Section 3. Miscellaneous

  1. ASSIGNMENT OF MILITARY TOWER LIAISONS

At the request of the USAF, a military tower liaison may be assigned to the cab of an FAA tower located on a joint-use airport or military base if space other than at the operating desk is available. Under these circumstances:

  1. Telephone or intercom equipment that is necessary by virtue of the assignment of a military tower liaison to the tower must be independent of the tower system and must be reimbursable.
  2. Install no radio equipment at this position. The release of a frequency and transmitting capability to the military tower liaison must be at the discretion of the area manager, and only in the case of an emergency. No air traffic control instructions must be formulated or transmitted by the military tower liaison, nor must the military tower liaison interfere in any manner with the performance of duties by FAA personnel.
  3. The military tower liaison assigned must be on duty only during military flight activities. In many cases, this will only be during the hours from sunrise to sunset.
  4. The number of personnel so assigned must be kept at a minimum. In most cases, one tower liaison should suffice to provide the necessary services.
  1. SUPERVISOR OF FLYING (SOF)

Procedures governing the use of designated SOF inflight emergency frequencies must be contained in an LOA between the USAF and the appropriate FAA ATC facility.

  1. The LOA must specify a radio frequency to be used by the SOF during the emergency.
  2. Each LOA must contain explicit coordination procedures to be followed by the SOF prior to use of any ATC frequency including 121.5/243.0.
  3. ATC must have the capability to override the SOF discrete frequency when required for ATC purposes.
  1. MILITARY AIRSPACE MANAGERS

The military services have assigned airspace managers at various levels of command who are responsible to work with FAA and other agencies to identify, coordinate, procure, and manage airspace, and to develop and coordinate agreements/procedures to support military flight operations in meeting both peace and war-time requirements.

  1. MILITARY REPRESENTATIVES (MILREPs)

DoD Military Representatives (MILREPs) are FAA's principal points of contact for DoD aviation, airspace, and air traffic control matters, and are instrumental in providing effective liaison and agency interoperability. MILREP positions are embedded with various FAA offices at both FAA Headquarters and FAA Service Centers.

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For contact information on MILREPs, see Appendix 4 for the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Department of Defense (DoD) for Military Representatives to the FAA.

  1. DOD REIMBURSABLE SUPPORT TO FAA

FAA considers it essential to national security that military personnel present DoD's perspective and provide expertise as members of the FAA staff and to ensure these military personnel are properly utilized in specific positions that will benefit both FAA and DoD. The DoD assigns military personnel as DoD Reimbursable Support to FAA for that purpose. FAA lines of business may request military reimbursable support on a case-by-case basis in accordance with DoD Instruction (DoDI) 1000.17, Detail of DoD Personnel to Duty Outside the Department of Defense, available on the DoD's Directives Division Website at https://www.esd.whs.mil/DD/.

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See Appendix 3 for FAA and DoD memoranda that provide guidance for DoD Reimbursable Support to FAA.