A Control and Reporting Centre (CRC) is according to the

Joint Chiefs of Staff The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is the body of the most senior uniformed leaders within the United States Department of Defense, that advises the president of the United States, the secretary of defense, the Homeland Security Council and the ...

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 Combined Air Operations Centres (CAOCs) are multinational headquarters for tactical and operational control of NATO Air Forces below the Joint Force Command level''. They operate within the NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NATINADS) framework. ...

(CAOC) and / or to an equivalent national Air Operation Centre.

CRC in NATO Europe

External links

CAOC Uedem

CAOC Torrejon

DACCC Poggio Renatico

References

*MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 355, definition: control and reporting center RC {{DEFAULTSORT:Control and Reporting Centre Command and control National air defence operations centres NATO