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Topic: Air Force Combat Control

	‘Pipeline’ tests airmen’s mettle
		The Air Force Combat Control team isn’t as flashy and famous as the Navy SEALS nor as mysterious as the Army’s top-secret Delta Force.
		The combat controllers’ job is to sneak behind enemy lines, set up mobile air traffic control teams in hostile territory, and guide military aircraft to their landing targets.
		But Air Force combat controllers are likely already on the ground when the paratrooper steps out of the airplane into 800 feet of darkness.
	www.usafcct.com /intel/articles/press/fayobs/pipeline_suits_0398.htm (1940 words)

	Encyclopedia: Air Combat Command (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Strategic Air Command or SAC was the branch of the United States Air Force in charge of Americas bomber-based and ballistic missile-based strategic nuclear arsenal, as well as the infrastructure necessary to support their operations (such as tanker aircraft to fuel the bombers and, until 1957...
		The AFCC was dissolved in the reorganization of the U.S. Army, effective March 9, 1942, which created the Army Air Forces as a major and semi-independent component.
		The Air Combat Command (ACC) is the major command of the United States Air Force whose mission is to provide air combat forces (mostly aircraft), to other commands, including both commands within the Air Force as well as the unified commands that include elements from different branches of the armed forces.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Air-Combat-Command (1002 words)

	United States Air Force - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Secretary of the Air Force is Dr. James G. Roche.
		The Chief of Staff of the Air Force is General (Gen) John P. Jumper.
		In 1941, the Army Air Corps became the U.S. Army Air Force and the GHQ Air Force was redesignated the Air Force Combat Command.
	open-encyclopedia.com /US_Air_Force (1467 words)

	Combat Control Article
		Air Force commandos are adapting to the emerging difficulties of fighting counterinsurgency wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere in the U.S. global war on terrorism, said Lt. Gen.
		Combat weathermen are recruited from the Air Force's traditional weather career field, and then subjected to airborne, survival and special-tactics training.
		They are the first to deploy into restricted environments by air, land or sea to establish assault zones, control air attacks against enemy targets, provide vital command and control, gather intelligence, and use demolitions to clear obstructions from potential runways and landing zones.
	www.sgtmacsbar.com /CombatControlArticle.html (1591 words)

	NDM Article - Air Guard Takes Steps To Retain Seasoned Combat Controllers
		The Air Force Special Operations Command is supposed to have about 384 combat controllers in its 10 active-duty and Guard special tactics squadrons, but currently it only has about 200, said Air Force Lt. Col.
		Each of the 125th controllers is a combat veteran of Afghanistan or Iraq, and many served in both theaters.
		Air Force combat controllers are learning how to interoperate with the Army and Marines, Hotaling said.
	www.nationaldefensemagazine.org /issues/2005/sep/air_guard2.htm (947 words)

	W. Thomas Smith Jr. on National Review Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Combat controllers are specially trained paratroopers who jump in advance of large-scale airborne assaults—like the one conducted by the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade over northern Iraq in March 2003—in order to set up, secure, and provide on-ground navigational assistance on landing or drop zones for inbound pilots and paratroopers.
		The Air Force wants "men [women are currently barred from serving in special operations] between the ages of 18 and 27 who are athletic enough to enter the ranks" and tough enough to remain there.
		Like all special-operations forces, members of Air Force special tactics are usually deployed with the "bare minimum" supplies and equipment needed to complete their mission: just the basics that will sustain them for up to 72 hours without being re-supplied.
	article.nationalreview.com /print/?q=ZTExZjNlODljM2UwYzAwM2M3N2IxMzg1MWRhMzNiYTk= (1567 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		Combat controllers trace their history to World War II, when the Army Air Forces formed glider units to insert troops into combat quickly and quietly.
		Combat controllers display a number of talents, not the least of which is their ability to recognize and sort out air traffic in the combat area—that includes rockets or artillery.
		These combat controllers are setting up communications to guide in assault aircraft during training at Hurlburt Field, Fla. Their skills include the ability to “deconflict” various aircraft, rockets, and artillery in their combat area.
	www.afa.org /magazine/sept2003/0903controller.asp (2254 words)

