Coalition Air Command and Control Interoperability and Net Centric Warfare: Who Manages Air C2 Interoperability in the Netted Environment

Download or read book Coalition Air Command and Control Interoperability and Net Centric Warfare: Who Manages Air C2 Interoperability in the Netted Environment written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the race to embrace net-centric warfare, many proponents laud its ability to revolutionize the way the United States and its coalition partners fight future wars. Net centric warfare is credited for much of the successes the coalition enjoyed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. While The net-centric warfare concept does hold great promise it poses extensive integration and execution challenges for the Combined/Joint Forces Air Component Commander (C/JFACC) in the Theater Air Ground System (TAGS) during coalition air operations. The idea of achieving seamless, fully integrated, interoperable command and control operations among coalition forces will be an elusive dream, unless efforts are made toward renewed emphasis on management and oversight by Congress, parity of resouces among the Services, and reinventing the Information Management Officer.