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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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