	Encyclopedia topic: United States Air Force (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation (The aggregation of a country's military aircraft) branch of the United States armed forces (additional info and facts about United States armed forces).
		Air Combat Command (A command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter and bomber and reconnaissance and and battle-management and rescue aircraft) (ACC)
		Air Force Space Command (A command of the United States Air Force that is responsible for defending the United States through its space and intercontinental ballistic missile operations) (AFSPC)
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/u/un/united_states_air_force.htm (5375 words)

	720th Special Tactics Group is a center of technology research benefiting the warfighter.
		The controller must be able to separate and control an array of fixed and rotary winged transports and strike aircraft.
		Because of their skills as air traffic controllers, CCT are adept at handling multiple aircraft in congested airspace, performing a variety of missions.
		The ST force must master the necessary skills and equipment required to orchestrate airpower on the battlefield, they are driven by the technology available to them.
	www.peostri.army.mil /PAO/pressrelease/Specialtactics.jsp (1935 words)

	U. S. Air Force Special Operations
		Air Force SOF consists of uniquely equipped fixed and rotary wing aircraft operated by highly trained aircrews whose missions include insertion, extraction, resupply, aerial fire support, refueling, combat search and rescue, and psychological operations.
		Tactical control airmen serve as advisers to ground component commanders in planning and employing combat assets, and are the link between joint and combined forces.
		AIR MOBILITY COMMAND C-141 AND C-5 SOLL II The C-141/C-5/C-17 SOLL II forces from the Air Mobility Command are capable of conducting clandestine formtion or single-ship intrusion of hostile territory to provide highly reliable, self-contained, precision airdrop and airland of personnel and equipment.
	www.globalspecialoperations.com /afso.html (4544 words)

	SgtMacsBar Gallery 26b CCT Combat Control Photos and Pictures
		Combat control students Staff Sgt. David Overton (left) and Airman 1st Class Ryan Buenaflor, both from Pope Air Force Base, N.C., listen to their operational briefing before heading out to set up a landing strip at the Sicily Drop Zone here.
		Combat controllers are trained to infiltrate forward areas by whatever means necessary -- including static-line or free-fall parachuting, scuba diving or over land -- and control air traffic in and out of the area until more permanent facilities can be set up.
		Currently there are two PJs and two controllers serving as IFAM instructors, and with more than 22 years experience as a combat control instructor and being assigned to conventional and special tactics squadrons, Childress brings continuity and real-world experience to the program.
	www.sgtmacsbar.com /CCTPhotos/Gallery26/Gallery26b.html (1830 words)

	Air Force Speeches: The right capability for our nation - Air Force secretary James G. Roche - Transcript
		I want to thank the Combat Control Association for inviting my lovely bride of 42 years to share in this celebration along with me. She knows better than anyone else how close and long-standing my affinity is for the brave Americans who devote their lives to the demands of special operations.
		Combat controllers were borne from the special needs of warfighters in our campaigns in Europe and the Pacific in World War II.
		We enjoy telling audiences around the Air Force how our pilots and aircrews work for our sergeants on the ground, and how the officers in the acquisition business are working for a sergeant as well.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0PDU/is_2003_Sept_27/ai_109568873 (1370 words)

	Combat Airlift Training in MAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In the Military Airlift Command, “combat airlift” is defined as the employment of strategic airlift forces to fly fighting elements directly into a combat zone; airlanding or airdropping the troops and their equipment; and resupplying them through either direct, long-range air lines of communication (ALOC) or high-volume intertheater operations.
		Combat airlift/airdrop training is required of all MAC C-141 aircrews, and the entire C-141 aircraft force possesses the airdrop mission capability.
		The CCT is manned by Air Force jumpers whose war mission is to parachute into the objective area to mark the drop zones and provide communications and air traffic control at the airhead in an airborne operation.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/aureview/1969/sep-oct/faught.html (2440 words)

