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File: 970207_aadcv_004.txtTOPIC 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. 3
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