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

patients worldwide. Within the United States, the 375th
Aeromedical Airlift Wing is headquartered at Scott AFB.
Subordinate detachments, plus almost 50 Air National Guard and
Air Force Reserve aeromedical units, are located throughout
the United States and are available for airmedevac missions.
Aeromedical Evacuation Control Centers (AECCs) are
continuously manned.
4. Special-Purpose Aircraft, such as photographic reconnaissance
aircraft, operated by the Strategic Air Command (SAC), or
Side-Looking Radar Reconnaissance (SLAR) aircraft, can be used
over both water and land. In addition, Electronic
Intelligence (ELINT) and Electronic Countermeasures (ECM)
aircraft are equipped with a variety of sensors for
determining the location of electromagnetic emitters. Their
equipment includes sophisticated DF and usually some type of
filmstrip recording capability for photographic, radar, and
electronic targets. Flights may be requested through AFRCC.
Other aircraft also have Airborne General Illumination
Lightself (AGIL), sometimes called a Battlefield Illumination
Assistance System (BIAS). It is effective in search efforts
and invaluable in the lighting of distress areas. This system
is more dependable, more economical, and less hazardous than
parachute flares.
5. The Civil Air Patrol (CAP), using corporate and privately
owned aircraft, flies the majority of SAR missions in the
Inland Region. The CAP, composed of aviation-oriented
civilians, military reservists, and active duty military
volunteers, is organized along conventional military lines, by
state wings. CAP facilities operate in every state and Puerto
Rico. At least one RSC, normally unmanned except while
conducting an active mission, is usually maintained in each
wing. CAP forces are activated by the AFRCC, which authorizes
CAP SAR missions. In the Alaskan
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