Control and Reporting Centre

A Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) is according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff publication 1.02 defined as – A subordinated air control element of the tactical air control centre for which radar control and warning operations are conducted within its area of responsibility.[1]

Former CRC in Brockzetel/Aurich of the German Air Force, 2010
Russian Bear 'H' photographed from an RAF Typhoon QRA aircraft controlled by RAF CRC Boulmer.

Control and Reporting Posts (CRP) & Reporting Posts (RP), which provide radar control and surveillance within their defined areas of responsibility, may operate under the control of a CRC.

NATO operates ACC Systems in static or deployable CRC's in order to provide Airspace Surveillance, to control Air Force Operations and to meet national and allied military commitments. In NATO Europe a CRC might be subordinated to a Combined Air Operations Centre (CAOC) and / or to an equivalent national Air Operation Centre.

CRC in NATO Europe
Command Air (CCA)
Designation Location Country Remark
CAOC UD Uedem51°40'50"N 6°18'20"E Germany Responsible for NATO airspace north of the Alps
CAOC TJ Torrejon40°30'12"N 3°27'25"W Spain Responsible for NATO airspace south of the Alps
DACCC PR Poggio Renatico 44°47'30"N 11°29'50"E Italy Homebase of NATO WW deployable Air C2 Center
CRCBeauvechainBelgiumNational Air Defence Operations
CRCHlavenec50°12'28"N 14°41'22"ECzechiaNational Air Defence Operations
CRCKarup56°25'50"N 9°14'50"EDenmarkNational Air Defence Operations
CRCCinq Mars la Pile47°21'6"N 0°27'47"EFranceNational Air Defence Operations
CRCLoperhet48°24'10"N 4°18'54"WFranceNational Air Defence Operations
CRCLyon Mt.Verdun45°51'10"N 4°47'1"EFranceNational Air Defence Operations
CRCMont de Marsan43°55'20"N 0°29'42"WFranceNational Air Defence Operations
CRCErndtebrück50°59'36"N 8°14'25"EGermanyNational Air Defence Operations
CRCSchönewalde51°48'38"N 13°11'26"EGermanyNational Air Defence Operations
CRCLarissa39°37'47"N 22°24'18"EGreeceNational Air Defence Operations
CRCLicola40°53'31"N 14° 2'27"EItalyNational Air Defence Operations
ARSPoggio RenaticoItalyNational Air Defence Operations
CRCNieuw Milligen52° 18′ 58″ N, 4° 56′ 34″ ENetherlandsNational Air Defence Operations
CRCSørreisa69°3'36"N 17°59'57"ENorwayNational Air Defence Operations
CRCMonsanto38º43'46"N 9º11'24"WPortugalNational Air Defence Operations
CRCEskişehir39°24'51"N 29°51'27"ETurkeyNational Air Defence Operations
CRCRAF Boulmer55°24'28"N 1°37'17"WUnited KingdomNational Air Defence Operations

References
  1. Chiefs of Staff publication 1.02, NATO, definition: Control and Reporting Centre (CRC).
  • MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 355, definition: control and reporting center [CRC].

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