NAWDC Command Brief
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The Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center (NAWDC) focuses on training naval air forces in advanced tactics and developing standardized combat techniques for various mission capabilities. Established through the evolution of several naval aviation training schools, it aims to provide realistic training and operational support across all combat operations. NAWDC also collaborates with joint military forces and maintains a commitment to continuous innovation and adaptation in warfare training.
NAWDC Command Brief
- 1. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win RDML Greg Harris Commander, NAWDC Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center
- 2. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Agenda Ø NAWDC Missions Ø Evolution Ø Organization and Aircraft Ø Training functions Ø Summary UNCLASSIFIED
- 3. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Naval Aviation Warfare Development Center Mission Train Naval Air Forces on advanced tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) across all combat missions at the individual, unit, and integrated air wing levels; develop, validate, standardize, and publish combat TTPs for Naval Aviation; support naval components and Combatant Commanders with aviation subject matter expertise; and make recommendations on aviation warfare requirements. Vision NAWDC will remain the preeminent training site for Naval Aviation, providing realistic and relevant training conducted in fleet representative platforms on a range complex that supports training across the spectrum of combat operations…today and in the future.
- 4. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win NAWDC Evolution Ø 1969 – Navy Fighter Weapons School - TOPGUN Ø 1984 – Naval Strike Warfare Center Ø 1988 – Carrier Airborne Early Warning Weapons School Ø 1996 – Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center (NSAWC) Ø 1998 – Rotary Wing Weapons School - SEAWOLF Ø 2000 – Electronic Reconnaissance Weapons School Ø 2001 – Joint Close Air Support School Ø 2011 – Growler Weapons School - HAVOC Ø 2012 – Tomahawk Land Attack Missile Cell Ø 2015 – Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center UNCLASSIFIED Born and Adapted Through Failures in Combat
- 5. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win NAWDC C2 Structure FLAG STAFF AIDE/FLAG WRITER COMMANDER RDML DIRECTOR OF HEADQUARTERS CAPT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR GS-15 MIL GS DIRECTOR OF TRAINING CAPT N9 SAFETY CDR N4 MX LCDR SECURITY GS-12 N1 ADMIN GS-11 N3 OPS CDR N20 TLAM CDR N5 STRIKE CDR N8 SEAWOLF CDR HQ (Supporting) Training (Supported) N6 CAEWWS CDR UNCLASSIFIED N10 HAVOC CDR N7 TOPGUN CDR CHIEF OF STAFF GS-15 COMPTROLLER GS-13 CMDCM
- 6. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win NAWDC C2 Structure FLAG STAFF AIDE/FLAG WRITER COMMANDER RDML DIRECTOR OF INFO WARFARE/N2 CAPT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR GS-15 MIL GS DIRECTOR OF TRAINING CAPT MISR CDR SSO GS-12 AWT LT TARGETING LCDR N20 TLAM CDR N5 STRIKE CDR N8 SEAWOLF CDR IW (Supporting) Training (Supported) N6 CAEWWS CDR UNCLASSIFIED N10 HAVOC CDR N7 TOPGUN CDR CHIEF OF STAFF GS-15 COMPTROLLER GS-13 CMDCM DIRECTOR OF HEADQUARTERS CAPT
- 7. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Command Relationships Ø Report to CNAF Ø Responsible to: ● Commander Naval Air Forces (Naval Aviation training / FRTC Commander) Ø Direct Liaison Authorized: ● OPNAV, COCOMs, Commander Naval Air Forces, Naval Component Commanders, Numbered Fleets, NWDC, Air Wings, Type Wings, etc. Ø Additional liaisons ● USAF Air Warfare Center ● Marine Aviation & Weapons Tactics Squadron ● Naval Systems Commands ● CSG 4/15 and Tactical Training Groups ● Operational Test and Evaluation / Office of Naval Research ● USN Warfighting Development Centers ● Industry UNCLASSIFIED
