JP 3-01 Countering Air and Missile Threats - Defense Innovation ...

Chapter II
including considerations for any MNF assets. The systems will include large, fixed site C2
facilities, small remote relay sites, mobile land and maritime sites, and airborne systems.
These systems should be connected to commanders at appropriate decision and execution
levels to integrate forces and missions. The C2 architecture provides the timely intelligence
and operational information needed to plan, employ, coordinate, deconflict, execute, and
sustain joint counterair operations. These systems also facilitate the integration of counterair
with other joint operations via rapid communications among commanders, staffs, sensors,
weapon systems, and supporting agencies.
(1) Part of that infrastructure is the TAGS, a system of the various component airground
systems integrated for planning and execution of air-ground operations. The TAGS
consists of an overarching joint C2 architecture and Service coordination links. It is not a
formal system in itself but rather the sum of the component air-ground systems operating in
the theater. It is applicable to all theater operations to include air, ground, maritime, and
amphibious operations.
Refer to FM 3-52.2/NTTP 3-56.2/AFTTP(I) 3-2.17, Multi-Service Tactics, Techniques, and
Procedures for the Theater Air-Ground System, for detailed discussion of the TAGS and the
Service component contribution to the infrastructure.
(2) For theater warning, the Theater Event System reports the launch (voice and
data) in-theater over two types of satellite broadcast networks: the Integrated Broadcast
Service-Simplex (IBS-S) and the Integrated Broadcast Service-Interactive (IBS-I). IBS-S
transmits real-time data via the SECRET Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNET) or
tactical terminal to the GCCS. IBS-I can provide timely intelligence information directly
from collectors and associated ground processing facilities to the theater commanders for
targeting, battle management, and overall situational awareness.
(3) The IADS is another part of the infrastructure that is not a formal system, but an
integration of numerous systems that includes not only C2, but sensors, weapons, etc.
Although primarily for DCA operations, some components of the IADS infrastructure and
C2 architecture comprise a component of the TAGS.
Refer to FM 3-01.15/MCRP 3-25E/NTTP 3-01.8/AFTTP(I) 3-2.31, Multi-Service Tactics,
Techniques, and Procedures for an Integrated Air Defense System, for details regarding the
IADS.
c. Resources. Service components, the JFSOCC, and specialized joint communications
elements provide the core of the communications capabilities for C2 for the joint force. The
following summarize some of those capabilities that contribute to C2 for various aspects of
counterair:
(1) Air Force C2. The Air Force TACS provides resources for a C2 infrastructure
that can support the AFFOR or joint operations. The TACS includes the following elements
that function under the tenets of centralized control and decentralized execution for joint air
operations.
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