Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term. It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for air forces within a joint operations environment. The term "air forces" encompasses aircraft of Air Force and Naval variants, not already designated to specifically support ground forces (i.e. a Marine Air Wing as part of a MAGTF or "organic" Army aviation assets) The tool by which the JFACC tasks assets is called an air tasking order (ATO). As defined in Joint Publication 1-02 1, the JFACC is:
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| - Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term. It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for air forces within a joint operations environment. The term "air forces" encompasses aircraft of Air Force and Naval variants, not already designated to specifically support ground forces (i.e. a Marine Air Wing as part of a MAGTF or "organic" Army aviation assets) The tool by which the JFACC tasks assets is called an air tasking order (ATO). As defined in Joint Publication 1-02 1, the JFACC is:
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| - Joint Force Air Component Commander (JFACC), is a United States Department of Defense doctrinal term. It refers to an individual of general officer rank that is responsible for air forces within a joint operations environment. The term "air forces" encompasses aircraft of Air Force and Naval variants, not already designated to specifically support ground forces (i.e. a Marine Air Wing as part of a MAGTF or "organic" Army aviation assets) The tool by which the JFACC tasks assets is called an air tasking order (ATO). As defined in Joint Publication 1-02 1, the JFACC is: "The commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper employment of assigned, attached, and/or made available for tasking air forces; planning and coordinating air operations; or accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned. The joint force air component commander is given the authority necessary to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by the establishing commander."
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