1N4 Air Force

provides a broad strategic context for employing military capabilities in concert with other instruments of national power

DODs enduring mission to provide combat credible forces needed to deter war and protect the security of our nation. plans for next 20 years. foundation for all other defense plans

addresses the need to counter revisionist states that are challenging international norms as well as violent extremist organizations. defines how the us military as a whole joint force will support/contribute to National Security and the National Security Strategy

translates the USAFs 30 year strategy into comprehensive guidance, goals, and objectives.

Air Forces over arching force development concept. it describes how future AF forces will provide responsive and effective Global Vigilance

primary source for establishing, disestablishing, managing, and communicating national Intelligence priorities and reflects customers priorities for support and ensures the IC continues to meet enduring and emerging issues.

provides the IC with the mission direction of the Director of National Intelligence for the next four to five years. Provides the organizational framework for the IC, overall picture

US Law that governs defense budget and spending

AFs keystone doctrinal publication in global integrated ISR and defines how the Service plans and conducts these operations to enable Joint Operstions. dictates how the USAF will conduct ISR in order to accomplish both individual AF missions and support the Joint environment.

outlines the environment, ibjectives, approaches, and challenged in the Space domain with a specific focus on National Security.

a command with a broad continuing mission under a single commander

responsible for military relations with African Nations, African Union, and African National security organizations

responsible for operations in twenty countries that fall in the Central Area of the globe. coop amongst nations, respond to crisis, support development and stability to region

works with NATO and other partner nations to address the security and defense needs of nations in Europe and parts of the middle East and Eurasia. provide humanitarian assistance

primarily responsible for civil support and Homeland security and also oversees the north American aerospace defense command (NORAD)

promote the development of the region while cooperating to enhance secueity, deter aggression, respond with force when necessary and to provide humanitarian assistance

works to increase the security of the United states by engaging it's partners to enhance peacekeeping capabilities in the region, promote human rights, deter illegal trafficking

direct, synchronize, and coordinate cyberspace planning, and operations to defend and advance national interests

responsible for planning for and conducting special operations

conducts global operations in partnership with other Combatant commands, services, and us govt agencies. in command of us nuclear capabilities

provides the department of defense with an aggregate of transportation capabilities and assets

represents a major Air Force subdivisions having a specific portion of the Air Force mission. 10 total

operates fighter, bomber, reconnaissance, battle management and electronic combat aircraft. provides command, control, communications, and intelligence systems.

recruits, trains, and educates quality people for the aerospace force and the nation.

mission is nuclear and conventional global strike, a key component of strategic deterrence.

develops, acquires, and sustains aerospace power needed to defend the United States and its interests today and tomorrow

mission of the Air Force Reserve Command is to provide combat ready forces to fly, fight, and win.

provide resilient and affordable space and cyberspace capabilities for the joint force and the nation.

Provide our nation's specialized airpower, capable across the spectrum of conflict, anytime, anywhere, any place

Execute Rapid Global Mobility and enable Global Reach - the ability to respond anywhere in the world in a matter of hours. Airlift, Air Refueling, Air Mobility Support, and Aeromedical Evacuation.

delivers decisiver air and space, and cyberspace capabilities for United States Central command, ally nations, and America

Delivers rapid and precise air, space and cyberspace capabillites

executes the USEUCOM, and USAFRICOM missions with forward based Airpower and infrastructure to conduct and enable theater and global operations.

command echelon that resides directly under a MAJCOM; provides operational leadership, supervision, and prepare forces for deployment and employment

is composed of personnel from each of the five armed services that assists the CJCS and the Vice-CJCS in discharging their responsibilities and is managed by the Director of the Joint Staff.

primarily composed of uniformed US Air Force officials who assist the CSAF in carrying out his role as the principal military advisor to the SECAF.

