In this briefing made by the current 42nd Wing Commander, Group Captain Bellingham, he looks back at his time as the Air Task Group in Operation Orka, during this time in the Middle East in the last half of 2015.

1. 2016 RAAF Air Power Conference
Multi-Domain Integration – Enabling Future Joint Success

2. HEADING
• Point
• Text
2016 RAAF Air Power Conference
Multi-Domain Integration – Enabling Future Joint Success

7. REFLECTIONS FROM CURRENT
OPERATIONS
AIR TASK GROUP - OP OKRA
Group
Captain
Stuart
Bellingham

8. ATG Structure & Roles
• TCOMD
– CJOPS
• OPCON
– CFACC
CATG
TU
FOB
Strike
AEW&C
AAR
TU
CAOC

12. Air Task Group Statistics
SORTIES
HOURS
BOMBS/FUEL
F/A-­‐18
1179
8748
870
E-­‐7A
185
2267
KC-­‐30
534
4255
~43,000,000

14. Dynamic and Complex
• Super
Hornet,
Wedgetail
and
KC-­‐30
• Rapid
transiUon
• BaVlespace
is
dynamic
and
complex
• 10,000
miles
away
from
home
• AdapUve
enemy
with
no
rules
• Oppresive
environment
• Plus
Russia,
Turkey
and
an
expanded
AO

15. Reality is Stranger than Fiction
• I
remember
one
conversa-on
in
par-cular
with
my
Senior
INTELLO,
during
which
he
remarked
upon
the
fact
that
no
scriptwriter
could
have
dreamed
up
the
level
of
complexity
and
daily
‘excitement’
in
which
we
found
ourselves.

16. Air Task Group Success
• Complex
made
to
appear
simple
• Valued
from
the
start
– Strike
– AEW&C
– AAR
• Sustained
success

19. Why is the ATG Successful?
• Professional
Mastery
of
Air
Power

20. Professional Mastery of Air Power
• ‘An
overarching
and
cri-cal
factor
in
the
genera-on
and
applica-on
of
air
power
is
the
professional
mastery
of
its
prac--oners,
which
will
determine
the
success
or
otherwise
of
all
air
opera-ons.
Air
opera-ons
must
be
carefully
tailored
and
integrated
into
the
joint
campaign,
which
in
turn
should
be
guided
by
na-onal
security
strategy.
This
can
only
be
achieved
by
an
air
force
with
sufficient
professionalism
and
resident
skills
that
enable
it
to
adapt
rapidly
to
emerging
and
dynamic
situa-ons.’
Dr
Sanu
Kainikara

21. Echoes of Plan Jericho
• Harness
the
Combat
Poten-al
of
an
Integrated
Force
• Develop
an
Innova-ve
and
Empowered
Workforce
• Change
the
Way
we
Acquire
and
Sustain
Capability

22. Professional Mastery of Air Power -
Applied
• Command
&
Control
• InnovaUve
and
Empowered
People
• Joint
and
Combined
IntegraUon

23. Command & Control
• CAOC
the
key
for
C2
• CATG
• ATG
team
in
the
CAOC

24. Innovative & Empowered People

25. Joint & Combined Integration
• CoaliUon
Training
and
TacUcs,
Techniques
and
Procedures
(TTPs)
• RelaUonships
• Doctrine
• Hardware
&
sobware
–
pladorms,
communicaUons,
weapons
• Ground
Liaison

27. Improvements & the Way Ahead