Team Building: The Next Chapter of Airpower Command and Control in Afghanistan

Abstract

On 22 May 2011, command of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force Afghanistan (9 AETF-A) shifted from Maj Gen Charles Lyon s team to ours, and almost immediately we went to work writing the next chapter of airpower support to counterinsurgency operations. As we began our new roles, the 9 AETF-A staff and subordinate commanders were keenly aware of the recent changes to the command and control (C2) architecture of US Air Forces Central (AFCENT) that occurred in November 2010, thus establishing the subtheater C2.1 Major General Lyon s tenure in Afghanistan included significant organizational change, and his team did an outstanding job of laying the foundation. By the time our team took the reins, everything was in place and running smoothly. Assuming the transformation complete and the major changes behind us, we discovered, however, that the stark situation on the ground made those expectations a far cry from reality.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA562399

Entities

People

  • Joseph L. Campo
  • Tod D. Wolters

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Air Traffic
  • Civil Aviation
  • Command And Control
  • Doctrine
  • Force Protection
  • International Security
  • Landing Fields
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States Central Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

Technology Areas

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