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

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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

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