Deputy Chief Staff, Manpower, Personnel & Services

Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

Capabilities

Strategy, Plans, Doctrine, Force Development

Executive Services

Resources

Special Programs

OPERATIONS

logistics, engineering, & Force Protection

Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans, Programs, and Requirements

Studies, Analyses, Assessments, and Lessons Learned

Deputy Chief of Staff Strategic Deterrence & Nuclear Program

serves as the head of the US Intelligence Community, overseeing and directing the implementation of the National Intelligence Program (NIP). acts as the principal advisor to the president, the National Security Council, and Homeland Security Council.

Twenty-Fifth Air Force provides multisource intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance products, applications, capabilities, and resources, to include cyber and geospatial forces and expertise.

executes mission command of operational intelligence and security forces

created with the signing of the National Security Act. Collecting intelligence through human sources and by other other appropriate means. Providing overall direction for and coordination of the collection of national intelligence outside the US through human sources.

provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers and force planners in DoD and the Intel Community in support of the US military planning and operations and weapons systems acquisition.

responsible for all intelligence and counterintelligence activities throughout the DOE complex, including nearly 30 offices nationwide. Protects vital national security info and technologies, representing intellectual property of incalculable value.

IC element charged with delivering intelligence to our state, local, tribal, territorial, and private-sector partners, and developing intelligence from those partners for the Department and the IC

primary mission is to harness intelligence to serve US diplomacy.

advances national security and protects financial integrity by informing Treasury decisions with timely, relevant, and accurate intelligence and analysis.

responsible for enforcing the controlled substance laws and regulations of the US.

intelligence-driven and threat-focused national security organization with both intelligence and law enforcement responsibilities.

to provide commanders at every level seamless, tailored, timely, and mission-essential intelligence and to ensure this intelligence is integrated into the operational planning process.

delivers world-class geospatial intelligence that provides a decisive advantage to policymakers, warfighters, intelligence professionals, and first responders.

US Govt Agency in charge of designing, building, launching, and maintaining America's Intelligence Satellites

leads the US govt in cryptology that encompasses both SIGINT and Information Assurance products and services, and enables Computer Network Operations in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation

office of the director of national intelligence is staffed from officers from across the IC and is organized into component offices.

exploitation and analysis of imagery and geospatial information to describe, assess, and visually depict physical features and geographically referenced activities on the Earth.

likeness or presentation of any natural or man-made feature or related object or activity, used extensively to update GEOINT foundation data.

Technical, geographic, and intelligence information derived through the interpretation or analysis of imagery and collateral materials.

provide digital imagery data in the IR, visible, and/or ultraviolet regions of the electromagnetic spectrum

provide a pictorial representation of the contrasts in thermal IR emissions between objects and their surroundings, and are effective during periods of limited visibility

useful for characterizing the environment or detecting and locating objects with known material signatures.

provide all weather imaging capabilities and the primary night capability

can be used to measure shoreline, and beach volume changes, conduct flood analysis, and identify water flow issues, and augment transportation mapping applications

identifies the geographic location and characteristics of natural or constructed features and boundaries on the Earth.

A category of intelligence derived from information collected and provided by human sources and multiple media sources to identify adversary elements.

systematic process of using interrogation approaches to question a captured or detained person to obtain reliable information to satisfy intelligence collection requirements

unsolicited personnel who volunteer information

met over a period of time and provide information based on operation requirements

with access to sensitive information

process of questioning cooperative human sources to satisfy intelligence requirements, consistent with applicable law.

systematic extraction of information from all media formats in response to collection requirements

intelligence produced by exploiting foreign communications systems and noncommunications emitters

intelligence and technical information derived from collecting and processing intercepted foreign communications passed by radio, wire, or other electromagnetic means

intelligence derived from the interception and analysis of non communications emitters.

