Department of Defense Area Frequency Coordinators.

is located at United States Commander in Chief Europe headquarters.

An assistant representative, located at North Atlantic Treaty

Organization headquarters in Brussels, is the major contact point for

all United States communications-electronics requirements at Allied

Radio Frequency Agency headquarters.

Thus, tactical frequency

requirements of the United States commands are processed by the

Assistant United States Member Allied Radio Frequency Agency through

Allied Radio Frequency Agency Permanent Staff to the particular North

Atlantic Treaty Organization country representative concerned.

A

United States requirement at Bodo, Norway for example, would be

forwarded by Allied Radio Frequency Agency Permanent Staff to the

Norwegian member of Allied Radio Frequency Agency. After approval by

the Norwegian government, the assignment is made and recorded by the

permanent staff.

24. Department of Defense Area Frequency Coordinators.

a. By joint agreement, Department of Defense Area Frequency

Coordinators have been established to coordinate field utilization of

radio frequencies by all authorized users; military, government, and

nongovernment.

The Army has coordination responsibility for the

state of Arizona, and White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; the

Navy, for the Western Test Range, Point Mugu, California.

A

Department of Defense subarea frequency coordinator has been

established at the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range, Roosevelt Road,

Puerto Rico, for which the Navy is responsible; and the Air Force has

coordination responsibility for the Eastern Test Range, Patrick Air

Force Base, Florida and the Gulf Area, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

The Department of the Army provides the area frequency coordinator at

Kwajalein Test Site; the Navy provides the area frequency coordinator

at Oahu for the Pacific downrange sites less Kwajalein.

b. Extensive coordination is effected between the military

services and National Aeronautics and Space Administration in meeting

national space objectives.

To insure that potential conflicts are

minimized, certain operations of other government agencies within

missile test areas are approved by the Office of Telecommunications

Policy with the understanding that operational coordination must be

effected through the appropriate area frequency coordinator. On the

basis of an agreement between the Office of Telecommunications Policy

and the Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating Council, a

combined industry-government organization, coordination of certain

frequencies must include Aerospace and Flight Test Radio Coordinating

Council and be effected according to procedures mutually agreeable to

the Area Frequency Coordinator and Aerospace and Flight Test Radio

Coordinating Council Coordinator located in Hawthorne, California.

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