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			Uedem	51°40'50"N 6°18'20"E	Germany	Responsible for NATO airspace north of the Alps
CAOC TJ			Torrejon	40°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
	CRC		Beauvechain		Belgium	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Hlavenec	50°12'28"N 14°41'22"E	Czechia	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Karup	56°25'50"N 9°14'50"E	Denmark	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Cinq Mars la Pile	47°21'6"N 0°27'47"E	France	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Loperhet	48°24'10"N 4°18'54"W	France	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Lyon Mt.Verdun	45°51'10"N 4°47'1"E	France	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Mont de Marsan	43°55'20"N 0°29'42"W	France	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Erndtebrück	50°59'36"N 8°14'25"E	Germany	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Schönewalde	51°48'38"N 13°11'26"E	Germany	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Larissa	39°37'47"N 22°24'18"E	Greece	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Licola	40°53'31"N 14° 2'27"E	Italy	National Air Defence Operations
	ARS		Poggio Renatico		Italy	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Nieuw Milligen	52° 18′ 58″ N, 4° 56′ 34″ E	Netherlands	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Sørreisa	69°3'36"N 17°59'57"E	Norway	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Monsanto	38º43'46"N 9º11'24"W	Portugal	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		Eskişehir	39°24'51"N 29°51'27"E	Turkey	National Air Defence Operations
	CRC		RAF Boulmer	55°24'28"N 1°37'17"W	United Kingdom	National 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].

External links

• CAOC Uedem
• CAOC Torrejon Archived 2018-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
• DACCC Poggio Renatico

51.7850°N 13.1759°E / 51.7850; 13.1759