True/False. The MCT has operational control of Air Force/HN assets

• A. False
• B. True
• C. Sometimes
• D. Not specified

Answer: (A)

In military operations, control over forces is defined by specific authorities such as operational control, tactical control, and administrative control. OPCON gives the authority to organize and employ forces for an operation and to direct their actions, but this authority sits with the owning service or the appropriate command structure, not with a temporary planning team.

A Mission Command Team is there to coordinate, plan, and advise, ensuring synchronized effort across partners. It does not hold OPCON over Air Force assets or host-nation assets. Those assets stay under the control of their own service or the host nation, with the MCT able to request or coordinate actions through proper channels. It’s possible for the MCT to have narrower authority like TACON or support arrangements for specific tasks, but that is not OPCON.

So the statement is false because OPCON over Air Force assets or host-nation assets would not be held by the MCT; ownership and control remain with the respective service or nation, with the MCT functioning mainly to coordinate and facilitate.