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Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces
An Operational Architecture for Combat Support Execution Planning and Control
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As part of RAND’s work to define the elements of a combat support system to help achieve U.S. Air Force Aerospace Expeditionary Force goals, this report provides a critical analysis of the current command and control (C2) architecture for combat support (CS). Based on this analysis as well as interviews with Air Force personnel, lessons from the Air War Over Serbia, and doctrinal changes and evolving practices, the authors provide a series of structural concepts to help improve execution of the C2 for combat support and remedy identified shortfalls in the current structure. The proposed architecture would allow the combat support community to quickly estimate requirements for force package options and to assess the feasibility of operational and support plans. To transition to the new architecture, the authors recommend summarizing and clarifying Air Force CS doctrine and policy on C2, using feedback to monitor performance against plans, creating standing CS organizations to promote stability in turning from one contingency to the next, cross-training operations and combat support personnel on each other’s roles, and fielding improved information and decision support tools.
Table of Contents
Summary
Preface
All Prefatory Materials
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Analysis Approach
Chapter Three
CSC2 As-Is Architecture: Description and Analysis
Chapter Four
CS Execution Planning and Control To-Be Concepts and Operational Architecture for the Future
Chapter Five
Shortcomings and Proposed Changes
Chapter Six
Summary and Conclusions
Appendix A
Interview List
Appendix B
As-Is CSC2 Detailed Process Flow Model
Appendix C
To-Be CS Execution Planning and Combat Detailed Process Flow Model
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