B-GA-403-000/FP-001, Canadian Forces Aerospace Shape Doctrine

1st Edition,
Published: March 2014

• Preface
• Keynotes
• Chapter 1: Shape Fundamentals
  • Introduction
    • Force application
    • Information operations
  • Why Royal Canadian Air Force Shape?
  • Aerospace power
    • The strategic effect of aerospace power
  • Shape capabilities and roles
  • Shape and the Sense function
  • Summary
• Chapter 2: Control of the Air
  • Introduction
    • Counter-air operations
    • Domestic control of the air / air sovereignty
    • Expeditionary control of the air
  • Offensive counter-air
    • Offensive counter-air operation missions
  • Defensive counter-air
    • Defensive counter-air operation control and coordination
    • Defensive counter-air operation missions
  • Summary
• Chapter 3: Air Attack
  • Introduction
  • Counter-sea operations and support to maritime forces
  • The maritime perspective
    • Air-maritime coordination
    • The littoral
    • Maritime aviation
    • Counter-sea missions
  • Counter-land operations and support to land forces
    • The land perspective
    • Air-land coordination
    • Tactical aviation
    • Counter-land missions
  • Special air operations
    • Special operations - general
    • Special air operations overview
    • Special air operations missions
  • Strategic attack
    • Strategic attack mission
    • Centres of gravity
  • Summary
• Chapter 4: Aerospace Information Operations
  • Introduction
    • Definition
    • Principles of information operations
    • Core information operations activity areas
    • Components of information operations
  • Aerospace information operations
  • Summary
• Chapter 5: Command and Control
  • Introduction
    • Command and Control in the aerospace domain
    • Apportionment and allocation in joint operations
  • Air battle rhythm and air tasking cycle
  • Aerospace targeting
    • Deliberate targeting
    • Dynamic targeting
    • Intelligences, surveillance and reconnaissance and the joint targeting cycle
  • Summary
• Glossary
• List of Abbreviations
• References
• Additional Reading