Authority to facilitate interdiction (surface-to-surface and air-to-surface fires) comes from ______.

• A. SCAR Aircrew
• B. JFC via ATO or C2
• C. JFACC
• D. Named Area of Interest

Answer: (B)

The ability to authorize interdiction fires across air and surface assets rests with the Joint Force Commander, who sets the mission priorities for the joint force. The JFC delegates execution through formal tasking mechanisms such as the Air Tasking Order and the command-and-control arrangement, ensuring assets from different components are coordinated to strike targets as directed. The air component commander (JFACC) executes under this JFC direction, but the authority to authorize comes from the JFC via the ATO or C2 process. Named Areas of Interest describe where to look or focus collection, not who can authorize fires, and SCAR Aircrew refers to personnel, not authorities.