It would take more than that my geeky friend In covert operations AOCs could be a much simpler center than mentioned in the article For instance the AOC at Luang Prabang Laos in 1970 consisted of a two room shack built out of old ammo crates The briefing room had a few chairs and a wall of maps of the military region thereabouts The other room had a desk with a ledger upon it where flight leaders listed their sorties and pilots hung out between missions This shadow knows because he was there He was the AOC staff inasmuch as it had one