2. Air Warfare Centre Operational Analysis Element
Alan Cowdale
Senior Scientific Adviser
RAF Waddington

3. Operational Analysis Support to RAF During Operation TELIC

4. Integrated Mission Support
Purpose
Provision of Timely,
Integrated Mission Support
at the
Operational,
Tactical & Technical
Levels of Warfare.

5. SenSciAdv TOR
‘… responsible for conducting studies and providing Operational Analysis and scientific advice to CinC STC and his staff on any issue which affects the conduct of Air Operations.’

6. Operation Analysis Support to Operations Prepare to Support Operations
staff training
model development
database construction

7. OAE Staffing
NCHQ - Qatar

11. OAE Staffing
NCHQ - Qatar
ACHQ - PSAB Saudi Arabia

12. ACHQ Questions

13. OAE Staffing NCHQ - Qatar ACHQ - PSAB Saudi Arabia
CFACC - PSAB Saudi Arabia

14. Operational Objective Achievement Indicators
80%
40% B. L
40%
80% C. M
40%
80% D.
40%
80% H E. L
40%
80%

15. CFACHQ Strategy to Task Analysis Counter Air Counter IADS
destroy C2 nodes
FOE physical destruction of key nodes
DE IADS unable to coordinate defence
MOE1 % of IADS nodes destroyed
MOE2 no loss of aircraft to IADS

16. OAE Staffing NCHQ - Qatar ACHQ - PSAB Saudi Arabia Squadron Support
Ali Al Salem - Tornado GR4
Al Udied - Tornado GR4
Al Jabr - Harrier GR7

17. DOB Questions

18. Segments Three segments The space segment contains the satelllites.
The nominal GPS constellation contains 24 satellites. However, the current constellation contains 5 Block II, 18 Block IIA and 6 Block IIR satellites - I.e. 29 satellites.
Six orbital planes, equally spaced 60 degrees apart and inclined at about 55 degrees with respect to the equatorial plane.
Nominally 4 satellites in each plane. Currently 4 or 5 orbital planes.
The orbit altitude is such that the nominal orbital period of each satellite is 11 hrs and 58 mins, I.e. the satellites repeat the same track and configuration over any point on the Earth’s surface 4 minutes earlier each day.
Satellites are identified by various systems. Most popular are:
SVN - Space Vehicle Number
PRN - Pseudo Random Noise
Block II/IIA - 4 onboard atomic clocks - 2 Caesium, 2 Rubidium
Block IIR - Rubidium clocks only

19. OAE Outputs UK performance database airframe database ATO
mission reports
imagery
TIALD video
interview
airframe database

20. OAE Staffing NCHQ - Qatar ACHQ - PSAB Saudi Arabia Squadron Support
Ali Al Salem - Tornado GR4
Al Udied - Tornado GR4
Al Jabr - Harrier GR7
PJHQ
Storm Shadow

21. OAE Staffing NCHQ - Qatar ACHQ - PSAB Saudi Arabia Squadron Support
Ali Al Salem - Tornado GR4
Al Udied - Tornado GR4
Al Jabr - Harrier GR7
PJHQ
Storm Shadow
Home Team

22. OAE Staffing NCHQ - Qatar ACHQ - PSAB Saudi Arabia Squadron Support
PJHQ
Home Team
IMS

23. Home Team Questions

25. Post Conflict

26. Post Conflict Support to Lessons Identified Campaign Analysis
Aircrew Questionnaire
Coalition Weapon Effectiveness Team

27. Al Taji IOC

28. Lessons

29. Lessons Need to be ready Need connectivity staff training tools data
internally
externally

30. Mission
“To determine what the user wants, what he ought to want, what he gets, what he ought to get; and what he ought to have and do in order to get what he ought to want out of what he gets.”
Robert Watson-Watt 1942