Concerned with operationally relevant information -Location, Movement, Employment, Tactics

concerned with the tech aspects of foreign non-communications emitters such as signal characteristics, modes, functions, associations, capabilities, limitations, vulnerabilities, and tech levels

involves the technical analysis of data intercepted from foreign equipment and control systems such as telemetry, electronic interrogators, tracking/fusing/arming/firing command systems, and video data links

information produced by quantitative and qualitative analysis of physical attributes of targets and events to characterize, locate, and identify them.

intelligence based on open source information that any member of the public can lawfully obtain by request, purchase, or observation.

non-doctrinal term used by various professions, a subset of open source information usually produced by research establishments that is neither published commercially nor universally accessible.

community protected medium for sharing of sensitive unclassified and commercially obtained information

act of gaining possession of, or access to, open-source information synonymous with "open-source collection"

IC collection management "program of record" for OSINT collection requirements

intelligence derived from the collection, processing, analysis, and exploitation of data and information pertaining to foreign equipment and materiel for the purposes of preventing technological surprise, assessing foreign scientific and technical capabilities.

CI encompasses five functions conducted to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations

opereates, evaluates, and manages airborne signals intelligence information systems and operations activities and related ground processing activities.

primary aircrew onboard a wide variety of aircraft to operate, evaluate, and manage airborne ISR information and related ground processing systems. performs identification, acquisition, recording, analysis, and reporting of assigned ISR tasks.

performs, manages intelligence activities/ functions including discovering, developing, evaluating, and providing intelligence information.

manages, supervises, and performs intelligence activities and functions including planning, collection, analysis, exploitation, development, and dissemination of multi-sensor geospatial and target intelligence products to support war fighting operations and other activities.

Acquires, processes, identifies, analyzes, and reports on electromagnetic emissions. Operates electronic equipment and computer systems to exploit signals intelligence production efforts.

employs foreign language skills to collect, transcribe, translate, analyze, and report intelligence information.

exploits global communications to support Computer Network Operations (CNO)

non-communication intelligence matters

communication intelligence matters

performs and manages intelligence analysis activities/functions in all domains. Analyzes and exploits intelligence information.

collects and reports intelligence information obtained from human sources in response to requirements

performs targeting intelligence activities and functions analyzing targets. develops targeting solutions and evaluates effects in support of planning and execution of an effects based approach to operations that achieves the commander's objectives.

the atmosphere, beginning at the Earth's surface, extending to the altitude where its effects upon operations become negligible.

the area of the Earth's surface ending at the high water mark and overlapping with the maritime domain in the landward segment of the littorals

the oceans, seas, bays, estuaries, islands, coastal areas, and the airspace above these, including the litorrals

the area above the altitude where the atmospheric effects on airborne objects become negligible.

an AF ISR professional who is skilled and certified in tradecraft to perform the core competency of intelligence analysis across the air, space, or cyberspace domains.

translates the commander's concepts into executable activities, operations, and campaigns, within resource, policy, and national limitations to achieve objectives.

the deliberate process of balancing ways, means, and risks to achieve directed objectives and attain desired end states by synchronizing and integrating the employment of armed forces.

Theater Campaign Plans- Functional Campaign Plans- implement the military portion of national security policy and defense strategy by identifying those actions the CCMDs will conduct on a daily basis.

branches of campaign plans that are planned for potential threats, catastrophic events, and contingent missions without a crisis at hand. identify how the command might respond in the event of a crisis or the inability to achieve objectives.

1. Commander's Estimate. 2. Base Plan (BPLan). 3. CONPLAN 4. OPLAN.

level of planning involving the least amount of detail and focuses on producing multiple COAs to address a contingency

level of planning that describes the CONOPS, major forces, concepts of support, and anticipated timelines for completing the mission

level of planning that is an OPLAN in an abbreviated format that may require considerable expansion or alteration to convert it into a complete and detailed level 4 OPLAN

a complete and detailed plan containing a full description of the CONOPS, all applicable annexes to the plan including a time-phased force and deployment list (TPFDL).

enterprise provides a framework for iterative dialogue and collaborative planning to discuss the merits and risks of various military options employing joint forces.

supports the achievement of JFC objectives by developing, refining, disseminating, and assessing the JFACC's air, space, and cyberspace operations strategy for all phases of a campaign.

