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2016 RAAF Air Power Conference Multi-Domain Integration – Enabling Future Joint Success
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HEADING • Point • Text
2016 RAAF Air Power Conference Multi-Domain Integration – Enabling Future Joint Success
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REFLECTIONS FROM CURRENT OPERATIONS
AIR TASK GROUP - OP OKRA
Group Captain Stuart Bellingham
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ATG Structure & Roles • TCOMD
– CJOPS • OPCON
– CFACC
CATG
TU FOB
Strike
AEW&C
AAR
TU CAOC
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Air Task Group Statistics
SORTIES HOURS BOMBS/FUEL
F/A-‐18 1179 8748 870
E-‐7A 185 2267 KC-‐30 534 4255 ~43,000,000
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Dynamic and Complex • Super Hornet, Wedgetail and KC-‐30 • Rapid transiUon • BaVlespace is dynamic and complex • 10,000 miles away from home • AdapUve enemy with no rules • Oppresive environment • Plus Russia, Turkey and an expanded AO
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Reality is Stranger than Fiction
• I remember one conversa-on in par-cular with my Senior INTELLO, during which he remarked upon the fact that no scriptwriter could have dreamed up the level of complexity and daily ‘excitement’ in which we found ourselves.
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Air Task Group Success • Complex made to appear simple • Valued from the start
– Strike – AEW&C – AAR
• Sustained success
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Why is the ATG Successful?
• Professional Mastery of Air Power
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Professional Mastery of Air Power • ‘An overarching and cri-cal factor in the genera-on and
applica-on of air power is the professional mastery of its prac--oners, which will determine the success or otherwise of all air opera-ons. Air opera-ons must be carefully tailored and integrated into the joint campaign, which in turn should be guided by na-onal security strategy. This can only be achieved by an air force with sufficient professionalism and resident skills that enable it to adapt rapidly to emerging and dynamic situa-ons.’ Dr Sanu Kainikara
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Echoes of Plan Jericho • Harness the Combat Poten-al of an Integrated Force
• Develop an Innova-ve and Empowered Workforce
• Change the Way we Acquire and Sustain Capability
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Professional Mastery of Air Power - Applied
• Command & Control • InnovaUve and Empowered People • Joint and Combined IntegraUon
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Command & Control • CAOC the key for C2 • CATG • ATG team in the CAOC
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Innovative & Empowered People
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Joint & Combined Integration • CoaliUon Training and TacUcs, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
• RelaUonships • Doctrine • Hardware & sobware – pladorms, communicaUons, weapons
• Ground Liaison
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Improvements & the Way Ahead
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