadership.

Abstract

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; the result of this tendency is a cumbersome air tasking order and a campaign vulnerable to lost communications, information overload, and decapitation. One cure for such problems 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 over several days rather than daily targets and aimpoints.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA360607

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People

  • Michael E. Fischer

Organizations

  • Air University

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  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Counterair Operations
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • United States Central Command
  • United States European Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies