US Air Force communications in Desert Storm

Author

McKenzie, Duncan D.

Volume

30

Issue

1

fYear

1992

Firstpage

42

Lastpage

44

Abstract

The US Central Command Air Forces´ (USCENTAF) communications network for Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm is described. The Central Command Air Forces network utilized 27 SatCom terminals, 27 automatic switches, and 27 terrestrial links and had the responsibility of providing air traffic services across six countries at 24 locations handling 350000 flight operations. The system complexity and air traffic operations, satellite transmission system, terrestrial transmission system, and voice switched network are discussed.<>

Keywords

air traffic; military systems; satellite relay systems; switching networks; telecommunication networks; voice communication; Central Command Air Forces network; Operation Desert Storm; Operations Desert Shield; SatCom terminals; US Air Force; air traffic operations; air traffic services; automatic switches; communications network; flight operations; satellite transmission system; terrestrial links; terrestrial transmission system; voice switched network; Artificial satellites; Communication switching; Communication system operations and management; Communication system traffic control; Energy management; Engineering management; Power system management; Radio spectrum management; Storms; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.166648

Filename

166648