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TOPIC AREA: COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATION (C3)
SUBMITTED BY: HQ AFRES/SGXO
ISSUE: Aeromedical evacuation communications support
requirements must include both classified and unclassified
Telefax capability.
OBSERVATION: Only unclassified Telefax support was available at
RAF Upper Heyford.
DISCUSSION: Aeromedical evacuation mission capability is highly
dependent on communications capability. Aeromedical evacuation
worldwide communications requirements dictate that we must be on
the modern edge of technology to be effective. Telefax
capability allows the transfer of large amounts of data in a
variety of formats. The Telefax also allows transfer of
signatures and thus increases the speed of official ,
correspondence. We had the capability of computer to computer
data transfer using telephone lines and the Defense Switched
Network (DSN). We had access to a Telefax machine in our
facility and at the base communications center. This greatly
increased our ability to transfer data in a reliable fashion. We
transmitted/received official correspondence to higher
headquarters and to CONUS bases. We provided completed DD Forms
601, Patient Manifests, to the CONUS aeromedical evacuation
system. However, we did not have access to a classified Telefax
which would have allowed us to transfer our classified MEDRED-C
report more timely and without going across the base to the
communications center.
IMPACT: Cost unknown. Access to a classified telefax would
greatly enhance communications requirements at deployed
locations.
RECOMMENDATION: A Telefax which can transmit classified
information must be included on the Table of Allowances for each
AECC and AECE UTC.
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