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NORTHEAST
AND
SOUTHEAST
ADR
DEFENSE
SECTORS/
FACSFAC
VACAPES/NORFOLK
TOWER/LANGLEY
TOWER/OCEANA RATCF/
FIRST
FIGHTER
WING
AND 177
FIGHTER
GROUP
LETTER
OF
AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE:
October1.1994
SUBJECT:
Inter-facility Coordination Proceduresfor AirDefense Operations
1.
PURPOSE:
This agreement establishes
responsibilities
and
describes procedures
for the
movement
of air
defense
aircraft assigned/deployedto
Langley AFB,
VA, and operating in the
National
Air
Traffic System,
including
special
use
airspace, ATCAAs
and
offshore areas.2.
CANCELLATION:
This letter cancels the
previous
letter of agreement,
same
subject, dated
October
15,1990.
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3.
SCOFE:rThe"alerrsit^at"'Eaffgley"AFB''iias'beende^ign^ted-ai.a
"Flexible Air Sovereignty
Alert
(ASA) Site".
The
Alert Facility
will
be
maintained
and
procedures specified
by
this
agreementshall
remain
in
force. Periodically,
air
defense
units will
deploy
to
Langley
AFB
for
the
purpose
of
exercise, evaluation
or
providing
active
air
defense capability with
48
hours
prior
notice.
The
177
Fighter Group, Atlantic
City,
NJ, is the
designated parent unit
and isresponsiblefor
maintaining
the
site
in a
ready status. This agreement
is
applicable
to theNortheast
Air
Defense Sector
(HEADS'-
Huntress)
and the
Southeast
Air
Defense Sector(SEADS
-Oakgrove),the
First
Fighter Wing
Command
Post
element,
177
Fighter Group,FACSFAC
VACAPES
(Giant Killer),
Norfolk
and Langley
Towers,
and when appropriate,Oceana
RATCF.
4.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
a.
NEADS
shall
provide essential
information
to
signatories
to
this
letter
regarding
Air
Defense
Exercises
or
Evaluations, including FLUSH,
14
days
in
advance.
Short
notice
events
may
be
conducted with
concurrence
of all
interested
parties
to
this
agreement.
b.
^NEADS
shall provide notice
to
allsignatories
as
soon
as
practicable following
an
alertor execute order for aircraft deployment to the Langley ASA site.
c.
Military Assumes Responsibility
for
Separation
of
Aircraft
(MARSA)
applies between
participating
aircraft
during
FLUSH,
Air
Defense Exercise/Evaluation,
or
operations
in all
warning
areas
in the
VACAPES area
of
responsibility.
5.
LOSS
OF
COMMUNICATIONS:
a.
Aircraft
experiencing loss
of
communications
and
operating
in
special
use or ATCassigned
airspace shall execute standard lost communications procedures and:
(1)
When
an
altitude block
is
assigned,
maintain
the
lowest Flight
Level
or
highest
altitude
of the
block,
and(2)
Proceed
to the
initial
approach
fix
(IAF)
of the
destination airport
and
land.
b.
Aircraft
participating
in an
active
air
defense
scramble, where radar
vectors
are the
only
routing
clearance issued, shall squawktheappropriate mode3
code,
maintainthelast assigned
altitude,
proceed
to the IAF of
die
destination airport
and
land.
NEADS/SEADS/FACSFAC
VACAPES/NORFOLK
TOWER/
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TOWER/OCEANA
RATCF/1
FW/1'77
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6.
PROCEDURES:
I
a.
Scramble
-
Active
and
Exercise.
See
Attachment
1.
b.
FLUSH
-
Langley.
See
Attachments
2 and 3.
c.
Expansion
-
Southeast
Air
Defense Sector.
See
Attachment
4.
'WEADS/SEADS/FACSFAC
VACAPES/NORFOLK
TOWER/
ATTACHMENT
1
LANGLEY TOWER/OCEANA
RATCF/1
FW/177
FG LOA
PAGE
1
SCRAMBLE
PROCEDURES
1.
Huntress
shall:
a.
Issue
active
air
defense
scramble
orders
on the
designated scramble circuit
to
Norfolk
and
Langley Towers, Oceana
RATCF,
'1
FW
Command Post
and
FACSFAC VACAPES.Oceana may disregard the scramble
order
when the
initial
heading does not enter their airspace.Exercise scrambleorairborne orders shallnot beissued overthescramble circuit.The
following
information
must'be
relayed with
the
order:
(1)
Aircraft call sign.
(2)
Number
and
type
aircraft.
(3)
Scramble vector
and
altitude. Exercise scrambles
shall
be
assigned publishedLangley stereo or pre-coordinated routing.
(4)
Huntress radio
frequency
to
bVused.
p
1
'
""
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fi
*~<,^....;^
\)
Ta
range will
be
given from Langley
(LFI)TACAN.
EXAMPLE:
ThisisHuntress
with
an
active
air
defense scramble. Scramble
Echo
Lima.
01,
2
F-16s,
immediate departure heading 090,
FL230,
contact Huntress
on
251.0.
Unknown target
bearing
090,
180
miles,
FL210.
b.Notchangetherouteof
flight,
altitude
orbeacon
code
without prior approvalof the
concerned
ATC
facility,
when controlling
aircraft
on an ATC
clearance.
c.
Assist pilots,
as
required,
in maintaining
airspace
integrity, when conducting
exercise
operations
within
special
use or ATC
assigned
airspace.
-
d.
Control
aircraft outside
the National
AirspaceSystem
(NAS) with
due
regard
for the
safety
of
civil aircraft operating
in the
immediate
area.e.
Coordinate, as
required, with
the
appropriate
facility
for ATC
clearance
to
operate
inairspace
areas
outside
the
jurisdiction
of
those
facilities
that are a
party
to
this
agreement.
2.
First
Fighter Wing Command
Post
shall
relay
scramble
order
information
received
over the
scramble circuit using the most expeditious
means
of communication available.
3.
Langley
Tower
shall:
a.
Enter
a
flight
plan
in the NAS
flight
data
computer, specifying pertinent informationprovided
in the
scramble order. Routing shall
be
Yia
the
fix-
radial
and
distance from
LFI asspecified
for the target data bearing and
range
and the destination
shall
be
LFI
unless
otherwise
specified.
b.
Issue
the
clearance
to the
scramble aircraft upon
initial
contact.
The
initial
departure
instruction
shall
be
specified
as fly runway
heading,
climb and maintain
4,000,
unless
otherwise
coordinated and approved by Norfolk
Departure
Control.
c.
Expedite
the
departure
of an
active
air
defense
scramble
aircraft consistent with
air
safety.
Exercise scramblesdo nothave priority over
other
traffic.