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Appendix B B-24 FM 3-09 30 April 2020 control plan guidance and integrate the ACO, area air defense plan, special instructions, and the ATO via OPORDs. All airspace users should coordinate with the appropriate airspace control elements when transitioning through or firing through the coordinating altitude. B-82. The requirement to integrate airspace use in support of ground fire missions requires the determination of the firing locations, the impact location, and the airspace that will be transited by the projectile during flight. Those projectile parameters are integrated with other airspace users. Service liaisons and airspace control agencies work closely to ensure that appropriate ACMs and FSCMs integrate surface operations and airspace operations. COORDINATION LEVEL B-83. Coordination level is a procedural method to separate fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft by determining an altitude below which fixed-wing aircraft normally will not fly (JP 3-52). To prevent friendly fire incidents and manage operational risk, all airspace users should coordinate with the appropriate airspace control elements when flying or firing through a coordination level. RESTRICTED OPERATIONS ZONE B-84. The restricted operations zone is airspace reserved for specific activities in which the operations of one or more airspace users is restricted (JP 3-52). Some typical uses are to restrict air operations over artillery launch and target areas, UAS launch and recovery areas and areas identified by the area air defense commander as "weapon free" zones. B-85. A ROZ is graphically shown as an area enclosed by a solid black line. Depicted inside the enclosed area are "ROZ," the establishing HQ, the minimum and maximum altitudes, the grid coordinates for each end of the baseline, figure outline grid coordinates, or the center point grid coordinate and radius in meters, and the effective date-time group or the words "on-order." B-86. For additional information on the airspace coordination area, coordinating altitude, ROZ, and other airspace coordinating measures, see FM 3-52, ATP 3-52.1/MCRP 3-20F.4[MCWP 3-25.13]/NTTP 3-56.4/ AFTTP 3-2.78, JP 3-09.3, and JP 3-52.