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Chapter 3 3-2 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 17 April 2019 3-4. Early establishment of the CA is paramount to the division’s operational success. When delegated division assigned airspace, the JAGIC controls a volume of airspace and coordinates its use for Army airspace users and all joint airspace users below the CA. Missions above the CA are coordinated through approved channels and controlled by the CRC or Airborne C2. The CA can change by phase in subsequent ACOs and is not necessarily uniform throughout the JOA. Division requests to the ACA for delegated division-assigned airspace enables the division to effectively achieve objectives, synchronize warfighting functions, integrate all airspace user requirements, and dynamically deconflict airspace user requirements for more responsive fires. The requested CA needs to satisfy those specific requirements for the current concepts of operation, maneuver, and fires. Changes to the CA could be daily in a fluid operational environment. Considerations for forming CA requests include— Projected max ordinate for prospective munitions based on terrain, fires assets, position areas for artillery assets, enemy, and scheme of fires. Division staffs should request a CA set high enough for the JAGIC to engage the preponderance of its intended targets without the ASOC coordinating with external airspace control elements such as the AWACS or CRC. Most units request the CA be set at, or slightly above, the highest cannon and basic rocket ordinates, since the majority of guided multiple launch rocket systems and precision missions will exceed any viable CA. At a minimum, divisions should consider a CA high enough for mortar fires and low-angle artillery fire. A higher CA is required for the divisions that cannot effectively shoot most fire missions low angle. Divisions that anticipate a high volume of joint air support or joint air assets transitioning the area of operations will need a CA low enough for those airframes to operate without performance issues and not burden the JAGIC with large volumes of joint air assets to track and coordinate. The CA changes. It may change by phase of an operation and is not the same across the JOA. This helps facilitate joint forces operations in accordance with the JFC’s priorities. Each division needs to request and justify requirements for assigned airspace and corresponding CA, and assess those requirements throughout the operations process. Although not a requirement, divisions can submit a CA justification memorandum (request for division-assigned airspace) through the chain of command to the ACA. The unit’s targeting process can determine the division’s primary weapon systems critical to mission accomplishment and associated airspace requirements. Divisions should request CA based on the requirements to employ primary weapon system and ability to control airspace. A corps, with multiple divisions, normally establishes main and supporting efforts, and establishes priorities of support, and therefore should review and prioritize division CA requests before sending to the ACA for approval. For example the main effort division may have more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) firing in sector, or the Corps may have positioned HIMARS for the deep fight in a division area of operations. In such cases, the corps should make concessions with the ACA to prioritize division CA requests. AMD concerns and authorities. Division staffs should recommend, by phase and locality, the air defense warnings, weapon control statuses, rules of engagement, and combat identification procedures best suited for the division’s area of operations beneath the CA. Multinational forces and local authorities. Considerations for the employment of fires, aviation, and UAS. For developed theaters and multinational operations, the ACP should address procedures that integrate non-organic brigades and local agencies into both air-ground operations and the joint fire support plan. Additional considerations for CA selection in the form of questions: What are area of operations and boundaries of units? What is the primary killer for selected timeframes? Does that weapon system have priority for airspace use and ACMs and FSCMs required for employment? How many perspective sorties of air support are in the area of operations and how many transition or operate inside division-assigned airspace? How many CAS sorties per day are allocated? Where are the friendly artillery firing positions located? What is the artillery’s primary mission during select phases of the operation, for example counter fire or direct support? And, where is the artillery’s primary target? Does the terrain require high trajectory fire – reverse slope? Are primary fire missions low angle fire? And, do fire missions require max range shots?