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Military Air Operations Planning and Battle Management

2. Mission types covered by AIRPLAN

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Categories of Missions supported by AIRPLAN^©
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There are two main categories of mission in military air operations. In the first category, aircraft may take-off from an airbase (or ship) and terminate their sorties at another base, possibly having staged through intermediate airfields en route. They then return to the departure base (or ship) either by stages or direct. Such sorties include strategic & tactical airlift and casualty or medical evacuation.

Aircraft that attack or reconnoitre targets, or airdrop supplies or paratroops, after reaching their destination(s) or target(s), usually return direct to base. Sometimes, they may have to make an intermediate landing on the outward or homeward leg. AIRPLAN categorises the sortie types described above as 'Destination' and 'Target' sorties, respectively.

The second main sortie category is the Radius-of Action sortie in which aircraft take-off from an airbase (or a ship), carry out a Patrol and then return to the departure base (or ship). This category of sortie is named a 'Patrol' by AIRPLAN. 'Patrols' include Combat Air Patrols, Long Range Maritime Air patrols, Air to Air Refueling Tanker Towlines or orbits, and similar sorties.

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AIRPLAN^© can be used to calculate aircraft, crew, flight hour and sortie requirements, and to optimise the definition of mission packages or air campaigns, comprising any operational role, including the following:
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• Air Defence (Combat Air Patrols, SEAD and Ground Alert)
• Airborne Early Warning
• Electronic Reconnaissance & Battlefield Surveillance
• Strike/Attack, Interdiction, Close Air Support
• Tactical Electronic & Photographic Reconnaissance
• Long Range Maritime Patrol (ASW, ASUW, Shadowing, Surveillance, etc.)
• Air-to-Air Refuelling Tanker operations
• Transport/Airlift Supply Drop & Paradrop
• Strategic Airlift with/without Slip Crews
• Support Helicopter operations transporting and resupplying ground forces in the field
• SAR Search & Helicopter Recovery
• Fisheries Protection Patrols
• Anti-Narcotics, Anti-Smuggling and Anti-Illegal Immigration Patrols
• Humanitarian and Emergency Operations by Civil & Military Organisations (Famine, Earthquake, Refugee, Oppression and Natural Disaster Relief)

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