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Timing Is Everything: Operational Assessment in a Fast-Paced Fight

THE AIR AND SPACE operations center (AOC) "provides operational-level [command and control] of air and space forces as the focal point for planning, executing, and assessing air and space operations" (emphasis added).1 Within the AOC, the assessment function resides in the operational assessment team (OAT), part of the Strategy Division. As the name implies, the OAT conducts assessment at the operational level of war and evaluates the effectiveness of air and space operations in creating desired effects and achieving the joint force air component commander's (JFACC) objectives. Based on this evaluation, the OAT recommends changes to the JFACC's strategy.

Traditionally, we view operational ...

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