Air Operations Center

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The AN/USQ-163 Falconer, better known as the Air and Space Operations Center (AOC), is the senior element of the Theater Air Control System (TACS) and is the weapon system Commander, Air Force Forces (COMAFFOR) provides the Joint Forces Air Component Commander (JFACC) for planning and executing theater-wide aerospace forces. When the COMAFFOR is also the JFACC, the AOC is also the Joint Air Operations Center (JAOC). In cases of Allied or Coalition (multinational) operations, the AOC is also a Combined Aerospace Operations Center (CAOC).

1 Divisions
2 Falconer AOCs
- 2.1 Non-Deployable
- 2.2 Deployable
3 Tailorable AOCs
4 Functional AOCs
5 Training/Experimentation
6 AOC-equipping Units
7 NATO Air Operations Centres
- 7.1 Active AOCs
- 7.2 Inactive AOCs
8 See Also
9 References
10 External Links

[edit] Divisions

[edit] Strategy Division

[edit] Plans Division

[edit] Operations Division

[edit] Air Mobility Division

[edit] Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Division

[edit] Falconer AOCs

[edit] Non-Deployable

609th Air Operations Group/Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) - Al Udeid AB, Qatar
607th Air Operations Group/HTACC - Osan AB, South Korea

[edit] Deployable

612th Air Operations Group/USSOUTHCOM/12th Air Force AOC - Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona^[1]
32d Air Operations Group/EUCOM AOC - Ramstein AB, Germany
613th Air Operations Group/PACOM AOC - Hickam AFB, Hawaii

[edit] Tailorable AOCs

AFNORTH AOC/1st Air Force AOC - Tyndall AFB, Florida (Homeland Defense)
608th Air Operations Group/8th Air Force AOC - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (Global Strike)
611th Air Operations Group/11th Air Force AOC - Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

[edit] Functional AOCs

614th Space Operations Group/14th Air Force AOC - Vandenberg AFB, California (aka Joint Space Operations Center or JSpOC)
Tanker Airlift Control Center/Air Mobility Command AOC - Scott AFB, Illinois
Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center/NORAD AOC - Cheyenne Mountain AFS, Colorado

[edit] Training/Experimentation

505th Command and Control Wing (AOC Formal Training Unit) - Hurlburt Field, Florida
Combined Air Operations Center-Nellis (CAOC-N) - Nellis AFB, Nevada
Combined Air Operations Center-Training (CAOC-T) - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana
Combined Air Operations Center-Experimental (CAOC-X) - Langley AFB, Virginia

[edit] AOC-equipping Units

152d Air Operations Group - Syracuse, New York (New York Air National Guard)^[2]
157th Air Operations Group - St Louis, Missouri (Missouri Air National Guard)
112th Air Operations Squadron - State College, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Air National Guard)^[3]
701st Combat Operations Squadron - March ARB, California (California Air Force Reserves)
710th Combat Operations Squadron - Langley AFB, Virginia (Virginia Air Force Reserves)^[4]

[edit] NATO Air Operations Centres

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also uses the Combined Air Operations Center concept at multiple locations. Supporting the air component commands are four static Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCCs) to direct NATO air operations – in Udem , Germany ; Finderup , Denmark ; Poggio Renatico , Italy ; and Larissa , Greece ; and two deployable CAOCs in Udem and Poggio Renatico. The static CAOCs can support Allied air operations from their fixed locations, while the deployable CAOCs will move where they are needed.

[edit] Active AOCs

Combined Air Operations Centre-1 (CAOC-1) - Finderup, Denmark
Combined Air Operations Centre-2 (CAOC-2) - Ramstein AB, Germany^[5]
Combined Air Operations Centre-3 (CAOC-3) - Bodo, Norway
Combined Air Operations Centre-4 (CAOC-4) - Messtetten, Germany^[6]
Combined Air Operations Centre-5 (CAOC-5) - Poggio Renatico, Italy (Deployable)
Combined Air Operations Centre-6 (CAOC-6) - Eskisehir, Turkey^[7]
Combined Air Operations Centre-7 (CAOC-7) - Larissa, Greece^[8] (Fixed)
Combined Air Operations Centre-8 (CAOC-8) - Torrejon AB, Spain^[9]
Combined Air Operations Centre-9 (CAOC-9) - High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Combined Air Operations Centre-10 (CAOC-10) - Lisbon, Portugal^[10]

[edit] Inactive AOCs

Balkans Combined Air Operations Center - Vicenza, Italy (Deactivated in 2001)^[11]

[edit] See Also

United States Air Force

[edit] References

[edit] External Links

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