STAFF: Consists of Facility Management, Security, Training, Standards and Evaluations, Commander Support Staff (CSS), Unit Deployment Management, Resource Management, Resource Management, Task Management (TMT) liaison, and various other staff-level entities responsible for the administration and management of the AOC.
A32: Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance Division (ISRD). Provides operational-level intelligence to the JFACC, AOC Divisions, and supported units. Integrated across all AOC divisions, executing theater ISR collection missions and provides direct intelligence support throughout the ATO cycle.
A33: Combat Plans Division (CPD). Provides operational level planning on behalf of the JFACC, AOC Divisions, and supported units. A36 develops detailed Europe and Africa air component theater mission plans by leveraging strategic guidance and commander’s intent. The primary focus is to develop an Executive Assistant table plan (from outside 24 hours- 72 hours) and the associated supporting detailed guidance.
A34: Air Mobility Division (AMD). Plans and tasks air mobility operations according to the theater priorities. The Chief of AMD assumes the roles and responsibilities of a standing DIRMOBFOR unless the size and scope of an operation necessitates appointment of a higher-grade officer or the appointment of an officer external to the 603 AOC/AMD. The standing DIRMOBFOR acts as the principal coordinating authority of mobility operations for the COMUSAFE-AFAFRICA. The DIRMOBFOR will integrate, coordinate, and synchronize all assigned, attached, or supporting air mobility forces in support of the JFC’s objectives.
A35: Strategy Division (SRD). USAFE-AFAFRICA A35 Future Operations consists of four teams: three doctrinal teams from the 603 AOC strategy division (Strategy Plans Team (A35P), Strategy Guidance Team (A35G), and Operational Assessment Team (A35O)); and an additional team as a result of the C-MAJCOM re-organization, the Adaptive Plans Team (A35A). A35 is responsible for both traditional TJFACC and COMAFFOR functions in executing near and long-range planning (from 72 hours out to roughly 48 months). This planning is primarily reflected in inputs to A5/8/9 led numbered plans, the Air Component Support Plan, the monthly Air Operations Directive (AOD), the Operational Assessment Report, and various Concepts of Operations and Orders directing execution of Air Component operations, activities, and investments (OAIs). A35 coordinates with JFC planners on operational design and serves as the TJFACC’s primary member of the JFC’s joint planning group (JPG) to help create OPLANs and OPORDs. A35 is the Air Component’s lead for operational design, Command Relationships (COMREL), joint planning process (JPP), and uses the joint planning process for air (JPPA) to develop long-range plans as well as maintain the Air Component Support Plan (ACSP) Operations Annex, which serves as the Air Component Joint Air Operation Plan (JAOP). Serves as the Senior Airfield Authority (SAA).
A36: Combat Plans Division mission is responsible to conceptualize, author, and distribute Joint Force Air Component Commander Air Battle Plans and support documentation on a daily basis in order to ensure EUCOM and AFRICOM air and space forces are prepared to engage throughout their theaters of operation.
A37: Exercise Division ensures command and unit readiness for USAFE - AFAFRICA units by providing holistic training, readiness and execution through program planning, execution and assessments within joint, multinational, and NATO environments.
A38: Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD). Responsible for advising COMUSAFE in his/her role as the Area Air Defense Commander (AADC); supporting execution of IAMD operations assigned to the AADC and Regional Air Defense Commander (RADC); preparing comprehensive Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) plans; coordinating employment of air and ground command and control (C2) assets of the AADC; and synchronize IAMD efforts across USEUCOM components on behalf of the Joint Force Commander (JFC).
A39: Information Warfare Division. Provides the commander with the ability to effectively command & control operations in the information environment ranging from steady state to combat operations by analyzing cognitive effects and developing actionable plans to tailor non-kinetic and kinetic actions that support operational objectives.
Combat Operations Division (COD): Concentrates on execution of the current ATO and ACO (e.g., the 24-hour execution period of the ATO). The COD is divided into four primary teams: offensive operations team, defensive operations team, interface control team, and senior intelligence duty officer (SIDO) team.
Air Communications Squadron (ACOMS): Provides critical communications and cyberspace support to the AOC, ensuring continuous security, operational availability, and reliability of resources (systems and people) in support of the AOC mission. The ACOMS integrates AOC systems with other USAF, DOD, joint, and coalition systems. Its goal is to deliver reliable secure communication and cyber capabilities to the AOC/CC and the AOC staff, enabling air, space and cyberspace operations throughout the tactical or JOA. The ACOMS/CC coordinates directly with the AOC/CC. The ACOMS works on a regular basis with the unit’s AOC Configuration Manager, ISSO, and WSM to configure AOC networks, keep them on-line for AOC users, and control them in accordance with guidance provided by the AOC/CC, AOC WS Configuration Review Board, and site AOC Configuration Review Board. The ACOMS is typically composed of five functions: CFP, Network Operations, C2 Systems, Data Links and Radio Frequency Transmissions, and Plans and Programs. Collectively, the functions provide AOC-unique communications services and tools for planning, generating, employing, and directing air, and IO forces.