text: Chapter 4
  AIR DEFENSE AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT ANDBRIGADE AVIATION ELEMENT
  4-314. The ADAM element and BAE, located within the BCT fire support cell, provides the BCT
  commander and staff with the aerial component of the COP. These elements coordinate airspace management
  requirements with higher headquarters and enable air and missile defense and aviation considerations
  throughout the operations process. By providing the BCT commander and staff with near real time situational
  awareness of the airspace dimension, these elements allow the commander to optimize the air battle and
  airspace management at all levels.
  4-315. The ADAM element integrates within the BCT’s fire support cell and always deploys with the BCT.
  Upon mission notification,the ADAM element conducts an assessment to determine if air and missile defense
  augmentation from the division air and missile defense battalion is required. The element conducts
  continuous planning and coordination proportionate with the augmented sensors deployed within the
  brigade’s area of operations. The ADAM element and tailored air and missile defense augmentation force
  provide the active air defense within the BCT’s area of operations. (See ATP 3-01.50 for additional
  information.)
  4-316. The BAE plans and coordinates the incorporation of Army aviation into the ground commander’s
  scheme of maneuver and synchronizes aviation operations and airspace coordinatingmeasures. The element
  provides employment advice and initial planning for aviation missions to include employment of UASs,
  airspace planning and coordination, and synchronizationwith other air liaison officers and the fire support
  coordinator. The BAE coordinates directly with the supporting combat aviation brigade or aviation task force.
  The combat aviation brigade commander exercises an informal oversight role for the brigade aviation officer
  and the BAE. The combat aviation brigade commander interfaces with the supported BCT commander to
  ensure the BAE is manned properly to meet the BCT commander’s intent. (SeeFM3-04 and ATP 3-04.1 for
  additional information.)
  COMBAT AVIATIONBRIGADE
  4-317. The combat aviation brigade is a modular and tailorable force organized and equipped to integrate
  and synchronize operations of multiple aviation battalions. The combat aviation brigade can operate as a
  maneuver headquarters and can employ subordinate battalions and other augmenting forces in deliberate and
  hasty operations. The combat aviation brigade headquarters provides tailored support to adjacent supported
  maneuver commanders at the BCT level and below when employed in this role. Whilea BAE works directly
  for the BCT commander as a permanent member of the BCT staff, aviation liaison teams represent the
  supporting aviation task force at designated maneuver headquarters for the duration of a specific operation.
  If collocated with a BAE, the liaison team normally works directly with the brigade aviation officer as a
  functioning addition to the BAE staff section. Effective employment of liaison officers is imperative for
  coordination and synchronization. Often aviation liaison teams coordinate with the BAE and proceed to a
  supported ground maneuver battalion or squadron location.
  4-318. Air-ground integration is merging air and ground operations into one fight. The goal is to apply
  aviation capabilities according to the BCT commander’s intent. Ideally, integration begins early in the
  planning process with the BAE’s involvement. The BAE advises the BCT commander on aviation
  capabilities and on how to best use aviation to support mission objectives. The employment of aviation assets
  is dependent upon providing the supporting aviation units with a task and purpose,integrating them into the
  BCT commander’s scheme of maneuver. This integration allows the aviation commander and staff to identify
  the best available platform(s) for the mission, to identify the proper utilization of aviation assets, and to
  increase the BCT’s maneuver capabilities, as well as the commander’s ability to conduct command and
  control on the move. BCT planners, down through the supporting aviation unit to the individual aircrews,
  should consider theseimperatives as elements of air-ground operations. A failure to properly consider these
  imperatives can result in the lack of synchronization, wasted combat power, the loss of friendly forces by
  enemy actions,or fratricide. (SeeFM 3-04 and ATP 3-04.1 for additional information.)
  4-319. Combat aviation brigade attacks may be in close proximity or in direct support of ground maneuver
  forces or the attacks may be against enemy forces not in direct contact with friendly ground forces
  (interdiction). Army aviation attacks are coordinated attacks by Army attack reconnaissance aircraft (manned
  and unmanned) against targets that are in close proximity to friendly forces. Army aviation attacks are not