This Briefing is:UNCLASSIFIED

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AFRCC Update brief to BMW

Dave FuhrmannManager, SAR Programs

21 May 2010

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Overview

• Operations Update• 2009 Activity

• Administrative Update• Joint Personnel Recovery Center

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The Last 10 Years

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

MISSIONS 2739 2814 2989 2937 2734 2441 2438 2296 2344 1100

INCIDENTS 7062 7333 7728 7465 6697 6500 7249 7322 7595 5042

SAVES 129 149 173 154 107 275 237 468 190 214

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Operations Update 2009

• AFRCC Operations Activity for 2009• 5042 Total Incidents

• 4496 Emergency beacon incidents• 1077 - 121/243 beacons• 2924 - 406 MHz ELTs• 175 - 406 MHz EPIRBs• 317 - 406 MHz PLBs

• 1100 Total Missions• 711 Distress Beacon• 66 Aircraft• 323 Non aircraft (Missing Person, Mercy, Precautionary)

• 214 Lives saved

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4496 Distress Beacons

TYPE……………………………….2009/2008121.5 ELT 954/2108243.0 ELT 88/1182DUAL FREQUENCY 38/762406 ELT 2924/2439406 EPRIB 175/175406 PLB 317/183

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Incident Summary

SUMMARY……………………….2009/2008DISTRESS BEACON 4179/6849NON-A/C INCIDENT* 654/507A/C INCIDENT 209/239

*NOTE: Includes 317 PLB Incidents

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Incident Type

TYPE…………………………...….2009/2008ELT/EPIRB 4179/6849AIRCRAFT 182/202IFE 16/27BOAT 6/11 MISSING PERSON 231/205RESCUE 65/80MEDEVAC 11/9

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Silencing Agency

AGENCY………………………….2009/2008CAP 385/911OWNER 502/543MAINTENANCE 1338/1073STATE 45/137AIRPORT 159/378AIRCREW 385/318

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Mission Results

RESULT………………………………….2009CEASED 227NON DISTRESS 589DISTRESS 272HANDOFF 7FALSE 13

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Incidents By State

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Administrative Update

• Change of Command • 10 June – Lt Col Chuck Tomko replaced by Lt Col Jed Hudson

• Joint Personnel Recovery Center• NORTHCOM Mission

• Inland Civil SAR Coordinator• Office of PR/CISAR formed

• 8 Person Joint Personnel Recovery Center (JPRC) at Tyndall• 3 Civilians hired, 1 still advertised• 2 temporary military, 4 permanent 2012

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Questions?

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Combat Survivor Evader Locator

• Primary for CONUS CSEL alerts• Develop CONOPs• Assist in training / exercises

• Tertiary receiving point for world-wide CSEL alerts• Responsible for coordinating Combat Rescue response with

Theater JPRCs• Receiving point for CSEL 406 MHz alerts via SARSAT