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36 AIR & SPACE POWER JOURNAL FALL 2006Lectures on USAF doctrine, joint planning,logistics, legal issues, intelligence, air operationscenters, and the joint warfare analysis centerteach students to think and plan at the operationallevel of war. A senior USAF general whohas served as a combined force air componentcommander (CFACC) briefs students on CFACCperspectives. The students learn and practicebasic skills, including intelligence preparationof the battlespace, development of joint forceair component commander ( JFACC) missionstatements, center-of-gravity analysis, courseof action (COA) development, risk analysis,COA selection methodology, and developmentof a joint air operations plan. The courseculminates with students presenting their planto a simulated JFACC.The IWAC educates war fighters in the fundamentalsof Air Force information operations(IO) doctrine and provides insight intohow the doctrine may be applied across thespectrum from peace to war. A one-weekcourse for military personnel in grades E-4through O-5 and federal employees in gradesGS-7 through GS-13, it gives individuals fromall functional areas an overview of current IOdoctrine, policies, and procedures. Lessonsaugmented by seminar discussions allow studentsto comprehend relationships amongthe numerous subjects taught; furthermore,hands-on exercises, interspersed throughoutthe course, provide them an opportunity toapply the information learned.The Warfare Studies Institute is also hometo doctrine education that develops doctrinebasedproducts and courses that provide AirForce–wide air and space power educationthrough distance learning using interactive,computer-based methodologies. Offering expertisein USAF and joint doctrine to assist AirUniversity faculty, staff, and students in doctrineeducation, the institute serves as Air Educationand Training Command’s doctrine officeof primary responsibility. Courses currentlyavailable online to Airmen worldwide includethe Air and Space Power Course, Air ForceForces Staff Training Course, and WarfighterPlanning Course, all of which are prerequisitesfor the CWPC and JAOP courses.CADRE is the first place to turn for professionaldevelopment and education in warfighting. Personnel interested in joining themore than 1,500 students who attend these inresidencecourses each year should talk totheir organization’s training manager aboutreserving a slot. To obtain more information,call CADRE/WS Operations Division at(334)953-2113/7831, DSN 493-2113/7831;to access an online course, visit CADRE athttps://cadremil.maxwell.af.mil. qNotes1. Joint Vision 2020 (Washington, DC: Joint Chiefs ofStaff, 2000), pt. 1, p. 3, http://www.dtic.mil/jointvision/jv2020a.pdf (accessed 25 April 2006).2. Joint Publication 3-30, Command and Control for JointAir Operations, 5 June 2003, chap. 3, http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/new_pubs/jp3_56_1.pdf (accessed 25 April2006).
ASPJQuick-LookThe Air Force Needs New GlassesSensor Requirements for Urban OperationsLT COL DAVID L. ROBIE, USAFWE CAN NO longer consider urbanoperations an optional proficiency.The current situation inIraq makes clear that US soldiers,sailors, and airmen must have the capabilitiesand tools to operate effectively in the urbanenvironment. For example, in Thunder Run:The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad (NewYork: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2004), DavidZucchino chronicles the trials, tribulations,and ultimate success of the taking of Baghdad.Other Iraqi experiences include the attemptto eliminate insurgency in Fallujah in late 2004and more recently in Iraq’s northern provincesin the fall of 2005. Outside Iraq, the USmilitary has engaged in numerous urban conflicts,including those in Panama and Kosovoas well as the stunning loss in Mogadishu,which emphatically changed US foreign policyin Somalia. These past and present examplesnot only give clear indication of the criticalnature of urban capabilities but also foreshadowan even more significant role for urbanoperations in future conflicts.The urban environment has become an essentialresponsibility in modern conflict becauseof significant changes arising from threecurrent trends: the massing of people in urbanareas, the increasing influence and powerof these areas, and the changing face of conflict.Continual movement of the populationfrom a rural to urban environment began withthe industrial revolution and continues withthe world’s urban population growing fourtimes faster than its rural counterpart. Thispopulation movement creates a secondary effectby concentrating influence as urban areasbecome centers of gravity for diplomatic, informational,military (command authority),and economic power. Finally, the end of theCold War and the new world order that hasemerged in the last decade have all but eliminatedthe possibility of heavily armored warfarein open terrain. Future US engagementswill most likely include regional conflicts,failed states, and nonstate actors. Insurgents,terrorists, and small regional states will not attemptto engage the United States in openbattle since US forces enjoy an overwhelmingadvantage in sensing, speed, and firepower.Instead, they will choose urban terrain, wherethey will attempt to remove the asymmetriccapabilities of the United States and try tomass their effects against “soft” civilian targets.These three factors make understanding theurban terrain an essential part of future conflict.Today, we must consider urban operations acore competency of all US military services.BackgroundUnderstanding the urban environment’scomplexity—one that exists on numerouslevels—poses the greatest challenge to urbanwar fighters. Physically complex and extremelydiverse, its terrain includes the urbancanyons of major metropolitan cities, theclose quarters of ancient cities, and the urbansprawl that surrounds both. The physicalcomplexity is also multidimensional, startingfrom rooftops; going through numerousfloors; and ending in subterranean base-37
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