1 st Air Force AFRCC SARSAT Mission

1 st Air Force / AFRCC SARSAT Mission Brief SSgt Chris Uppling AFRCC/Systems This Briefing is: UNCLASSIFIED

Purpose This is an informative briefing on the AFRCC mission and annual update. 2

AFRCC Mission Statement Continuously building a coordinated Search and Rescue network ensuring timely, effective lifesaving operations WHENEVER and WHEREVER needed - COOPERATION - COORDINATION - EDUCATION 3

AFRCC Charter • Coordinate federal inland commercial, military, and interstate aeronautical SAR in contiguous U. S. • Manage all inland distress beacon searches • Broker federal support to non-aircraft missions • Mercy/MEDEVAC/SRU Transport/Rescue/Search • Validate requests - life, limb, eyesight, or undue suffering • Considerations for use of federal or Do. D assets • • • Not-to-interfere with military mission State & local assets capability exhausted Posse Comitatus Act “Ask, Not Task” - No Tasking Authority 4

AFRCC Organization NORTHCOM (ADM Winnefeld) 1 st AIR FORCE (MG Dean) 601 st Air Operations Center (Col Spear) Air Force Rescue Coordination Center (Lt. Col Tomko) Rescue Coordination Center (Tyndall AFB, FL) National SAR School (Yorktown, VA) 5

SINGLE FEDERAL AGENCY FOR AERONAUTICAL SEARCH AND RESCUE IN THE INLAND AREA OF THE UNITED STATES Tyndall AFB, FL 6

Contacting The AFRCC 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: http: //www. facebook. com/? sk=2361831622#!/Americas. AOC http: //www. 1 af. acc. af. mil/units/afrcc/ http: //1 afnorth. region 1. ang. af. mil/AFRCC/default. aspx 7

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AFRCC INTEL FAA WX AIRSPACE CAP LO LEGAL 11 11

2010 Mission Activity ~83% SOLVED WITHOUT FEDERAL RESOURCES COMMITTED 5823 INCIDENTS 16/DAY AFRCC 1. 5 LIVES EVERY DAY 1010 MISSIONS 549** SAVES 3/DAY OVER 15, 517 SAVES SINCE ACTIVATION IN 1974 12

2010 BEACON ACTIVITY • Beacon Incidents • 5253 • 121. 5 704 • 243. 0 11 • 406 ELT 3441 • 406 EPIRB - 209 • 406 PLB 693 • PRC/URTs - 195 Silenced by: MX 1784 Owner 551 Pilot 429 CAP 336 Airport 114 Others - State, FAA, etc • International Beacon Incidents • 550 (~10%) of AFRCC beacon incidents • Most in Southwest Asia 13

SIMS • SAR Incident Management System • Web Based for multiple users - RCCNet • Real-time automated receipt of SARSAT emergency beacon detections • Software includes • • Mission Log Contacts Survival Model Activity database Search Planning Resource Tracking Objective Info Google Earth GIS 14

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. . . 15

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