Joint Forces Air Component Commander
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Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), is a United States Department of Defense
doctrinal term.
It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for air forces within a joint operations environment. The term "air forces" encompasses aircraft of Air Force and Naval variants, not already designated to specifically support ground forces (i.e. a Marine Air Wing as part of a MAGTF or "organic" Army aviation assets)
The tool by which the JFACC tasks assets is called an air tasking order
(ATO).
As defined in Joint Publication 1-02 1, the JFACC is:
"The commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for tasking air forces; planning and coordinating air operations; or accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned. The joint force air component commander is given the authority necessary to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by the establishing commander."
United States Department of Defense
The United States Department of Defense is the U.S...
doctrinal term.
It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for air forces within a joint operations environment. The term "air forces" encompasses aircraft of Air Force and Naval variants, not already designated to specifically support ground forces (i.e. a Marine Air Wing as part of a MAGTF or "organic" Army aviation assets)
The tool by which the JFACC tasks assets is called an air tasking order
Air tasking order
An air tasking order is a means by which the Joint Forces Air Component Commander controls air forces within a joint operations environment. The ATO is a large document written in United States Message Text Format that lists air sorties for a fixed 24-hour period, with individual call signs,...
(ATO).
As defined in Joint Publication 1-02 1, the JFACC is:
"The commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for tasking air forces; planning and coordinating air operations; or accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned. The joint force air component commander is given the authority necessary to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by the establishing commander."
Confusion of term
While the position is usually held by an United States Air Force officer in most joint warfighting environments, an officer of other service can be a JFACC, if that service has the preponderance of air forces in theater (i.e. a naval aircraft carrier on station).See also
- Air Operations CenterAir Operations CenterAn Air and Space Operations Center is a type of command center used by the United States Air Force. It is the senior agency of the Air Force component commander to provide command and control of air and space operations....
- Joint Force Land Component Commander (JFLCC)
- Joint Force Maritime Component Commander (JFMCC)