resumption of air traffic and operation of air navigation aids as specified by the appropriate military authority.

(3) Civil and military air traffic control facilities, and other appropriate aeronautical facilities will:

(i) Maintain the current SCATANA ACTION Form for that facility at appropriate operating positions.

(ii) When SCATAÑA is implemented or terminated, take the actions indicated on the facility's SCATANA ACTION Form.

(iii) Maintain current information on the status of restrictions imposed on air traffic.

(iv) Approve or disapprove filed flight plans in accordance with current instructions received from the ARTCCS. Approval will indicate that the flight is permitted under the WATPL priority currently in effect or that the flight has been granted a Security Control Authorization.

(v) Forward flight plans and approval requests to the ARTCC as required.

(vi) Disseminate instructions and restrictions to air traffic as directed by the ARTCCS.

(4) The pilot in command will conform to security control instructions as follows:

(i) IFR flights-comply with instructions received from the appropriate aeronautical facility.

(ii) VFR flights-land at the nearest suitable airport when so directed.

(iii) Aircraft on the ground-file an IFR or DVFR flight plan with the proper FAA facility and receive approval prior to departure.

$245.6 Tactical Air Movement Plans.

(a) Situation. In a situation when Emergency War plans and other contingency plans are being implemented, the large volume of tactical air traffic generated is likely to result in conflicting requirements for the available airspace. It is obvious that such conflicts should be minimized in order to prevent saturation of the air defense system, yet at the same time permit the orderly execution of the various contingency plans. To this end, it is essential that responsible military commanders coordinate fully with the appropriate military authorities responsible for air defense to ensure that con

flicting situations can be resolved while emergency plans are still under development. The provisions of this section do not apply to Strategic Air Command (SAC) Emergency War Orders (EWOs) for which special coordination has been effected between SAC, NORAD and FAA agencies.

(b) Intention. To establish coordination procedures necessary to fulfill air defense and air traffic control requirements for the movement of tactical air traffic and identify specific air NAVAIDS which are essential to support contingency operations of major command forces during implementation of SCATANA.

(c) Execution. (1) Commanders of Major Commands (or "Responsible Military Commanders') are to ensure that:

(i) The air traffic movement sections of their Emergency War Plans (including dispersal, evacuation and other related contingency plans) and the specific air NAVAIDS essential to support contingency operations are fully coordinated during development with the appropriate military authority responsible for air defense. In the NORAD area of responsibility the authority is the NORAD region commander. When flights will transit more than one region, coordination must be effected with all of the region commanders involved. The NORAD region commander will effect necessary coordination on those tactical operations with the FAA through the Region Air Defense Liaison Officer (RADLO).

(ii) Subsequent to the coordination required in the paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section, extracts of the air traffic movement section of their plans are to be passed to the appropriate military authorities. The extracts are to be prepared according to the format shown in $245.7. In the NORAD area of responsibility the extracts are to be sent to the Commander of the NORAD region in which the flights originate.

(2) Responsible military authorities will:

(i) During the coordination phase, ensure that proposed aircraft movements do not conflict in time, altitude, route or any other respect with other

$245.8 Wartime Air Traffic Priority List (WATPL).

(a) Situation. When SCATANA is implemented, a system of traffic priorities is required in order to ensure that optimum use is made of airspace, consistent with air defense requirements. This system will be the prime means of controlling the volume of air traffic. (The Security Control Authorization will be used as a supplement to WATPL.)

(b) Intention. To establish a WATPL for the movement of air traffic when SCATANA has been implemented, and to provide policy guidance for the practical application of the system. Priorities shall take precedence in the order listed and subdivisions within priorities are equal.

(c) Wartime Air Traffic Priority List(1) Priority One. (i) Aircraft engaged in active continental defense missions. This includes interceptors, antisubmarine aircraft and airborne early warning and control aircraft.

(ii) Retaliatory aircraft, including their direct support aircraft, executing EWO.

(iii) Airborne command elements which provide backup to command and control systems for the combat forces.

(iv) The President of the United States and Prime Minister of Canada and respective cabinet members essential to national security.

(2) Priority Two. (i) Forces being deployed for or in direct and immediate support of combat operations against the enemy to include the use of activated Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) aircraft as necessary.

(ii) SAC aircraft in direct and immediate support of EWO not included in priority one.

(iii) Search and rescue aircraft operating in support of these activities.

(3) Priority Three. (i) Forces being deployed in support of combat operations against the enemy.

(ii) Continental Air Reconnaissance for Damage Assessment (CARDA) missions for the support of immediate combat operations.

(iii) Search and rescue aircraft not included in priority two.

(iv) Flight inspection aircraft flights in connection with emergency restoration of airway and airport facilities in

support of immediate combat operations.

(4) Priority Four. Dispersal of: (i) Tactical military aircraft.

(ii) U.S. air carrier aircraft assigned to the War Air Service Program

(WASP).

(iii) U.S. civil air carrier aircraft allocated to the CRAF Program.

