Air Traffic Control & Command and Control

Air Traffic Control need to be improved vastly. Even the simple statements given in the game aren't quite correct. (I know cause I am a controller).

The other thing is Command and Control. AWACS isn't the only Command and Control in in air battle. Control and Reporting Centers (CRC) are ground based and very important.

Oh, BTW, they have their own frequencies!

What would be a correct approach procedure ATC-wise?

Any links to technical documents?

Air Traffic Control need to be improved vastly. Even the simple statements given in the game aren't quite correct. (I know cause I am a controller).

 

The other thing is Command and Control. AWACS isn't the only Command and Control in in air battle. Control and Reporting Centers (CRC) are ground based and very important.

 

Oh, BTW, they have their own frequencies!

There have been alot of threads on ATC needing to be redone.... IT is has been said that the ATC is being remade... When it'll be released we don't know.

What would be a correct approach procedure ATC-wise?

 

Any links to technical documents?

FAAO 7110.65 is the US Bible for ATC. Here is the link: http://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Order/JO_7110.65V.pdf

Ask me if you have any questions about what is in this FAA order.

The US military uses the above manual (FAAO 7110.65) as their primary ATC guidance with very, very, little deviation with the military services. This manual does show service specific differences where they do occur. The most noticeable difference between FAA controllers and military controllers would be that military controllers are required to tell aircraft the wind with all take off and landing clearances and issue a wheels down check with all landing clearances (even on fix landing gear aircraft and skid equipped helicopters) . Wind would be stated as, "WIND (DEGREES IN 10 DEGREE INCREMENT) AT (SPEED IN KNOTS) GUST (SPEED IN KNOTS)" EX.-"WIND, TREE SIX ZERO AT ONE TWO, GUST TWO ZERO." If no gust exist then that part is just dropped after the initial wind speed. All numbers are spoken as, "ZE-RO, WUN, TOO, TREE, FOW-ER, FIFE, SIX, SEV-EN, AIT, NIN-ER."

The wheels check is said like this, "CHECK WHEELS DOWN." A complete military landing clearance would go something like this, "MAITAI ONE ONE FLIGHT, CHECK WHEELS DOWN, WIND TREE SIX ZERO AT ONE EIGHT GUST TWO SIX, RUNWAY ONE EIGHT, CLEARED TO LAND." A full military takeoff clearance for a flight of two or more F-15's would go like this, "MAITAI ONE ONE FLIGHT, WIND ZERO EIGHT ZERO AT SEVEN, RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT, CLEARED FOR TAKE-OFF, CHANGE TO DEPARTURE." All single seat fighter/attack types are instructed to change to departure frequency before take-off roll. The tower has no contact after that unless they have an override capability on departure frequency.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Some useful info

FM 3-04.120 Air Traffic Services Operations (2007)

http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/fm3_04x120.pdf

FM 3-04.120 Airfield and Flight Operations Procedures (2008)

http://armypubs.army.mil/doctrine/DR_pubs/dr_a/pdf/fm3_04x300.pdf

Army Regulation 95–1 Flight Regulations (2014)

http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/r95_1.pdf

Army Regulation 95–2 Airspace, Airfields/Heliports, Flight Activities, Air Traffic Control, and Navigational Aids (2007)

http://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/pdf/r95_2.pdf

Oh, BTW, they have their own frequencies!

These frequencies they can be jammed right? Would make for a neat mission (find the jammer and kill him).