Pacific Air Forces Facilitates Integrated Air Missile Defense SMEE During Balikatan 24 > US Indo-Pacific Command > 2015

The Pacific Air Force’s Pacific Integrated Air & Missile Defense Center, with support from the US Marine Corps, US Air Force, US Army and Philippine Air Force, facilitated an inaugural multilateral and joint exchange of service subject matter experts to preparation for Balikatan24 at Clark Air Base, Luzon City, Philippines, April 22 to 26.

The lessons taught during the exchange focused on facilitating and universally understanding IAMD. IAMD’s USINDOPACOM mission calls on the United States to integrate seamlessly with allies to enable freedom of movement and power projection to maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific. To do this, IAMD leverages a network of interconnected systems to strengthen ground-to-air defenses and effectively complement kinetic fire solutions.

In late March 2024, the PIC led and led a Defense Design Working Group for 52 joint members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines aimed at developing an IAMD-focused exercise plan for Balikatan 24. The result was a list of what attendees considered critical . to protect the defense of their nation. The methodology was based on how each selected asset was necessary, how vulnerable, susceptible and recoverable it was to attack, and finally how likely a specific nomination was to be attacked.

The PIC then hosted USSPACECOM’s Joint Ballistic Missile Training and Education Center to present the four-day Joint IAMD course, which provided participants with the basic concepts and understanding of IAMD in multi-domain operations. A second 4-hour course focused on decision-making processes for AFP and US senior leaders in the IAMD enterprise. Both course groups included leaders from the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Philippine Air Force, Philippine Navy, and Philippine Army.

Finally, using the recent Iranian attacks on Israel as a basis for a multilateral and joint IAMD architecture, the PIC brought together a diverse audience of 175 multilateral attendees along with members from every U.S. service, members from every Philippine service. with the Royal Australian Air Force and observation by three members of Japan’s Air Self-Defense Force, to provide insight into how their specific services and capabilities play an important role in the IAMD defense architecture and enterprise.

Attendees also had an up-close look at the U.S. Army’s PATRIOT weapon system. The 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, provided a tour and answered questions for attendees at their deployment location at Clark Air Base.

The overall intent of the three-week event was a means to coordinate, integrate and synchronize IAMD capabilities to protect what Joint Forces commanders consider its most critical assets, along with a complex communications plan established between all units present during the war. LVC section of BK 39-24. C2 dynamics, broken down by regions and sectors, rely primarily on the transmission of critical information through lateral and vertical units, the net result being the delegation of authorities to execute potential threats. This concept is being applied for the first time in a bilateral architecture between the US and the Philippines.

“From ballistic missiles to cruise missiles, from one-way attack drones to quadcopters, IAMD is a more complex and challenging problem than ever before,” said U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Keegan Dale, 13th Fighter Squadron commander. the commander of BK’s 13th Air Expeditionary Group. “Each country and service brings unique IAMD capabilities. We must integrate and learn from each other in training if we expect success in battle.