- 8. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win NAWDC Assets Ø Budget $90M ● Maintenance ● Flight Hour Program ● FRTC Ø Personnel ● 270+ military ● 50+ civilian ● 200+ contractor Ø 54 aircraft ● F/A-18A-G, E-2C, MH-60S, F-16A/B ● (Fleet F/A-18C/E/F augment) ● (VFC-13 F-5s) Ø Simulators ● E-2, EP-3, F-16, JCAS UNCLASSIFIED
- 9. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Fallon Range Training Complex Ø NAVAL AVIATION’S PREMIER RANGE Ø OPNAV TFCRS “Crown Jewel” nominee ● Task Force Compatibility and Readiness Sustainability Ø Joint Accreditations (JCAS and JNTC) Ø 85% of Naval NCEA released at Fallon Ø 90 Days to Combat Ø Airspace 13,000 square miles Ø Land 230,000 acres ● Four bombing ranges ● Six restricted areas ● Seven MOA/ATCAAs Ø Real world threat presentation ● Air & Ground Opposition forces ● Electronic Warfare ● Tactical display & debrief Ø NAWDC ● Military Range Commander ● Strike Warfare doctrinal Center of Excellence ● Fleet Tactics, Techniques & Procedures
- 10. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Four Primary Missions Ø Train in advanced tactics ● Individual, unit, integrated level ● CVW’s ● Weapons Schools Ø Training Events ● Standardization across aviation ● TAC D&E & exercise participation Ø COCOM support ● SME support & fly-away team ● Targeting cell Ø Requirements recommendations ● OPNAV/CPF/CNAF coordination UNCLASSIFIED
- 11. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Training Levels Ø Individual ● Air Combat Training Continuum (ACTC) Ø Unit ● ARPs w Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program w Hawkeye Advanced Readiness Program w Electronic Warfare Advanced Readiness Program w Helicopter Advanced Readiness Program ● CVW ULT detachments Ø Integrated ● Air Wing Fallon detachments w Mission Training Phase w Integrated Training Phase w Advanced Training Phase UNCLASSIFIED
- 12. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Graduate-Level Instruction Ø TOPGUN ● 45 Strike Fighter Tactics Instructors per year Ø CAEWWS ● 12 Weapons and Tactics Instructors per year Ø SEAWOLF ● 64 Officer and Enlisted Seahawk Weapons and Tactics Instructors per year ● Mountain flying course Ø HAVOC ● 16 Weapons and Tactics Instructors per year over 2 classes Ø JCAS ● 80 Joint Terminal Air Controllers per year ● 30 Refresher students per year UNCLASSIFIED Foundation of the ACTC Program
- 13. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Air Wing Training Ø Real world driven ● 60/40 balance between MCO / OCO ● Large Force Planning / Employment ● Joint & SOF Integration ● Interdiction ● Dynamic Targeting ● Close Air Support ● Combat Search and Rescue ● Convoy Escort ● ASuW ● Airborne Command and Control ● EMW UNCLASSIFIED Air Wings ready to execute missions across the globe
- 14. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Joint Integration Ø Joint Training Certified Ø Significant Joint Integration Ø Players ● AWACS ● JSTARS ● Rivet Joint ● MARSOC ● ANG ● Predator ● BAMS ● Global Hawk ● U-2 UNCLASSIFIED
- 15. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Joint Close Air Support Ø Joint Terminal Attack Controller (JTAC) Course ● Formally Established 2001 ● Accredited Joint School ● Four-week class in conjunction w/ CVW Detachments and Strike Fighter Advanced Readiness Program (SFARP) Ø NSW / NAWDC Agreement ● Currently 80 NSW JTACs per year w Additionally support other SOCOM entities ● Refresher training Ø Field Training Unit ● 105mm Howitzers ● CSAR/ SOF Ground Adversary Support Ø MSAT Simulator ● Immersive Dome Simulator for training student JTACs prior to live range events UNCLASSIFIED
