Global integrated ISR operations provide intelligence to commanders and decision-makers at all levels, informing the decision making process. Therefore, global
integrated ISR operations and products should be responsive to the commander’s or decision-maker’s needs. Tailorable products enable strategic, operational, and tactical effects with a better understanding of the operational environment (systematically,
spatially, and temporally); allowing decision-makers and warfighters to better orient themselves to the current and predicted situation and enable decisive action.
As an essential element of all Air Force operations, global integrated ISR linked personnel should be fully aware of mission goals and objectives and be integrated into the operational environment at all levels. This includes being integrated at the tactical level to ensure that global integrated ISR operations are included in supported force planning. Therefore, Global integrated ISR operations and the Joint Operation Planning Process (JOPP) need to be integrated to meet the timeliness and accuracy
requirements of airpower and joint operations. A close relationship between the strategy, planning, assessment, and execution functions fosters the flow of essential information.
Global integrated ISR-derived products should be as accurate as possible to convey an appreciation for facts and the situation as it actually exists, and provide the best possible estimate of the enemy situation and courses of action (COAs) based on
sound judgment of all available information. Extensive knowledge of adversary strategy, tactics, capabilities, and culture enables intelligence personnel to anticipate potential actions and provides the most complete and precise understanding of the adversary possible. Accuracy of geopositional data in intelligence products is a crucial requirement for targeting, particularly given increasing reliance on the use of precisionguided munitions. Sensors acquire information that enables targeteers to produce target locations or aim points suitable for the accurate employment of specific weapon
systems. One of the most demanding tasks for global integrated ISR personnel during emerging crises is the need to balance requirements for accuracy and timeliness.