text: Army Aviation Organizations and Command and Control
  ORGANIZATION
  2-99. The BAE is comprised of the following aviation personnel:
  * Brigade aviation officer.
  * Assistant brigade aviation officer.
  * Aviation mission survivability officer.
  * UAS officer.
  * Operations sergeant.
  * Assistant operations sergeant.
  * Operations specialist.
  CAPABILITIES
  2-100. The BAE performs the following tasks:
  * Integration and synchronization of aviation into the supported unit’s scheme of maneuver with
  guidance from the CAB as necessary.
  * Employment planning advice for the employment of all manned and unmanned Army Aviation
  units designated to support the BCT.
  * Tracking of the status of aviation assets in support of the BCT.
  * Direct coordination with CAB and aviation task forces.
  * Close integration and synchronization with LNOs and fire support officers.
  * Airspace control planning and execution.
  * Enabling C2 of current operations.
  SECTION X – AVIATION LIAISONS
  2-101. An LNO or liaison team represents the supporting CAB or ASTF/ABTF at the supported
  maneuver headquarters to conduct detailed planning and unit-to-unit coordination for the duration of a
  specific operation. LNOs facilitate coordination for operations with higher headquarters and/or supported
  ground maneuver units. Although a BAE conducts many of the functions traditionally performed by an
  LNO, the aviation LNO remains a critical part of the operations process and execution of AGO. ECAB and
  TAB headquarters each contain an aviation LNO position, but CABs do not contain this position by
  MTOE. Aviation battalions typically contain a two-person LNO element to represent their units as directed
  to facilitate planning and execution of AGO.
  DUTIES
  2-102. LNOs participate in the supported unit’s operations process and ensure aviation is effectively
  integrated into planning. LNOs ensure supportability of COAs and relay a clear task and purpose to the
  parent aviation unit. Unit commanders empower LNOs to act on their behalf and ensure liaison teams are
  fully resourced. LNOs maintain positive two-way communications with their parent aviation unit and do
  not commit assets or approve changes to a plan without coordinating with the unit operations officer or
  commander. LNOs perform the following tasks:
  * Understand and incorporate capabilities, limitations, and tactical employment of aviation assets.
  * Assist in the preparation of aviation estimates, plans, orders, and reports.
  * Assist in planning aviation missions.
  * Coordinate with airspace users and the higher airspace element for airspace management.
  * Maintain the operational status of aviation assets and their impacts on the supported unit’s
  mission.
  * Inform appropriate aviation units of current and possible future operations.
  * Maintain continuous communications with aviation units supporting the ground unit.