	AIR FORCE'S 1ST COMBAT CONTROL CENTER OPENS TO JOURNALISTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Taipei, July 18 (CNA) The air force's first combat control center, which is responsible for monitoring military activity in the skies over southeastern mainland China and northern Taiwan, opened to journalists for the first time on Tuesday.
		Observers said the center's unprecedented media exposure was designed to enhance public confidence in the military's defense capability in the face of mainland China's mounting missile threat, and to win parliamentary support for a bigger slice of the government "budget pie" for military build-up projects in the new fiscal year.
		The air force has a total of four combat control centers -- Sungshan, Loshan (in Hsinchu County some 112 km south of Taipei), Tahanshan (in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan) and Makung (on the offshore island county of Penghu).
	www.fas.org /news/taiwan/2000/taiwan-000718.htm (466 words)

	Air Force Technology - X-45 J-UCAV - Joint Unmanned Combat Air System, USA
		The X-45A air vehicle is of a swept wing stealthy design and composite construction using foam matrix core and a composite fibre reinforced epoxy skin, with a wingspan of 10.31m and overall length 8.03m.
		The air vehicle is capable of operating at an altitude of 10,670m (35,000ft) and has a cruise speed of Mach 0.75.
		The operator station is equipped with artificial intelligence decision aids to assist the operator in the assessment of the battlefield situation and in his decision to authorise UCAV weapons release.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/x-45-ucav (1179 words)

	DefenseLINK News: Rumsfeld Meets Combat Controllers, Paratroopers
		In fact, the secretary noted, "some 85 percent of the air strikes in Operation Enduring Freedom were called in by Air Force combat controllers." This, Rumsfeld said, is a testament to the quality of training and of the personal courage and skills of the graduates.
		The secretary left the combat controller graduation ceremony for a date with the Army at nearby Fort Bragg.
		The secretary, clad in an Army battle dress jacket, came across a squad of soldiers practicing urban warfare as the air came alive with the rat-a-tat of machine-gun fire and yellowish clouds of smoke threatened to engulf the group.
	www.dod.gov /news/Dec2003/n12192003_200312191.html (1152 words)

	Air Force Special Operations Command - Fact Sheet (Printable) : COMBAT CONTROL
		Air Force Special Operations Command's combat controllers are Battlefield Airmen assigned to special tactics squadrons.
		The mission of a combat controller is to deploy, undetected, into combat and hostile environments to establish assault zones or airfields, while simultaneously conducting air traffic control, fire support, command and control, direct action, counter-terrorism, foreign internal defense, humanitarian assistance and special reconnaissance in the joint arena.
		Combat controllers are among the most highly trained personnel in the U.S. military.
	www2.afsoc.af.mil /library/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=201&page=1 (569 words)

	123rd Special Tactics Flight, Louisville, KY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The job of a Combat Controller is to get to an area by SCUBA diving on the high seas, parachuting behind enemy lines or driving high-speed boats, motorcycles and dune buggies.
		The 123rd Special Tactics Flight of the Kentucky Air National Guard is unique in that it is the only Combat Control unit assigned to the Air Guard in the entire United States.
		The intention is to test a student's comfort level in the water and his ability to withstand extremely high levels of stress, since the control of fear and stress is essential to a combat swimmer.
	extremz.com /main/archive/people/123airjan98.htm (1110 words)

	Air Force Technology - X-47 Pegasus Naval Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV-N)
		The vehicles will demonstrate the feasibility of meeting navy and air force UCAV performance requirements The performance parameters include the capability of sustaining a 2-hour loiter time at a target distance of 1,850km, and also a combat mission radius of 2,400km (1,000nm) with a mission payload of 2,040kg.
		Instead of a traditional rudder for yaw control, the upper and lower surfaces are each fitted with two sections of moving surfaces.
		The air vehicle carries 472kg of fuel but has a maximum capacity of 717kg of fuel for long-range operations or for increased loiter times.
	www.airforce-technology.com /projects/x47 (755 words)

	Eighty-Six Combat Wings - December 2006
		The United States Air Force is embarked on a new and fundamentally different approach to shaping its force structure.
		The Air Force intends to use the combat-wing construct to guide investment and boost resources in the specific areas where they are needed most.
		Within the Air Force, a wing is an organization composed normally of one primary mission group along with all maintenance, supply, and other support organizations necessary to keep the operations group in action on a sustained basis.
	www.afa.org /magazine/dec2006/1206wings.asp (2810 words)

