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Chapter 2 2-8 ATP 3-09.24 30 March 2022 Provide staff support for airspace management. Serve as the airspace management point-of-contact for FAB subordinate units. Provide FAB input to division, corps, airspace control order and air tasking order requirements. Coordinate sensor and tactical digital information link coverage. Advise the FAB commander and staff on all AMD-related issues. Monitor current enemy air and missile activities. Provide threat early warning. Track friendly AMD operations including unit positioning, status, coverage fans, sensor plans, changes in the air tasking order, high-priority target lists, airspace control procedures (including airspace coordinating measures [ACM]), rules of engagement, and number and type of air defense missiles available. Coordinate critical AMD information. Provide situational awareness of UAS. Plan and coordinate AMD augmentation. Develop input to FAB plans and orders. Directly responsible to the S-3 to develop and coordinate Appendix 7 (AMD) to Annex D (Fires) to FAB plans and orders. Develop Appendix 10 (Airspace Control) to Annex C (Operations) for FAB plans and orders. Coordinate the integration of joint messages relying on tactical data links into the mission command systems of the FAB CP via the air defense system integrator (referred to as ADSI) Shelter Information Operations Element 2-38. Information operations is the integrated employment, during military operations, of information- related capabilities in concert with other lines of operation to influence, disrupt, corrupt, or usurp the decision making of adversaries and potential adversaries while protecting our own (JP 3-13). Although information operations (IO) primary focus is on influencing enemy decision making, it is also concerned with affecting the will and behavior of all actors and audiences that impinge on or are affected by military operations. 2-39. Under direction of the FSO, the information operations element synchronizes the planning of information related capabilities to achieve the commander's intent. Targets in the information environment benefit from deliberate selection, development, and delivery, as such, they are a part of the targeting process and get nominated to the targeting board for approval. Duties and responsibilities of the information operations element include: Develop the scheme of IO in support of the FAB concept of operations, IO objectives, and measures of performance and measures of effectiveness for FAB assessment. Through reach-back, access information necessary to enhance situational understanding to support FAB operations and, when necessary, make recommendations for augmentation. Augmentation broadens the range of these assets available to the FAB. Coordinate with the higher or supported HQ's information operations, military information support operations, and public affairs personnel to ensure FAB information operations is synchronized with that of the higher or supported HQ. Synchronize available information related capabilities with FAB operations to accomplish the mission and meet the commander's intent. If additional information related capabilities not-on- hand are required, the IO element requests support or augmentation from higher HQ. Assist the intelligence preparation of the battlefield effort by analyzing threat courses of action, identifying high value targets, and providing IO related input to the information collection plan. Conduct mission analysis, course of action (COA) development, and production of the information-related aspects of the FS running estimate. Develop input to FAB plans and orders. Directly responsible to the FSO and S-3 for developing and coordinating the information operations portion of FAB plans and orders. As staff focal point, coordinate FAB synchronization of messages and actions during operations to support higher HQ themes.