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Chapter 2 2-8 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 17 April 2019 Furthermore, although the JAGIC is usually not procedurally controlling airspace beyond the FSCL, air component assets can call the JAGIC requesting updates to FSCMs, ACMs, gun target lines (GTL), and potential target area hazards (TAH). Note: Under special circumstances and with prior coordination, the JAGIC can control airspace and AI sorties beyond the FSCL. (See JP 3-03 for additional information on AI.) RISK MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS FOR AIR INTERDICTION OPERATIONS 2-19. Commanders have less risk to friendly forces during AI missions. They still must manage risk to escalation, and, from a sustainment perspective, risk to mission. The JAGIC must be aware of no fire areas and the rules of engagement for targets short of or beyond the FSCL. Understanding the results of the joint targeting cycle and the commander’s guidance is essential to leading successful AI missions. Below are some risk management considerations for AI: Support of the main effort. AI missions help shape the battlefield for ground forces. During large- scale combat operations, commanders manage risk to mission, in part, by determining the amount of support the main effort receives. The JAGIC in partnership with the G4 must assist the commander with answering questions concerning sustainability. The JAGIC must create shared understanding of the duration and frequency of AI missions supporting the main effort at each phase of the operation. Sufficient Guidance. The JAGIC, and the ATOM within it, must measure the ATO against the most recent commander’s intent to determine if the targeting cycle inputs to the BCD were sufficient. If the scheduled AI missions are still lacking in sufficient guidance, it is the JAGIC’s responsibility to assist the G-3 and the JAOC with refinements. Furthermore, the JAGIC must help the G-3 and the commander ensure the flow of information between the JAGIC and the JAOC is sufficient for effecting changes. Staff Rehearsals. The JAGIC as part of the COIC is chiefly concerned with current operations, however, so long as current operations have not started, the JAGIC chief should participate in both the combined arms and the fires rehearsals to gain a shared understanding of how to integrate and deconflict AI missions. Once there is a current operations fight, other members of the fires element will have to attend subsequent rehearsals and inform the JAGIC chief of any relevant changes. Military Deception. AI missions have the potential to thwart military deceptions as the enemy can observe friendly forces’ targets prior to the commitment of ground forces. The JAGIC can help commanders increase the effectiveness of military deceptions by ensuring AI missions adhere to the limits of advance set by the commander and the G-3. AIRSPACE CONTROL IN THE JAGIC 2-20. The JAGIC enhances the division’s capability for airspace control by co-locating members of the division airspace control working group (airspace, fires, aviation, and the TACP) to allow them to effectively collaborate. The Airmen who make up the ASOC and TACP have JFACC and ACA authority and can control JFACC airspace users operating in support of the division or in division-assigned airspace. Army airspace personnel are delegated enhanced procedural control authority over division airspace users by the ACA and in accordance with FM 3-52. The co-location of Army and Air Force airspace personnel with fires and Army aviation personnel allows for near real-time execution of airspace control. Army airspace personnel can procedurally control Army airspace use by either communicating directly to the airspace users or, when appropriate, through coordination with the ADAM/BAEs or air defense air management (ADAM) cells. (See FM 3-52 for additional information.) 2-21. The division airspace element and the ASOC jointly control the division airspace through the JAGIC processes of integration and coordination. Members of the JAGIC assess current airspace use and make necessary adjustments to the unit airspace plan, ACO, and current airspace control overlay. (For further information on airspace control authorities, responsibilities, and tasks during execution and assessment, see FM 3-52, chapter 4.)