ISR Foundations
This military discipline uses information collection and analysis to provide guidance and direction that assists commanders in their decisions.
ANSWER: What is intelligence?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 62
This designation applies to information that does not warrant Confidential, Secret, or Top Secret markings but is not publicly releasable without authorization.
What is Unclassified (U)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 62
The President of the United States issues this strategy defining how the administration will deal with major national security issues.
What is the National Security Strategy (NSS)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 65
This organization designs, builds, launches, and maintains America's intelligence satellites.
What is the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 70
This intelligence discipline integrates imagery and geospatial information.
What is Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 82
Also known as the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, this Air Force organization oversees and directs Air Force ISR activities.
What is the Air Force A2?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 67
The AF ISR 2023 mission is to enable this by providing and operating integrated, cross-domain ISR capabilities with joint, national, and international partners.
What is decision advantage?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 87
This enlisted AFSC prepares, maintains, and presents intelligence displays, reports, and briefings, and instructs aircrews on collection and reporting requirements.
What is 1N0X1 All Source Intelligence Analyst?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 85
Issued by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, this planning directive initiates development and evaluation of military courses of action and requests a commander's estimate.
What is a Warning Order (WARNORD)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 95
This comprehensive operational plan details allocation and employment of air assets and is the principal means of conveying tasking instructions to air units within a specified time frame.
What is the Air Tasking Order (ATO)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 96
Headquartered at Fort Meade, Maryland, this command is responsible for achieving and maintaining cyberspace superiority.
What is U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 105
Inherent in combatant command, this authority covers organizing and employing forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission.
What is Operational Control (OPCON)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 111
This is the act of monitoring behavior and communications to gather intelligence.
ANSWER: What is surveillance?
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This unclassified information requires safeguarding or dissemination controls under applicable law, regulations, and government-wide policy.
What is Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)?
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The Secretary of Defense issues this strategy outlining how the Department of Defense will execute the National Security Strategy.
What is the National Defense Strategy (NDS)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 65
This agency delivers geospatial intelligence and manages the National System for GEOINT.
What is the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 70
This discipline consists of information collected and provided by human sources, including reconnaissance, observation, recruited sources, debriefings, and biometrics.
What is Human Intelligence (HUMINT)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 82
The mission of this department is to provide military forces to deter war and protect the security of the country.
What is the Department of Defense (DoD)?
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This AF ISR core tenet means ISR effects depend on synchronization and integration of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.
What is 'ISR is indivisible'?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 87
This AFSC exploits and analyzes multisensory imagery with all-source intelligence to determine the type, function, location, and significance of facilities and activities.
What is 1N1X1 Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 85
This directive provides essential planning guidance after the directing authority approves a military COA, but it does not authorize execution.
What is an Alert Order (ALERTORD)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 95
During ATO development, this initial step analyzes mission requirements, operational objectives, available assets, the threat, and mission priorities.
What is mission analysis?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 96
Headquartered at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, this command plans and conducts special operations, including special reconnaissance, unconventional warfare, and counterterrorism.
What is U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM)?
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Inherent in OPCON, this authority is limited to detailed direction and control of movements or maneuvers, mission or task assignment, and authorization of force or weapons use.
What is Tactical Control (TACON)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 111
Also called scouting, this explores an area to obtain information about enemy forces, terrain, and other activities.
What is reconnaissance?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 62
Unauthorized disclosure of information at this classification level could reasonably be expected to cause damage to national security.
What is Confidential (C)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 63
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff issues this strategy defining how the military, as a joint force, will execute the NDS and NSS.
What is the National Military Strategy (NMS)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 65
This agency provides military intelligence to warfighters, defense policymakers, and force planners in support of U.S. military planning, operations, and weapons-system acquisition.
What is the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)?
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This discipline is produced by exploiting foreign communications systems and non-communications emitters.
What is Signals Intelligence (SIGINT)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 83
Appointed by the President with Senate advice and consent, this official is the principal defense policy adviser to the President.
Who is the Secretary of Defense (SECDEF)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 77
This AF ISR core tenet says ISR is focused on capabilities and effects, not platforms.
What is 'ISR is domain neutral'?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 87
This AFSC supports SIGINT operations by monitoring and collecting non-communications electronic signal transmissions using passive receiving equipment.
