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Tactical Air Control Party (TACP)

Weapon System Familiarization &

Operational Vignettes

TSgt Talmon Davis MSgt Timothy Blauser

8 Oct 24

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Overview

• TACP WS Familiarization

• Operational Vignettes

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TACP Bed Down

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• Coordinates lethal and non-lethal air power using advanced Command, Control, and Communication (C3) technology

• Operates in austere combat environments independent of established airbases

• Delivers operationally optimized forward edge battle management with resilient communications, connecting multi-domain assets

• Controls air, space, and cyber power across full-spectrum of military operations

• Identifies, tracks, targets, and engages enemy forces near friendly forces

• Qualified as Joint Terminal Attack Controllers and Joint Fires integration experts

• Provides airspace deconfliction, ISR, and terminal control to shape battlefield

• Utilize diverse waveforms through man-portable and vehicle mounted equipment

• Employed as part of a joint, interagency or coalition force, integrated with maneuver units to support Combattant Commander objectives

TACP Weapon System

TACP: CFACC airpower integrator, tactical-C2 comms expert, ground sensor, & strike executor

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TACP Operational View (OV-1)

Multi-Orbit Space Transport Terrestrial Wide Area Network

Tactical Datalink s RF Voice & Data Net

EMS

Awareness Suite

AIDE Servers, Edge Cloud Infrastructure

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Capabilities Based Unit Type Code

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TACP Joint Integration

Battle Tracking Friendly Troop Locations Fixed Wing and Rotary Wing Locations Unit Boundaries Enemy targets SAM sites

Airspace Control Procedural Control Airspace Control Measures (ROZs) Airspace Stack Management; Bomber, Fighter, UAS Coordinating Altitude and Coordinating

Level Blue (AF) vs. Green (Army) Air

Fighter Control Updates to ground mission Sensor Management Terminal Attack Control De-confliction

ISR Control Shared with S-2 or Full control De-confliction Intel Conduit to ground unit

Artillery De-conflicting all aircraft under ASOC control from Surface Fires SEAD/Marking Rounds JFO utilization

Immediate CAS Requests Changes to mission Fire Support Coverage gaps Troops in Contact (TIC)

Post Mission Reports Battle Damage Assessment TOT’s/Munitions expended Successful or Unsuccessful

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TACP Mission (C2)

MCS-U as it pertains to C2

• Greater power demands

• Greater data package size

• Larger inventory of equipment

(i.e., needs to integrate with more items)

• More likely to conduct operations At the Halt

• Higher survivability

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TACP Mission (Strike HQ/ISET)

MCS-U as it pertains to Strike

• Smaller form factor

• Less availability of power

• Smaller inventory of equipment (i.e. resilient communications)

• More likely to be On-the-Move

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Vignette #1

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Vignette #2

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NTC Training Area

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Questions?