conducted when an emergent situation arises, and will analyze approved contingency plans with like scenarios to determine if an existing plan applies.

encompasses the exercise of authority and direction by a commander over assigned and attached forces in the accomplishment of the mission. Command includes both the authority and responsibility for effectively using available resources to accomplish assigned missions.

is a nontransferable command authority, exercised only by commanders of unified or specified COCOMs unless otherwise directed. involves organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction over all aspects of military operations.

is the transferable command authority that may be used by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of COCOM. the authority to perform functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the missions.

the detailed and local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned. allows commanders below COCOM level to apply force and direct tactical use of logistics assets but does not provide authority to change organizational structure.

synonymous with responsibilities identified in Title 10, US Code, establishing authority to fulfill statutory service administration and support requirements. direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations in respect to administration and support.

an Ad Hoc arrangement between two or more nations for common action. temporary

the result of formal agreements between two or more nations for broad, long-term objectives that further the common interests of the members.

the analytical process joint intelligence organizations use to produce intelligence assessments, estimates, and other intelligence products in support of the joint force commander's decision-making process.

1. Define the Operational Environment 2. Describe the Impact of the Operation Environment 3. Evaluate the Adversary and other Relevant Factors. 4. Determine Adversary and other Relevant Factors.

joint force staff assists the Joint JFC and component commanders in defining the OE by identifying those aspects and significant characteristics that may be relevant to the joint force's mission.

1. identify the joint forces OE 2. analyze the mission and JFCs 3. determine the significant characteristics of the oe 4. identify the limits of the joint force's areas of interest 5. determine the level of detail required and feasible within the time available 6. determine the intelligence and information priorities, gaps, and shortfalls 7. collect material and submit requests for information to support further analysis.

evaluates and describes broad courses of actions (COAs) and the impact of the OE on the adversary, friendly, and neutral military capabilities. all relevant physical and nonphysical aspects of the OE are analyzed by JIPOE analysts. Review sociocultural factors and systems nodes and links.

1. Develop a geospatial perspective of the OE 2. Develop a systems perspective of the OE 3. Describe the impact of the OE on the adversary and friendly capabilities and broad COAs.

identifies and evaluates the adversary's capabilities, current situation, COGs, and doctrine, patterns of operation, and TTP employed by adversary forces, absent those constraints identified in step 2

1. Update or create adversary and other relevant actor models. 2. Determine the current adversary and other relevant actor situation. 3. Identify adversary and other relevant actor COGs and decisive points 4. Identify adversary and other relevant actor capabilities and vulnerabilities.

develop a detailed understanding of the adversary's and other relevant actors' probable intent and future strategy. identify the COA the adversary is most likely to adopt, and the COA that would be most dangerous to friendly force or to mission accomplishment.

1. Identify the adversary's and other relevant actors' likely objectives and desired end state. 2. Identify the full set of adversary and other relevant actor COAs 3. Evaluate and prioritize each course of action 4. Develop each COA in the amount of detail time allows 5. Identify initial collection requirements.

1. Strategic 2. Operational 3. Tactical

establish national and multinational military objectives; develop global or theater campaign plans to achieve those objectives

analysis of the OE can include considerations such as sociocultural factors, the location of adversary political and economic support structures, military support units, force generation capabilities.

analysis of the OE is focused on adversary land, air, maritime, space, and other forces as well as other relevant aspects of the OE that could pose a direct threat to the security of friendly forces or the success of its mission.

supports the joint force commander's joint operation planning and execution with a comprehensive, iterative and logical methodology for employing ways and means to create desired effects that support achievement of objectives. 6 step process.

