text: Command and Control
  2-19. The S-3 staff—
  • Plans, executes, and supervises OPSEC.
  • Conducts civil-military operations.
  • Conducts BFSB collection operations.
  • Performs terrain management within the BFSB AO, when assigned.
  • Supervises the actions of the following special staff officers that have LRSU coordination and
  support responsibilities:
  — Air defense and airspace management/brigade aviation element (ADAM/BAE).
  — Air Force tactical air control party attached to the BFSB.
  — Fires cell.
  Air Defense and Airspace Management/Brigade Aviation Element
  2-20. The ADAM/BAE—
  • Evaluates any air threat to BFSB operations.
  • Analyzes aerial threat factors bearing on the OE.
  • Analyzes the effects of weather and terrain on air operations.
  • Determines threat aerial courses of action.
  • Develops an air and missile defense (AMD) concept of support for each course of action
  (COA), wargames the AMD concept of support, and compares courses of action.
  • Maintains the AMD running estimate.
  • Prepares the AMD annex.
  • Synchronizes AMD operations.
  • Plans and coordinates airspace command and control, and deconflicts airspace.
  • Integrates aviation into BFSB sustaining operations, such as medical evacuation and aerial
  resupply.
  • Represents aviation during the MDMP and other planning processes such as IPB, ISR
  synchronization, and targeting.
  • Maintains the aerial portion of the common operational picture.
  • Assists the fires element to analyze airspace control orders and air tasking orders.
  • Coordinates directly with the aviation brigade or the supporting aviation task force for detailed
  air mission planning.
  Air Force Tactical Air Control Party
  2-21. The TACP is the aligned US Air Force element that coordinates tactical air assets and operations
  such as CAS, air interdiction, joint suppression of enemy air defenses (J-SEAD), reconnaissance, and
  airlift. Specifically, the TACP—
  • Advises the commander and staff on the employment of tactical air (TACAIR).
  • Operates and maintains Air Force TACAIR direction radio net and air request net.
  • Transmits requests for immediate close air and reconnaissance support.
  • Transmits advance notification of impending immediate airlift requirements.