Initiative-25 and the Need for Terminal Airstrike Control at the Company Level.

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Abstract:

Close air support CAS is critical to the Army company commander. Terminal airstrike control of CAS assets is currently an Air Force responsibility. Initiative-25 tasked the Air Force and Army to review this command and control system. The study reviews the problem areas that evolved from initiative-25 and evaluates the possibility of using USAF enlisted personnel and indigenous Army personnel to control CAS on a routine basis. The study concludes that the USAF enlisted Tactical Air Command and Control Specialist and the Army Fire Support Team personnel are capable of terminal strike control at the company level. The study further concludes that parochial attitudes must be eliminated and that command and control of air assets should become a joint Air ForceArmy responsibility at echelons below battalion.

Author(s):
Boggs, John A.
Author Organization(s):
AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL
Descriptive Note:
Student rept.,
Pagination:
0035

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ACSC-88-0320
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.1.1_Maneuver to Engage; JCA_3.1_Maneuver; JCA_5.4_Decide; JCA_5.4.3_Establish Rule Sets; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_3.2_Engagement; JCA_3.2.1_Kinetic Means; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.1_Planning and Direction; JCA_2.1.4_Evaluation; JCA_1.2.1_Training; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_1.2.6_Concepts; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange
Modernization Areas:
Fully Networked C3
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*AIR STRIKES, *CLOSE SUPPORT, *TACTICAL AIR COMMAND, COMPANY LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS, ARMY PERSONNEL, MILITARY COMMANDERS, AIR FORCE PERSONNEL, COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS, ENLISTED PERSONNEL, SPECIALISTS, FIRE SUPPORT, TEAMS(PERSONNEL)
Field(s)/Group(s):
Military Operations, Strategy and Tactics, Military Forces and Organizations, Personnel Management and Labor Relations
Report Date:
1988 Apr 01