11stst Air Force / AFRCC Air Force / AFRCC

This Briefing is:UNCLASSIFIED

AFRCC SARSATAFRCC SARSATMission BriefMission Brief

SSgt Chris UpplingSSgt Chris UpplingAFRCC/SystemsAFRCC/Systems

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Purpose Purpose

This is an informative briefing on the This is an informative briefing on the AFRCC mission and annual update.AFRCC mission and annual update.

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AFRCC Mission StatementAFRCC Mission Statement

Continuously building a Continuously building a coordinated Search and Rescue coordinated Search and Rescue

network ensuring timely, effective network ensuring timely, effective lifesaving operations WHENEVER lifesaving operations WHENEVER

and WHEREVER neededand WHEREVER needed

- COOPERATION - COOPERATION

- COORDINATION - COORDINATION - EDUCATION- EDUCATION

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AFRCC CharterAFRCC Charter

• Coordinate Coordinate federal inlandfederal inland commercial, military, and commercial, military, and interstate aeronautical SAR in contiguous U.S.interstate aeronautical SAR in contiguous U.S.• Manage all inland distress beacon searchesManage all inland distress beacon searches• Broker federal support to non-aircraft missionsBroker federal support to non-aircraft missions

• Mercy/MEDEVAC/SRU Transport/Rescue/SearchMercy/MEDEVAC/SRU Transport/Rescue/Search

• Validate requests - life, limb, eyesight, or undue Validate requests - life, limb, eyesight, or undue sufferingsuffering

• Considerations for use of federal or DoD assetsConsiderations for use of federal or DoD assets• Not-to-interfere with military missionNot-to-interfere with military mission• State & local assets capability exhaustedState & local assets capability exhausted• Posse Comitatus ActPosse Comitatus Act

““Ask, Not Task” - No Tasking AuthorityAsk, Not Task” - No Tasking Authority

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AFRCC Organization

National National SAR SchoolSAR School

(Yorktown, VA)(Yorktown, VA)

National National SAR SchoolSAR School

(Yorktown, VA)(Yorktown, VA)

Air Force Air Force Rescue Coordination CenterRescue Coordination Center

(LtCol Tomko)(LtCol Tomko)

Air Force Air Force Rescue Coordination CenterRescue Coordination Center

(LtCol Tomko)(LtCol Tomko)

1st AIR FORCE1st AIR FORCE(MG Dean)(MG Dean)

601601stst Air Air Operations CenterOperations Center

(Col Spear)(Col Spear)

601601stst Air Air Operations CenterOperations Center

(Col Spear)(Col Spear)

Rescue Rescue Coordination CenterCoordination Center

(Tyndall AFB, FL)(Tyndall AFB, FL)

Rescue Rescue Coordination CenterCoordination Center

(Tyndall AFB, FL)(Tyndall AFB, FL)

NORTHCOMNORTHCOM(ADM Winnefeld)(ADM Winnefeld)

NORTHCOMNORTHCOM(ADM Winnefeld)(ADM Winnefeld)

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SINGLE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL SINGLE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL SEARCH AND RESCUE INSEARCH AND RESCUE IN

THE INLAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATESTHE INLAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES

Tyndall AFB, FLTyndall AFB, FL

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24 hour Operations

Console : 1-800-851-3051

FAX : 850-283-5101

Command Section

Commercial : 850-283-5129

FAX : 850-283-5490

E-mail: afrcc.console@tyndall.af.mil

Find us on the internet: us on the internet: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=2361831622#!/AmericasAOC

http://www.1af.acc.af.mil/units/afrcc/

http://1afnorth.region1.ang.af.mil/AFRCC/default.aspx

Contacting The AFRCCContacting The AFRCC

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AFRCCAFRCC

INTELINTELFAAFAAWXWX

AIRSPACEAIRSPACECAP LOCAP LOLEGALLEGAL

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58235823INCIDENTSINCIDENTS

AFRCCAFRCC

549**549**SAVESSAVES

~83% SOLVEDWITHOUT

FEDERAL RESOURCESCOMMITTED 16/DAY16/DAY

3/DAY3/DAY1.5 LIVESEVERY

DAY

2010 Mission Activity2010 Mission Activity

10101010MISSIONSMISSIONS

OVER 15,517 SAVES SINCEACTIVATION IN 1974

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2010 BEACON ACTIVITY2010 BEACON ACTIVITY

• Beacon Incidents Silenced by:• 5253

• 121.5 - 704 MX - 1784• 243.0 - 11 Owner - 551• 406 ELT - 3441 Pilot - 429• 406 EPIRB - 209 CAP - 336• 406 PLB - 693 Airport - 114• PRC/URTs - 195 Others - State, FAA, etc

• International Beacon Incidents• 550 (~10%) of AFRCC beacon incidents

• Most in Southwest Asia

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SIMSSIMS

• SAR Incident Management System

• Web Based for multiple users - RCCNet

• Real-time automated receipt of SARSAT emergency beacon detections

• Software includes• Mission Log Search Planning• Contacts Resource Tracking• Survival Model Objective Info• Activity database Google Earth GIS

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AFRCC Education

• AFRCC is beginning an increased education process for our controllers with visits to:

• ARTCC / FSS (FAA)• USCG District RCCs• State EOCs / JOCs• Regional Conferences and Exercises• Other agencies AFRCC works with . . .

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Questions?