What is 1N2X1A Electronic Signals Intelligence Exploitation Analyst?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 85
At the direction of the President or Secretary of Defense, the CJCS may issue this order to initiate military operations.
What is an Execute Order (EXORD)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 95
This publication, titled 'Command and Control for Joint Air Operations,' provides essential guidance on command-and-control operations in joint air campaigns.
What is JP 3-30?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 98
Headquartered at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, this command is responsible for nuclear capabilities, global strike, joint electromagnetic spectrum operations, and global missile defense.
What is U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 106
This Service authority flows through Service channels and covers administration and support, including the 'organize, train, and equip' functions under Title 10.
What is Administrative Control (ADCON)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 111
SCI may only be processed, stored, used, or discussed in this type of facility.
What is a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF)?
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Unauthorized disclosure of information at this classification level could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to national security.
What is Secret/Collateral (S)?
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This official chairs the National Security Council.
Who is the President of the United States?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 66
This agency leads the U.S. government in cryptology, including SIGINT and Information Assurance products and services.
What is the National Security Agency (NSA)?
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This intelligence is derived from interception and analysis of non-communications emitters such as radar.
What is Electronic Intelligence (ELINT)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 83
This is the highest-ranking military body in the DoD and provides advice and recommendations to the President, SECDEF, and NSC.
What are the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS)?
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In this environment, an adversary can offer prohibitive interference in one or more domains, requiring advanced warfighting techniques and capabilities to create desired effects.
What is a highly contested environment?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 88
This AFSC collects, identifies, and exploits appropriate communications and provides time-critical network warfare intelligence to support theater combatant commanders.
What is 1N4X1A Digital Network Intelligence Analyst?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 86
This comprehensive document outlines the concept of operations, tasks, and resources required to execute a military operation and serves as a strategic-level planning framework.
What is an Operation Plan (OPLAN)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 100
Produced by the joint force air component commander, this document translates strategic guidance into specific airpower objectives and supports joint integration, resource allocation, flexibility, and deconfliction.
What is the Joint Air Operations Plan (JAOP)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 102
Headquartered at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii, this geographic command's area stretches from the western shores of the United States to the western border of India.
What is U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 110
This five-nation board enables strategic and deployed-force headquarters information and data exchange and interoperability of communications-electronics systems above the tactical level of command.
What is the Combined Communications-Electronics Board (CCEB)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 113
This oversight process balances obtaining intelligence required to protect national security with protecting the constitutional and legal rights and privacy of U.S. persons.
What is Intelligence Oversight?
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This title of the U.S. Code contains laws related to national defense, intelligence activities, national security, and war powers, and governs operations and organization of the Intelligence Community.
What is Title 50?
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This official serves as head of the Intelligence Community, oversees the National Intelligence Program, and is principal intelligence adviser to the President, NSC, and HSC.
Who is the Director of National Intelligence (DNI)?
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This agency collects intelligence through human sources, correlates and evaluates intelligence related to national security, and coordinates national intelligence collection outside the United States.
What is the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 68
This discipline uses quantitative and qualitative analysis of sensor data such as metric, angle, spatial, wavelength, time-dependence, modulation, plasma, and hydromagnetic data.
What is Measures and Signals Intelligence (MASINT)?
SOURCE: Study guide pp. 83-84
Established to promote a full partnership between the NSA and the cryptologic components of the armed forces, this organization is composed of five Service Cryptologic Components.
What is the Central Security Service (CSS)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 79
AF ISR is described as integral to this concept for the nation and foundational to Global Reach and Global Power.
What is Global Vigilance?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 89
This AFSC recommends the form required to disable an adversary's targeting system and determines specific aircraft and munitions while anticipating weapon effects and minimizing collateral damage.
What is 1N8X1 Targeting Analyst?
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This directive is issued by a commander to subordinate units with specific instructions and guidance for executing a particular operation or phase of an operation.
What is an Operation Order (OPORD)?
SOURCE: Study guide pp. 100-101
This systematic process plans, coordinates, executes, monitors, and adjusts air operations while allocating resources and synchronizing airpower across the joint force.
What is the Air Tasking Cycle (ATC)?
SOURCE: Study guide pp. 103-104
Headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, this command is primarily responsible for civil support and homeland security.
What is U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 109
This five-nation council includes the United States, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand and focuses on Air Force interoperability.
What is the Five Eyes Air Force Interoperability Council (AFIC)?
SOURCE: Study guide p. 113