Joint Arms Control Implementation Group Explained

Unit Name:Joint Arms Control Implementation Group
Dates:1990 – present
Country: United Kingdom
Branch: Royal Air Force
Type:Joint unit
Role:Arms control and verification
Size:HQ and deployable teams
Command Structure:Strategic Command
Garrison:JACIG Arms Control Centre, RAF Henlow, Bedfordshire
Garrison Label:Location
Identification Symbol:JACIG
Identification Symbol Label:Abbreviation
Commander1:Colonel Roy Giles
Commander1 Label:Inaugural commander

The Joint Arms Control Implementation Group (abbreviated as JACIG) is a specialist defence component affiliated to UK Strategic Command which carries out a range of arms control and verification functions (including inspection, evaluation, escort and training duties).[1] [2] [3] JACIG was originally based at RAF Scampton (just north of Lincoln); established in 1990,[4] it was declared by the MOD as operational on 1 January 1991. Originally it was formed to performing treaty associated tasks as part of the UK's commitment to post Cold War confidence building associated with the Vienna Document and the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE Treaty).[5] Its operating base is currently RAF Henlow in Bedfordshire.

JACIG's first Commandant and main architect of the unit's structure and method of operations was Colonel Roy Giles.[6] Giles was a veteran of BRIXMIS.[7] [8] The unit's personnel are drawn from all three UK armed services and the MOD civil service.[9]

JACIG has carried out the following duties since its inception and continues to play an active role in constructive disarmament:[10] [11]

As well as carrying site inspections, unit and area visits to confirm the correct reporting or destruction of treaty limited equipment, JACIG also provides escorts to incoming foreign counterpart organisations. The unit has also become more involved in the setting up and implementation of treaties and agreements to destroy and imit the use of small arms and light weapons (SALW).[13]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UK hosts Vienna Document visit.. Defence in the media. MODUK. 16 June 2017.
  2. Web site: Henlow Hunter - Page 11. RAF Henlow. 16 June 2017.
  3. Web site: 18 December 2019. Director of Overseas Bases. 6 November 2020. GOV.UK. Ministry of Defence. en.
  4. Web site: Arms Reduction Verification (Hansard, 6 March 1990). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 6 March 1990. 16 June 2017.
  5. Web site: Westminster. Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons. House of Commons Hansard Debates for 20 Feb 1992. www.publications.parliament.uk. 16 June 2017.
  6. Web site: Harahan. and Kuhn. On Site Inspections under the CFE Treaty. US DTRA. 16 June 2017.
  7. Web site: The Guards Magazine. guardsmagazine.com. 16 June 2017.
  8. Web site: Index of /nuke/control/cfe/cfebook/Chapter 5. Federation of American Scientists. 16 June 2017.
  9. Web site: RAF - JACIG Camera Handling - 1309. www.raf.mod.uk. RAF. 16 June 2017. en.
  10. Web site: Westminster. Department of the Official Report (Hansard), House of Commons. House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 2 May 2002 (pt 20). www.publications.parliament.uk. 16 June 2017.
  11. Web site: Defence Diplomacy Paper 1 Page 9. MOD. 16 June 2017. bot: unknown. http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121026065214/www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BB03F0E7-1F85-4E7B-B7EB-4F0418152932/0/polpaper1_def_dip.pdf. 26 October 2012. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: MOD Visit Report 4-7 July 2003. UK Government. 16 June 2017.
  13. Book: Karp. Aaron. Karp. Research Coordinator for the Graduate Programmes in International Studies Aaron. The Politics of Destroying Surplus Small Arms: Inconspicuous Disarmament. Routledge. 16 June 2017. en. 11 June 2014. 9781317999300.

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