1. End State and Commander's Objectives 2. Target Development and Prioritization 3. Capabilities Analysis 4. Commander's Decision and Force Assignment 5. Mission Planning and Force Execution 6. Assessment

the set of required conditions that defines achievement of all military objectives for the operation. Clear and concise expression of the purpose of the operation and the military end state.

the analysis, assessment, and documentation processes to identify and characterize potential targets that, when successfully engaged, support the achievement of the Commander's objectives. The Target's real importance lies in its relationship to other targets within an operational system.

the foundational process of system-level development. process which enables additional, more detailed stages of target development.

measures a target's contribution to a target system's larger function and its relative importance within the target system .

measures the target's importance to the adversary's target system and to friendly forces ability to accomplish a mission or achieve an objective.

the measure of the time between the disruption of a target's activity and its measurable impact on system output.

measurement of the time and cost required for a target to regain its functional capability after being disrupted.

current output and maximum output

refers to the physical susceptibility to damage, disruption, intrusion, interference, or other desired effect.

the measure of the extent to which a single target can absorb a disruptive influence and continue to function

provide a quantity of stored resources that may be used when the normal supply of the resource is disrupted

the geographic distribution of the targets in a target system and or target elements within a target

the measure of the time required to shift a target's function from one location to another

the ability to counteract the potential disruptive activity of the friendly system through active and passive means

analyzed to determine the target's susceptibility to damage, disruption, or other effect

builds on TSA and generally occurs in three stages; basic, intermediate, and advanced.

when a target is nominated for target development and ends with the creation and maintenance of a prioritized target list. includes; target vetting, validation, listing nomination, and prioritization

assesses the accuracy of the supporting intelligence. verifying the candidate target's functional characterization, expectation statement, and target significance.

A part of target development that insures all vetted targets meet the objectives and criteria outlined in the commanders guidance and ensures compliance with the laws of war and rules of engagement. VALIDATION IS AN OPTIONAL FUNCTION

involves evaluating available capabilities against desired effects to determine the appropriate options available to the commander. evaluating all available capabilities against targets' critical elements to determine the appropriate options available to the commander. ENOUGH FORCE TO CREATE THE DESIRED EFFECTS WHILE MINIMIZING THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE AND WASTE OF RESOURCES

Target Vulnerability Analysis, Capabilities Assignment, Feasibility Assessment, Effects Estimate

conducted during the third phase, during which appropriate weapons or other capabilities are matched with target elements to create the desired effects on the target.

integrates previous phases of joint targeting and fuses capabilities analysis with available forces, sensors, and weapons systems.

detailed planning should be performed for the execution of operations upon receipt of tasking orders. supported by providing tactical level planners with direct access to detailed information on the targets.

an identification derived from observation and analysis of target characteristics. acquired during step 2 during F2T2EA.

the process of attaining an accurate characterization of detected objects in the operational environment sufficient to support an engagement decision.

kill chain" used for specifically engaging TSTs.

measures whether desired effects are being created, objectives are achieved, and next steps are evaluated. Continuous Process

in intelligence usage, the acquisition of information and the provision of this information to processing elements.

within the DoD, constitutes the authority to establish, prioritize, and validate theater collection requirements, establish sensor tasking guidance, and develop theater-wide collection policies.

acts as the collection management authority on behalf of the J-2 and exercises collection requirements for certain assets and all national resources.

subordinate joint forces tactical units develop in support of current and future operations and commander's priorities.

organizes, directs, and monitors the equipment and personnel that collect the data to satisfy requirements, personnel develop collection plans against requirements in cooperation with CRM personnel.

CRM, which determines what intelligence systems must collect COM, which determines how to satisfy those requirements

an individual with responsibility for the timely and efficient tasking of organic collection resources and the development of requirements for theater and national assets that could satisfy specific information needs in support of the mission

any individual, organization, or unit that has access to sources of information and the capability of collecting information from them.

limited number of information requirements that enable the staff to focus limited resources on those aspects of the operation the commander is interested in closely monitoring and upon which a decision may be based.

an intelligence requirement that the commander and staff need to understand the threat and other aspects of the operational environment

information requirements that are also critical or that would answer PIRs are known as ....