Intermediate Courses

Joint Air Operations Planning Course (JAOPC) | Contingency Wartime Planning Course (CWPC) | Joint Task Force Staff Basic Course (JTFSBC)

JAOPC is a nine-day course that produces skilled air planners with proficiency in the application of the joint planning process for air (JPPA) at the operational level of warfare, allowing them to apply this process to nearly any problem set in the future. Students are prepared to serve on a joint force air component staff and learn to develop a joint air operations plan (JAOP) that integrates into a joint/combined campaign plan. Graduates will understand the service and joint doctrine concepts that underpin successful execution of Agile Combat Employment, mission command, the formulation and use of mission-type orders, and the CFACC’s roles, planning responsibilities, and fundamental concepts. Graduates will comprehend operations across the competition continuum relative to pacing threat capabilities and strategies in an integrated deterrence scenario and will demonstrate the ability to articulate a joint vision for Joint All-Domain Operations solutions. Additionally, graduates will understand strategy formulation, joint force design, and service force presentation/capabilities and their contribution to the joint air operation. JAOPC’s target audience is O-3 to O-5s, civilian equivalents, and Senior Non-Commissioned Officers by exception. JAOPC also educates sister-service and Guard/Reserve Officers. Students must have a Secret security clearance properly showing Secret US access in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS).

POINTS OF CONTACT:
Course Director: (334) 953-4142 / DSN 493-4142
Registrar: (334) 953-9511 / DSN 493-9511

To attend this course, contact your Unit Training Manager.
For issues with travel orders, contact the 502 CPTS at: tdy.school@us.af.mil

The Contingency Wartime Planning course (CWPC) is a 10-day course that produces skilled air logistics planners who understand the art and science of contingency wartime planning as part of a joint operation.  Graduates learn to be multi-faceted planners capable of fostering and providing critical thinking skills as they learn to apply the Joint Planning Process (JPP).  Additionally, graduates learn about Joint All Domain Operations, mobilization, security cooperation, expeditionary site planning and sustainment, multi-capable airman considerations, command relationships, and other key doctrinal principles.  The course capstone exercise consists of an interactive role-playing board game (Kingfish ACE) that focuses on a pacing threat scenario in the INDOPACOM AOR. Students learn valuable planning and execution considerations and concepts to include pre-deployment processes, load planning, critical capabilities, inter-team dependencies, and how to deal with imperfect or incomplete information.  Students must have a Secret security clearance properly showing Secret US access in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS).

POINTS OF CONTACT:
Course Chair: (334) 953-7221 / DSN 493-7221
Registrar: (334) 953-9511 / DSN 493-9511

To attend this course, contact your Unit Training Manager.
For issues with travel orders, contact the 502 CPTS at: tdy.school@us.af.mil

The Joint Task Force Staff Basic Course (JTFSBC) is a 10-day, joint accredited course that teaches the Joint Planning Process (JPP) thru academics and real-world practicums to produce joint-capable planners and warfighters to operate effectively across all staffs/services in joint, coalition, and interagency environments.  In addition to learning the JPP, JTFSBC students will graduate with an understanding of Joint All-Domain Operations (JADO), command relationships, the joint functions, and the production of five-paragraph mission-type orders.  Within the context of the JPP, JTFSBC Graduates also receive exposure to Agile Combat Employment (ACE) operations, the multi-capable Airman concept, and the importance of synchronizing joint capabilities to prevail in uncertain environments against current strategic competitors and future near-peer threats.  The curriculum is focused on processes, activities and tasks performed by JTF HQ staff with lesson materials derived from established JTF HQ Joint Mission Essential Tasks (determined by Joint Staff J7).  Students must have a Secret security clearance properly showing Secret US access in the Defense Information System for Security (DISS).

POINTS OF CONTACT:
Course Director: (334) 953-3997 / DSN 493-3997
Registrar: (334) 953-9511 / DSN 493-9511

To attend this course, contact your Unit Training Manager.
For issues with travel orders, contact the 502 CPTS at: tdy.school@us.af.mil