- 16. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Fallon Range Training Complex Ø Full spectrum training Ø Representative threats ● Ground based IADS ● 4th Gen Adversaries ● Theatre replication Ø Fleet capabilities ● Links, comms, networks ● Joint certified Ø Realistic training ● 13,000+ sq mi airspace ● Supersonic area ● Live ordnance targets ● “Combat Towns” Ø Fully instrumented Ø Electronic Warfare ● Full spectrum of EA UNCLASSIFIED
- 17. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win B-20 Target Area B-17 Target Complex B-19 Target Area 50FALLON UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED GABBS 125 NM 1 0 5 N M Supersonic Area
- 18. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Intel & Targeting Ø Strike Intelligence Model Manager ● Intelligence Team Trainer w CVIC Systems w Threat Scenarios ● Mission: w Rehearsal w Debrief and Mission Reports w RFI / collections requirements Ø Navy Targeting Center of Excellence ● Executive Agent for Navy Precise Point Mensuration (PPM) training and certification w Conducted to NGA standards per CJCS direction w Train to certify all CVW Targeting Officers w Train Fleet Intelligence Detachment (FID) ● Reach-back w Targeting support to deployed fleet units w Targeting support to Numbered Fleet Commanders CVW-17 Intel Team UNCLASSIFIED
- 19. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Tactics Development Ø TAC D&E ● Electronic Warfare ● Comm-out AIC ● Exotic weapons employment ● Counter UAS ● AESA radar tactics ● M2M Digital Targeting ● Night strafe tactics ● Mobile targets ● Counter-swarm tactics Ø Exercises ● Northern Edge ● Nellis UNCLASSIFIED
- 20. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Requirements Recommendations Ø NAWDC Naval Aviation Requirements Recommendations Mission Execution Liaison with COCOM Naval Component Direct experience and data from theater COCOM OPLANs Current Operations Planned Operations and Contingencies Threat Assessments NAWDC Subject Matter Experts Capability gaps NARC NARGs WIPs USFFC Capability Cards Continuous dialog with NAVAIR and N98 Ø NARC: Naval Aviation Requirements Conference • Strike ENARG/WIP - NAWDC hosts annual system identification of capability gaps by OPLANs and Current Operations Ø NAWDC is involved in several other requirements identification venues (e.g. USAF WEPTAC)
- 21. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win NAWDC Beddown Feb 2017 Fallon CVW-11 AWF TOPGUN Class STK ENARG/WIP Red Flag Nellis AFB, NV. HAVOC GTI course prep TLAM TTP Dev Norfolk, VA COCOM Support. Shaw AFB, SC. NIMBLE FIRE Planning St. Louis, MO AIM-9X Blk II. Development Tucson, AZ. TOPGUN BFM det Key West, FL SEAWOLF course prep
- 22. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Live/Virtual/Constructive (LVC) Vision Ø Part of the training solution for the high end fight ● FRTC and LVC events at high security (FY20) ● Three phased approach w All aviation platforms (F/A-18E-G, E-2D, JSF, etc.) w MILCON w USAF AWC ● Air Defense Strike Group Facility ● Integrated Air Wing Training Facility (P-420) ● Integrated Training Facility (P-440) Ø Application ● Mission Rehearsal ● Distributed to Fleet Concentration Areas ● Expand WDC Training Audience ● TAC D&E (Navy/Joint)
- 23. Naval Aviation Warfighting Development Center Fly, Fight, Lead -- Win Summary Ø The Naval Aviation Center of Excellence Ø Primary missions ● Integrated Air Wing Training ● Develop Naval Aviation TTPs ● COCOM support ● Requirements recommendations Ø Naval Aviation tactical subject matter experts Ø Continuously adapting to provide the most relevant training UNCLASSIFIED INNOVATE IN PEACETIME, ADAPT IN WAR