Air Mobility Plan, 2008 - The Black Vault

Intelligence Roadmap
Intelligence Roadmap
OPR: AMC/A2
OCR: AMC/A3/A4/A6/A7F/18 AF
MAF Capability Statement
Provide an active integrated presence within the global mobility Air and Space Operations Center
(AOC) planning and execution processes to assist the commander in achieving predictive battlespace
awareness. This, in turn, will enable leaders to exercise better command and control (C2) when they
conduct air, space, and cyberspace operations (CASCO). Continue developing robust and advanced
intelligence capabilities at the unit level to support mobility operations in the current and future higher
threat operating environments.
Roadmap Assessment
The MAF transformed from a risk-avoidance culture to a risk-managed culture. We now routinely
fly through threats and into areas that just a few years ago would have been forbidden. With that
transformation comes a requirement for focused and more relevant intelligence.
Under the capabilities-based planning (CBP) construct, our functional capabilities team (FCT)
conducted a functional area analysis (FAA). From there, the FCT conducted a functional needs
analysis (FNA). Functional solutions analysis (FSA) is a continuous process, and our FCT remains
fully engaged.
MAF Intelligence must deliver critical threat information at the right time and place and provide MAF
resources the most complete threat situational awareness possible throughout the MAF planning
and execution process. To achieve these requirements, MAF Intelligence has pursued initiatives on
several fronts.
An intelligence presence has been established on the 618 Tanker Airlift Control Center (TACC)
operations floor and intelligence headquarters divisions have been restructured to more closely
resemble an AOC Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Division (ISRD). Much remains
to be done in appropriately manning these organizations, but the framework is now in place. We
must continue to pursue better predictive battlespace awareness processes to forecast changing
environments and threats associated with future destinations and operations. We must continue, in
coordination with the MAF C2 community to acquire secure global voice and data communications
with aircrews throughout the world. Initiatives such as the MAF Data Link Integration (DLI) and
Advanced Situational Awareness and Counter Measures (ASACM) are key to providing improved
situational awareness and threat warning to en route aircrews. We must develop our defensive systems
capabilities to record and report details of events in near real time.
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