# VAW-126 Support Capabilities This document describes the various missions that vCSG-3 engages in and the role that VAW-126 can play in supporting other vCSG assets. It includes both current and planned future capabilities. # Airfield Operations ## Ground/Tower/Approach/Departure and Center/Range control ATC controllers 1. Provide aircraft vectoring and navigation services in and around airfields 2. Provide traffic and terrain deconfliction for visual and instrument flight operations 3. Control aircraft within the airfield’s airspace to enable both full procedure approaches and vectors to final/initial 4. Provide traffic deconfliction services to aircraft in the tower pattern 5. Provide ground control/clearance delivery services to expedite field departures and provide traffic deconfliction 6. Provide range control, deconfliction and BDA for training ranges 7. (Planned) Provide radar approach services for both ASR and PAR approaches # Carrier Operations ## Marshal/Tower and Paddles CATCC controllers 2. Provide Services similar to ATC for the CASE I/II/III approach and departure patterns 3. Provide control for full procedure approaches and vectors to final/initial for the CASE I/II/III approaches 4. Provide Deckboss/PRIFLY services in order to deconflict and expedite deck operations for launch and recovery 5. (Planned) Provide radar approach services for both ASR and PAR variations of the CASE III approach 6. (Planned) Provide identical services for the vESG and LHA/LHD operations # Admin Flight ## Closeout/ATC/CATCC controllers 1. Provide traffic/terrain deconfliction to controlled aircraft to include vectoring as required 2. Navigation and informational support about current locations of friendly assets, weather information, recovery options, situation updates, etc # Tac Admin ## Closeout 1. Provide check-in, roll-call, timing coordination and package accounting for all missions 2. Provide friendly deconfliction and coordination to include navigational support 3. Provide coordinates, friendly information, situation updates and picture/lowdown information 4. Provide communications relay for same frequency or multiple frequency missions # OCA/DCA (Offensive Counter Air/Defensive Counter Air) ## Closeout 1. Provide Air Intercept Control (AIC) for friendly Combat Air Patrol, Fighter Sweep, and Escort Missions 2. AIC support includes situational awareness information, targeting support, air and surface threat callouts, flow support, jamming and spike callouts, and other support 3. AICs can control and support multiple flights and coordinate counter air across different flights # Strike ## Closeout 1. Provide strike support for strike packages and individual strike elements along with AIC support for escort/sweep packages elements. 2. Strike support includes check-in and roll call, timing support, situational awareness information, air and surface threat callouts, flow and lean recommendations, SEAD/ESM coordination, and AIC control for integrated escort elements. 3. Strike controllers control a single strike package or multiple coordinated strike elements. 4. (Planned) Provide strike mission planning support, package design and strike package commander training # SEAD/DEAD (Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses) ## Closeout 1. Provide coordination of SEAD/DEAD assets 2. Provide ESM and threat and warning information to SEAD/DEAD assets 3. Provide radar localization information to SEAD/DEAD assets 4. (Planned) Provide movement and coordination of AI jamming assets to support SEAD/DEAD and other operations # SCAR/AR/AI (Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance/Armed Reconnaissance/Airborne Interdiction) ## Closeout 1. Provide SCAR for assets performing AR/AI missions both for ground and sea-surface contacts 2. SCAR consists of passing MAC or A/G tasking calls to units to dynamically assign targets and provide target information, collect ISR information from player and AI assets, and generate new target information as well as threat callouts 3. SCAR controllers also build and deconflict killboxes, and coordinate all fires long of the Fire support coordination line (FSCL) 4. SCAR controllers can rapidly task and monitor large numbers of aircraft and reassign units to tasking to efficiently service as many targets as possible 5. SCAR is performed when detailed integration with friendly ground forces is not required (with the exception of artillery/naval fires) # CAS (Close Air Support) ## Closeout 1. Provide OAS (Offensive Air support) for friendly ground forces 2. OAS consists of checking in, staging, ensuring safe transit for air assets conducting pre-planned CAS, on-call CAS (X-CAS), and ISR. 3. OAS controllers coordinate with ground force commanders, FAC(A)s and ground based JTACs to prioritize CAS tasking, assign aircraft to FAC(A)/JTACs and streamline the CAS process 4. Coordinate all fires short of the FSCL, including ground fires, naval fires, and rotary/fixed deconfliction 5. (Planned) JTAC 6. Provide Joint Terminal Attack Control services from ground or UAV based JTACs 7. Roleplay as ground forces commanders including moving AI assets # ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) ## Closeout 1. Assign and monitor ISR assets and receive and log reports from player and AI reconnaissance 2. Utilize ESM information to locate emitting enemy units 3. Correlate target information and pass to appropriate controllers/assets to enable SCAR/CAS missions # SAR/CSAR ((Combat)Search and Rescue) ## Closeout 1. Provide Airborne Mission Commander (AMC) role during search and rescue and combat search and rescue operations 2. AMC provides similar support as a strike support controller with the addition of coordinating search areas/patterns and maintaining updated search logs.