JP 3-50 National Search and Rescue Manual Vol I - US Navy

time requesting the appropriate flight-following facility to start a
PRECOM. Aircraft PRECOM usually includes:
472 EXCOM
1. Contacting the departure airport to confirm departure and nonreturn.
The inquiry verifies flight plan data, weather
briefing the pilot received, and any other available facts.
2. Contacting the destination and alternate airports to confirm
that the aircraft has not arrived. Physical ramp checks are
requested of all uncontrolled airports.
3. Requesting aircraft along or near the route to attempt radio
contact;and
4. Contacting airfields, aeronautical radio stations,
aeronautical aids to navigation stations, and radar and DF
nets within areas through which the aircraft may have flown.
A. EXCOM search, normally conducted after the PRECOM, contacts all
possible sources of information on the missing craft, and normally
occurs during the Alert phase. It may include asking organizations or
persons to physically check harbors, marinas, or airport ramps. EXCOM
continues until either the target is located or the search is suspended.
B. Facilities checked during PRECOM, and additional facilities
that might provide leads, should be checked at least every 24 hours, and
preferably every 8 to 12 hours. Choice of facilities contacted usually
is left to the discretion of the command conducting the EXCOM. However,
the SMC should have a listing of these facilities, and should monitor
EXCOM SITREPs to ensure thorough area coverage. EXCOM for an aircraft
is begun by FSSs and monitored by the RCC. Since there are numerous
facilities which may be checked, EXCOM takes time. If the check is
begun at night or on a weekend, it may be necessary to wait for normal
working hours to contact many sources.
C. All facilities and persons contacted during EXCOM, including
marine operators and the CGAUX, should be asked to maintain a lookout
for
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