In combat operations during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) 05-07, 95% of the USMC fixed-wing tactical aircraft (FW TACAIR), FA-18 Hornets and AV-8B Harriers, sorties were dedicated to nontraditional intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (NTISR) missions.1 Using FW TACAIR as reconnaissance and collection platforms appears from the outside to be a benign mission, easy to execute and to sustain in extended combat operations. In reality, NTISR missions are very difficult to execute properly and have had negative effects on FW TACAIR. The USMC must make fundamental changes to the way the NTISR mission is executed because a continued reliance on the FW TACAIR community, despite the benefits, will result in dilapidated airframes and poor combat support.


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    Title :

    Non-Traditional Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance: A Challenge to USMC Fixed Wing Tactical Aircraft


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    Publication date :

    2009


    Size :

    18 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English






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