JP 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - DMRTI ...

As Amended Through 15 March 2012air refueling — The refueling of an aircraft in flight by another aircraft. Also called AR.(JP 3-17)air refueling control point — During refueling operations, the geographic point where thereceiver arrives in the observation or precontact position with respect to the tanker.Also called ARCP.air refueling control team — A cell within the joint air operations center and one of thecore teams in the air mobility division. Part of the air operations center that coordinatesaerial refueling planning, tasking, and scheduling to support combat air operations or tosupport a strategic airbridge within the area of responsibility or joint area of operations.Also called ARCT. See also air and space operations center; air mobility division;air refueling. (JP 3-17)air refueling control time — During refueling operations, the time the receiver and tankerarrive at the air refueling control point. Also called ARCT.air refueling initiation point — During refueling operations, a point located upstream fromthe air refueling control point (inbound to the air refueling control point) where thereceiver aircraft initiates the rendezvous. Also called ARIP.air request net — A high frequency, single sideband, nonsecure net monitored by alltactical air control parties (TACPs) and the air support operations center (ASOC) thatallows immediate requests to be transmitted from a TACP at any Army echelondirectly to the ASOC for rapid response. (JP 3-01)air route — The navigable airspace between two points, identified to the extent necessaryfor the application of flight rules. (JP 3-52)air route traffic control center — The principal facility exercising en route control ofaircraft operating under instrument flight rules within its area of jurisdiction.Approximately 26 such centers cover the United States and its possessions. Each has acommunication capability to adjacent centers.air smuggling event — In counterdrug operations, the departure of a suspected drugsmuggling aircraft, an airdrop of drugs, or the arrival of a suspected drug smugglingaircraft. (JP 3-07.4)air sovereignty — A nation’s inherent right to exercise absolute control and authority overthe airspace above its territory. See also air sovereignty mission.air sovereignty mission — The integrated tasks of surveillance and control, the executionof which enforces a nation’s authority over its territorial airspace. See also airsovereignty.14 JP 1-02