Control and Reporting Centre

Former CRC in Brockzetel/Aurich of the German Luftwaffe, 2010

Russian Bear 'H' photographed from an RAF Typhoon QRA aircraft controlled by RAF CRC Boulmer.

Control and Reporting Centre (sort: 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]».

Control and reporting posts (CRP)/ reporting posts (RP), which provide radar control and surveillance within their defined areas of responsibility, normally may be subordinated.

NATO operates ACC Systems in static or deployable CRC 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		Remark
CAOC UD			Uedem		Baltic states, Benelux, Czech Republic, Germany, Island, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, United Kingdom
	CRC		Erndtebrück		Regional Air Operation Centre 2 (German: Einsatzführungsbereich 2 - EFB 2)
	CRC		Schönewalde		Regional Air Operation Centre 3 (EFB 3)
	DCRC		Holzdorf Air Base		Deployable CRC
	CRC		Hlavenec		Czech Republic
	CRC		Mågerø	70°59'3"N 25°53'49"E	Norway
	CRC		Sørreisa	69°8'11"N 18°8'14"E	Norway
	CRC		Boulmer		RAF United Kingdom
CAOC TJ			Torreon		Spain
	CRC
DACCC PR			Poggio Renatico		Italy

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].

Coordinates: 51°47′06″N 13°10′33″E / 51.7850°N 13.1759°E