The ______ will collect all required flight information for preparation of the daily air plan.

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The Strike Operations Officer is the central planner responsible for the daily air plan. This role gathers all the necessary flight information—aircraft readiness, fuel state, ordnance requirements, target priorities, weather, airspace constraints, and routing—from maintenance, aircrews, intelligence, and other sources, then compiles it into a coordinated plan for the day’s sorties. By pulling together these details, they ensure the plan is complete and executable.

CATCC handles carrier air traffic control and on-station aircraft movement, not the overall collection of flight data for the daily plan. The Operations Officer oversees broader operations but the task of assembling the daily air plan data sits with the Strike Operations Officer. The CO has ultimate authority but delegates the planning responsibility to the appropriate staff when preparing the daily plan.