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 + Command Air (CCA)DesignationLocation 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 AlpsDACCC PR Poggio Renatico 44°47'30"N 11°29'50"E Italy Homebase of NATO WW deployable Air C2 CenterCRC Beauvechain Belgium National Air Defence Operations CRC Hlavenec 50°12'28"N 14°41'22"E Czechia National Air Defence OperationsCRC 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 OperationsCRC Mont de Marsan 43°55'20"N 0°29'42"W France National Air Defence OperationsCRC Erndtebrück 50°59'36"N 8°14'25"E Germany National Air Defence OperationsCRC Schönewalde 51°48'38"N 13°11'26"E Germany National Air Defence OperationsCRC Larissa 39°37'47"N 22°24'18"E Greece National Air Defence OperationsCRC Licola 40°53'31"N 14° 2'27"E Italy National Air Defence OperationsARS Poggio Renatico Italy National Air Defence OperationsCRC Nieuw Milligen 52° 18′ 58″ N, 4° 56′ 34″ E Netherlands National Air Defence OperationsCRC Sørreisa 69°3'36"N 17°59'57"E Norway National Air Defence OperationsCRC Monsanto 38º43'46"N 9º11'24"W Portugal National Air Defence OperationsCRC Eskişehir 39°24'51"N 29°51'27"E Turkey National Air Defence OperationsCRC RAF Boulmer 55°24'28"N 1°37'17"W United Kingdom National Air Defence Operations
References
MILITÄRISCHES STUDIENGLOSAR ENGLISCH Teil I, A – K, Bundessprachenamt (Stand Januar 2001), page 355, definition: control and reporting center [CRC].
External links CAOC Uedem CAOC Torrejon DACCC Poggio Renatico