text: Army Air and Missile Defense Command
  5-12. Historically, the AAMDC conducts strategic and operational level efforts, coordinating the
  administrative, operational, logistical, and special staff requirements for subordinate units, typically brigades.
  The AAMDC plans future operations and supports current operations by monitoring the execution of its
  subordinate ADA brigades and conducting appropriate replanning to maintain viability of land-based air and
  missile defenses as the tactical and operational situations change.
  5-13. AAMDC operations focus on coordinating, integrating, and synchronizing the operational elements,
  C2 nodes, sensors, attack systems, and active/passive defense to effectively counter the air and missile threat
  and weapons of mass destruction. AAMDC force operations include the following core tasks:
  * AMD planning and coordination with and between supported and supporting headquarters.
  * Coordination of AMD related tasks and liaison with multinational forces.
  * AMD resource allocation.
  * Support of critical and defended asset list development and management.
  * Airspace control measures planning and coordination.
  * AMD aspects of the IPB – referred to as AMD IPB in further discussions.
  * AMD reporting.
  * Coordination of force protection requirements.
  * Dissemination of early warning.
  * Support offensive counterair (attack operations) during target development and time sensitive
  targeting.
  * Sustainment operations.
  5-14. The AAMDC performs AMD planning and coordination with and between supported and supporting
  headquarters. The AAMDC functions as a theater Army AMD coordinator, coordinating and planning
  centralized air battle management of tactical through strategic levels of command, as part of the supported
  commanders’ objectives and concepts of operations. The AAMDC coordinates with the JFLCC to define the
  critical assets requiring defense and further coordinates the ground locations where ADA units will be
  positioned to execute that defense. The AAMDC also coordinates and integrates AMD plans and operations
  to enable synchronized efforts within designated areas of operation. It supports theater-strategic current
  operations by providing the AADC up-to-date information on the operational and sustainment status of land-
  based AMD forces. It supports future operations by participating in air operations planning, gathering
  intelligence data to predict future threat air activities, and evaluating the JFC’s schemes of operations and
  maneuver. Operation plans and requirements are coordinated with the AAMDC by ADA officers in the
  corps/division functional cells, air defense airspace management (ADAM) elements within the BCTs, and
  subordinate ADA brigades. The coordination of plans allows for the assessment, prioritization, and
  apportionment of resources and further dissemination of orders.
  5-15. The supported Army or joint headquarters develops and issues a base plan or order. From the base
  order, all supporting or subordinate Army echelons prepare estimates and begin planning; this may generate
  requirements to update the base plan due to modifications received. Based on the final order, AAMDC or
  ADA brigade representatives assist the corps/division AMD elements in developing the AMD appendix of
  the fires annex to the operations order. The AMD section coordinates with all supporting echelons, including
  the AAMDC and supporting ADA brigades and subordinate units, allowing force tailoring of AMD
  capabilities to satisfy mission requirements. The AMD appendix directs task organization, coordination,
  integration, and synchronization tasks; informs subordinate units of their specific missions; and allocates
  resources required to sustain operations.
  5-16. The AAMDC coordinates AMD related tasks with joint, interorganizational, and multinational
  organizations. Additionally, planning and integration requires coordination to economize forces and
  capabilities and create unity of effort. Optimizing the AMD capabilities of regional partners to contribute to
  plans also requires synchronization with the overarching theater engagement plans.
  5-17. The AAMDC performs AMD resource allocation. As a theater level command supporting the
  combatant commander’s AMD requirements, the AAMDC allocates AMD forces in a manner consistent with
  priorities established by area air defense plans and commensurate with unified command protection plans in
  support of national objectives. The AAMDC staff participates in all stages of joint planning while developing