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TOPIC AREA: CREW MANAGEMENT / UTC STAFFING / STANDARDIZATION OF 
TRAINING 
 
SUBMITTED BY: HQ AFRES/SGX0 
 
ISSUE: Not all medical crew UTCs have staffing for required crew management activities. 
 
OBSERVATION: There is a medical crew management package associated with C-141 medical crew 
UTCs; however, there is no crew management package for C-130 medical crew UTCs. 
 
DISCUSSION: There is no standardized tasking for a crew management team. The C-141 medical 
crew UTCs are assigned with management personnel to manage required crew support activities. 
This is not true for C-130 medical crew UTCs. For example, 20 C-141 medical crews were 
assigned with a planned seven person crew management package. Forty C-130 crews were 
substituted for forty C-141 medical crews. None of these 40 C-130 medical crews came with 
crew management personnel. This caused a shortage in crew management personnel at RAF Upper 
Heyford. When the AECC/AECE arrived, we had a difficult time trying to discover the names of 
medical crew members assigned who had reported ahead of the AECC element, where they were 
located, and how they could be reached. Even after all personnel were assigned, the number of 
medical crews and related medical kits required more management personnel. The only way we 
were able to function was to task 
	~	medical crew members to accomplish crew management activities. 
This base of personnel would have quickly dissipated if they were 
tasked to perform their primary tasking: to fly aeromedical 
evacuation missions. 
 
IMPACT: (1) Increased training requirements for MSC and 906X0 personnel. (2) Increased 
manpower authorizations in C-130 AE units. 
 
RECOMMENDATION: Include appropriate medical crew management authorizations in medical crew 
UTC regardless of the aircraft in which the medical crews are tasked. In addition, each 
AECC/AECE should have a base level authorization of crew management personnel. The crew 
management personnel that are assigned to a medical crew UTC should be absorbed by the 
AECC/AECE to complete the crew management support activity. Training in standardized crew 
management policies and procedures is also required. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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