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17 April 2019 ATP 3-91.1/AFTTP 3-2.86 1-1 Chapter 1 The Joint Air Ground Integration Center Description, Functions, and Organization This chapter describes the joint air-ground integration center (JAGIC). It also explains the functions and organization of a JAGIC. JOINT AIR GROUND INTEGRATION CENTER DESCRIPTION 1-1. Located in the Army division current operations integration cell (COIC), the JAGIC provides commanders a technique to coordinate, integrate, and control operations in division-assigned airspace and efficiently collaborate requirements with external airspace elements outside of the division area. CONCEPT 1-2. The JAGIC co-locates decision making authorities from the land and air component to support the supported maneuver commander's objectives and intent. The JAGIC facilitates effective mission execution while managing the level of risk. The control and coordination of this center with other centers are depicted in figure 1-1 on page 1-2. In this figure, the corps is the most senior tactical echelon, but the divisions with their JAGICs are still integrators and control division assigned airspace. Separate corps, theater army, or combatant commanders are serving as either the joint task force (JTF) commander or joint force land component commander (JFLCC). In this case, with a corps serving as the senior tactical echelon, expect a control relationship between the corps air liaison officer (ALO) in the corps tactical air control party (TACP) and the divisions’ air support operations centers (ASOC) in addition to the control relationship between the air operations center (AOC) and the ASOC. 1-3. For the purposes of this publication, division-assigned airspace is considered a volume of airspace in which the airspace control authority (ACA) has delegated the responsibility for control of that volume to the division, in accordance with the airspace control plan (ACP) and airspace control order (ACO). Division- assigned airspace is typically between the lateral boundaries of the division’s area of operations, and up to the coordinating altitude (CA). A coordinating altitude is an airspace coordinating measure that uses altitude to separate users and as the transition between different airspace control elements (JP 3-52). This delegation of authorities does not include authorities vested in the area air defense commander (AADC). However, during large-scale combat operations, the JAGIC’s air and missile defense (AMD) officer may receive select authorities from the AADC.