Joint Firepower Control Course
Changes to the course: Effective for the October Class (And not before!)
First off, we have been renamed. We are now the 6th Combat Training Squadron. Same great class, we just answer the phone differently. JFCC as a course will cease to exist as of 1 October.
The course is being "tracked" now.
JFC = Joint Firepower Course. 2 Weeks for Navy, Army and foreign
service personnel (not much change from the current incarnation of JFCC)
ALOQC = Air Liaison Officer Qualification Course. 4 Weeks. 2 weeks
of JFC, 2 weeks of field. 1 at Ft Irwin, one at Ft Sill for Fire support
coordination/integration training.
TACC = Terminal Attack Control Course: 3 Weeks. 2 weeks of JFC, 1
week CAS controls at Ft Irwin.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Do ALOs control air at ALOQC. No, Its not their primary job.
Although they should be familiar with the procedures, we hire Terminal Attack
Controllers for that. This course is for LIAISON training and how to
better integrate The US Air Force into the ground fight as a maneuver force and
destroy all forces that stand in the way of the Army ground commanders
goal. ALOs! Ensure that your orders specifically say ALOQC and have
a 4 week window on them, if you get anything less you need to get
with your MPF folks and have them fix it. You really dont want to have to
do that nut roll here via phone. If your admin shop is stupid when you are
standing there, imagine how stupid they can get over the phone!
Do TACs control air: Yes, our desire is to get them 50,000,000 controls
while they are here. However, we usually get 4 for each individual due to
the lack of assets. Expect this to increase in the future.
Pending your questions I'll be followed by what we are currently teaching at JFCC
The Joint Firepower Control Course is currently being taught at Nellis AFB Nevada, right outside of Las Vegas. The course is currently three weeks for ALL ALOS, BALOs and TACCS. The first two weeks cover doctrine, planning and employment of CAS assets. The third week, the remaining students spend at lovely Ft Irwin California. The TACs hook up with two highly experienced instructors (Usually ETACs), and head up to Leach Lake Tactical Range to control Air Strikes (hopefully live weapons, but usually BDU-33s) Each TAC is given an evaluation sheet by their instructor on our "opinion" of their control capabilities. We provide candid and immediate feedback in a non threatening environment (the students have already received their diplomas prior to departure). This evaluation sheet should be returned to the training office at their home station to ensure that the individual is totally prepared for their StanEval. If you are training manager at a TACP and one of your studs has just come back. Get the sheets. They all get'em. The ALOs and BALOs go into the "box" to watch the fight. Putting that L (air LIAISON officer) to use, they are shown what a TOC looks like, given a fam on day and night operations of the Army, shown a ROC drill, and then watch the battle unfold. Usually they watch the BlueFor get its butt kicked all over the place but thats beside the point. Its the first time most of these guys have ever been around the Army in that kind of environment. We cannot get them over the "Culture shock" of being an ALO, but we get them started in the right direction.
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