	Neglected Air Force Combat Missions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The money the Air Force is spending on support roles such as counterair and SEAD is out of proportion to the money it invests in the ability to find, identify, and destroy large numbers of tactical (mobile and fixed) and strategic targets at a tempo the enemy cannot withstand.
		It is also poised to provide the Air Force an extensive ability to survey the battlefield and then identify and destroy both mobile and fixed targets in quantity as an arsenal aircraft.
		Sold to the Air Force in the early 1990s as a safety improvement, LASTE gives the A-10 a continuously computed impact-point capability, thus dragging its weapon-delivery system from the World War II era to the Vietnam era.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/apj03/sum03/ireton.html (5279 words)

	US AIR FORCE SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
		The Combat Talon is not a rapid response force.
		Air Interdiction is defined as air operations conducted to destroy, neutralize, or delay the enemy's potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly forces.
		Air refueling weather minimums for VMC rendezvous is 5NM visibility and for radar rendezvous it is 1NM.
	www.fas.org /irp/agency/dod/socom/sof-ref-2-1/SOFREF_Ch5.htm (10351 words)

	When does "Air Force base" have a capital "B"?
		The term Air National Guard base (instead of Air Force base) is used for Air Force bases which are used exclusively by the Air National Guard (ANG).
		The term Air National Guard station instead of Air Force station is used for Air Force Stations which are used exclusively by the Air National Guard.
		Some "Air Force Stations" were spared from the redesignation fracas; St Louis AFS MO is one example, others included radar stations that were already programmed to close.
	www.airforcebase.net /usaf/capitalb.html (1677 words)

	Air Force Journal of Logistics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		One of seven battlelabs Air Force-wide, this new organization is tasked to explore innovative air mobility operations, command and control, logistics, and sensor fusion concepts for airlift, aerial refueling, aeromedical evacuation, and mobility support, and to rapidly measure their potential for advancing the global reach core competency.
		The Air Force Logistics Readiness Directorate was concerned that too many times, vehicles were filled from unmetered, organizational tanks and that this consumption was not being reported to the appropriate systems.
		Quotes for the Air Force Logistician is a broad collection of words of wisdom, witticisms, and reflections, both humorous and profound, on a wide variety of subjects.
	www.aflma.hq.af.mil /lgj/Afjlhome.html (7662 words)

	Air Force medics take control of combat hospital (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Central Command Air Forces officials announced that Sept. 20, Air Force medics took control of the base hospital, formerly known as the 31st Combat Support Hospital.
		Air Force medics deploying in will rotate into the former Army positions, Sergeant Buford said.
		Once in place, the Air Force medics observed their Army counterparts for a couple weeks before the transfer.
	www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123008716 (405 words)

	Canada's Air Force, Serving Canadians, Combat Capable, Fighter Aircraft
		While air power has its limitations, as we've seen only too well during the Gulf War and the Balkans, the deterrent power of fighter Aircraft, with their reaction, speed, range and lethality, cause potential aggressors to think twice.
		Other Aircraft contribute to the mission but it is the CF-18 that has the capability to control air space.
		In Bosnia, while maintaining air supremacy, they have supported combat troops on the ground and provided the threat of heavy and precise firepower should the peace accord be violated.
	www.airforce.forces.ca /athomedocs/athome_6_2_e.asp (239 words)

	Anacortes American - GoAnacortes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Daniel Cook was promoted to staff sergeant in July and graduated from the United States Air Force Combat Control School at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina on Sept. 14.
		Combat controllers are the Air Force’s version of the Navy SEALs, Army Rangers and the Marines’ Force Reconnaissance.
		It is a small, elite special operations force whose missions put them in hostile environments where lives depend on their training and each other.
	www.goanacortes.com /articles/2006/10/04/news/news12.txt&cid=0&ei=-MslRfyMMM-Sac67pbIH (278 words)

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