Control and Reporting Centre

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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."Chiefs of Staff publication 1.02, NATO, definition: Control and Reporting Centre (CRC).

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)

colspan="3"|Designation

! colspan="2"|Location

! Country

! Remark

scope="row" colspan="3"| CAOC UD

| Uedem || 51°40'50"N 6°18'20"E

| Germany

| Responsible for NATO airspace north of the Alps

scope="row" colspan="3"|CAOC TJ

| Torrejon || 40°30'12"N 3°27'25"W

| Spain

| Responsible for NATO airspace south of the Alps

scope="row" colspan="3"|DACCC PR

| Poggio Renatico

| 44°47'30"N 11°29'50"E

| Italy

| Homebase of NATO WW deployable Air C2 Center

|colspan="2"|CRCBeauvechainBelgiumNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCHlavenec50°12'28"N 14°41'22"ECzechiaNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCKarup56°25'50"N 9°14'50"EDenmarkNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCCinq Mars la Pile47°21'6"N 0°27'47"EFranceNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCLoperhet48°24'10"N 4°18'54"WFranceNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCLyon Mt.Verdun45°51'10"N 4°47'1"EFranceNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCMont de Marsan43°55'20"N 0°29'42"WFranceNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCErndtebrück50°59'36"N 8°14'25"EGermanyNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCSchönewalde51°48'38"N 13°11'26"EGermanyNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCLarissa39°37'47"N 22°24'18"EGreeceNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCLicola40°53'31"N 14° 2'27"EItalyNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|ARSPoggio RenaticoItalyNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCNieuw Milligen52° 18′ 58″ N, 4° 56′ 34″ ENetherlandsNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCSørreisa69°3'36"N 17°59'57"ENorwayNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCMonsanto38º43'46"N 9º11'24"WPortugalNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCEskişehir39°24'51"N 29°51'27"ETurkeyNational Air Defence Operations
|colspan="2"|CRCRAF Boulmer55°24'28"N 1°37'17"WUnited KingdomNational Air Defence Operations

References

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  • MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 355, definition: control and reporting center [CRC].