What is the primary responsibility of the Joint Interoperability Coordination Office?

• A. Operating the air operations center's common operational picture.
• B. Planning, establishing, and maintaining the theater multi-tactical data link network.
• C. Directing all airborne intercepts in theater.
• D. Managing logistics for coalition forces.

Answer: (B)

Interoperability across services and coalitions relies on a shared theater data-link fabric that carries track data, command and control messages, and mission updates. The Joint Interoperability Coordination Office is responsible for planning, establishing, and maintaining that theater-wide multi-tactical data link network, ensuring the right data links are selected, configured, secured, and kept operational for all authorized partners. This involves coordinating with different services and coalition members, setting up gateways and routing, and sustaining the network through upgrades and troubleshooting so everyone can share a common operational picture and make coordinated decisions. The other options describe functions outside this interoperability focus—operating the air operations center COP, directing airborne intercepts, or managing coalition logistics—so they are not the JICO’s primary duty.