AIR OPERATIONS CENTER

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).

Contents

Divisions

Strategy Division

Plans Division

Operations Division

Air Mobility Division

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Division

Falconer AOCs

Non-Deployable

Deployable

Tailorable AOCs

Functional AOCs

Training/Experimentation

AOC-equipping Units

Active AOCs

Inactive AOCs

See Also

References

External Links

Divisions

Strategy Division

Plans Division

Operations Division

Air Mobility Division

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) Division

Falconer AOCs

Non-Deployable

★ 609th Air Operations Group/Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC) - Al Udeid AB, Qatar

★ 607th Air Operations Group/HTACC - Osan AB, South Korea

Deployable

★ 612th Air Operations Group/USSOUTHCOM/12th Air Force AOC - Davis-Monthan AFB, ArizonaDavis-Monthan Getting AOC

★ 603rd Air Operations Group/EUCOM AOC - Ramstein AB, Germany

★ 613th Air Operations Group/PACOM AOC - Hickam AFB, Hawaii

Tailorable AOCs

★ AFNORTH AOC/1st Air Force AOC - Tyndall AFB, Florida (Homeland Defense)

★ AFSOF AOC - Hurlburt AFB, Florida (Special Operations)

★ 608th Air Operations Group/8th Air Force AOC - Barksdale AFB, Louisiana (Global Strike)

★ 611th Air Operations Group/11th Air Force AOC - Elmendorf AFB, Alaska

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

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

AOC-equipping Units

★ 152d Air Operations Group - Syracuse, New York (New York Air National Guard)NYANG - 152d AOG Homepage

★ 157th Air Operations Group - St Louis, Missouri (Missouri Air National Guard)

★ 112th Air Operations Squadron - State College, Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania Air National Guard)112d Air Operations Squadron Homepage

★ 701st Combat Operations Squadron - March ARB, California (California Air Force Reserves)

★ 710th Combat Operations Squadron - Langley AFB, Virginia (Virginia Air Force Reserves)Air Force Reserve News
==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.

Active AOCs

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-1 ('CAOC-1') - Finderup, Denmark

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-2 ('CAOC-2') - Uedem, Germany"CAOC 2: State-of-the-Art Engineering for more Security" Allied Air Component Command HQ Ramstein - Press Release

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-3 ('CAOC-3') - Bodo, Norway

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-4 ('CAOC-4') - Messtetten, GermanyGlobalsecurity.org

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-5 ('CAOC-5') - Poggio Renatico, Italy (Deployable)

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-6 ('CAOC-6') - Eskisehir, TurkeyCAOC-6 Factsheet

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-7 ('CAOC-7') - Larissa, GreeceAllied Joint Force Command Naples (Fixed)

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-8 ('CAOC-8') - Torrejon AB, Spain"Air Operations Centre in Spain" - NATO Official Website

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-9 ('CAOC-9') - High Wycombe, United Kingdom

★ Combined Air Operations Centre-10 ('CAOC-10') - Lisbon, PortugalUS Army NATO

Inactive AOCs

★ Balkans Combined Air Operations Center - Vicenza, Italy (Deactivated in 2001)"Combined Air Operations Center will move to new Italy location"

See Also

★ United States Air Force

References

External Links