(iv) FAA flight inspection aircraft. (v) Foreign civil air carrier aircraft in the U.S. in accordance with specific international agreements.

(vi) Public aircraft assigned to FAA and other Federal agencies.

(5) Priority Five. (i) The air transport of military commanders, their representatives, and DoD sponsored key civilian personnel which is of the utmost importance to national security, or which will have an immediate effect upon combat operations of the Armed Forces.

(ii) Dispersal of nontactical military aircraft for their protection.

(iii) Public aircraft assigned to FAA and other Federal agencies.

(6) Priority Six. (i) Flight operations in accordance with approved Federal and State emergency plans (WASP and SARDA). U.S. civil air carrier flights will operate under the provisions of CAB Air Transport Mobilization Order ATM-1, "Route Authorizations and Operations," and the WASP. Foreign civil air carrier flights will operate in accordance with specific international agreements.

(ii) Other essential CARDA missions not included in paragraph (c)(3)(ii) of this section.

(iii) Flight inspection activity in connection with airway and airport facilities.

(7) Priority Seven. Other military flight operations.

(8) Priority Eight. All other flight operations not specifically listed above.

(d) Policy for Application of WATPL. (1) The restrictions embodied in the WATPL will apply to all aircraft except those in receipt of a Security Control Authorization.

(2) Priority will be solely dependent on the nature of the aircraft's mission. Operational test flights will take the priority of the mission aircraft tested.

(3) The originator of a request for aircraft movement will be responsible for

determining and verifying the appropriate priority in accordance with the list described above.

(4) The individual filing the flight plan will be responsible for including the priority number as determined by the originator of the request.

(5) During general war conditions, situations may occur which cannot be related to the WATPL. Aircraft emergencies and inbound international flights which have reached the point of no return, including foreign air carrier flights enroute to safe haven airports in accordance with specific international agreements are examples of such situations. These incidents must be treated individually through coordination between ATC and appropriate military agencies in consideration of the urgency of the inflight situation and existing tactical military conditions.

(6) During periods other than general war, aircraft movements are handled as follows:

(i) Involvement in limited war or execution of contingency plans, to include JCS directed actions, immediately makes successful completion of such action a primary national objective. Therefore, aircraft movements in support of these actions will be afforded expeditious handling by the ATC system commensurate with the degree or urgency stated by the JCS to the FAA. When directing the execution of a contingency/limited war plan, or other JCS directed operation which is in pursuit of primary national objectives, the JCS will so advise the FAA (or appropriate Canadian authority if Canadian airspace is involved), requesting that aircraft operating in accordance with such plans be given preferential handling over all air traffic except active air defense missions and launch of the strategic alert force and supporting aircraft. Should contingency, limited warfare, or other JCS directed plans be executed concurrently by more than one operational commander, the JCS will state to the FAA (or appropriate Canadian authority when Canadian airspace is involved), and the military commanders concerned, the relative urgency of each operation and will resolve conflicts that may arise therefrom.

(ii) Assignment of reserved airspace to accommodate military air operations which, because of their objectives, cannot be conducted in accordance with routine ATC procedures will be based upon an order of precedence for the purpose of resolving mission conflicts in planning altitude reservations. This order of precedence is published in appropriate Joint Service Regulations and FAA documents.

(7) Priorities for air traffic clearances required under the SCATANA plan are not to be confused with civil priorities assigned to civil air carrier aircraft under the WASP priorities system, or to general aviation civil aircraft under the SARDA plan. WASP and SARDA priorities are designed to provide for controlled use of civil aircraft capability and capacity, and they have secondary significance when the WATPL for the movement of aircraft is in effect.

$245.9 Procedures for movement of air traffic.

(a) Situation. The primary instrument used by NORAD region commanders to control the volume of air traffic operating within their areas of responsibility is the WATPL for Movement of Air Traffic (§ 245.8).

(b) Intention. To establish procedures necessary for the expeditious movement of tactical air traffic during periods when SCATANA is in effect.

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(c) Execution. (1) Tactical air traffic assigned a WATPL number of 1 or 2 will not be delayed, diverted, rerouted, landed by NORAD region manders. However, NORAD region commanders may recommend that this traffic be rerouted to avoid battle or battle threatened areas.

(2) Air traffic assigned a WATPL number other than 1 or 2 may be delayed, diverted, rerouted, or landed by the NORAD region commander to prevent degradation of the air defense system.

(3) Aircraft being "recovered" will be expedited to home or alternate base, and "search and rescue" aircraft expedited on their missions; but such aircraft may be diverted to avoid battle areas or take off may be delayed to prevent saturation of airspace.

(4) Tactical air traffic will file IFR flight plans and comply with IFR procedures regardless of weather. The appropriate WATPL number will be entered in the Remarks section in the Aircraft Clearance Form DD 175. The WATPL number will be posted on ARTCC flight strips passed from one ARTCC to the next, and to the appropriate air defense control facilities.

(5) For mass military operations a single clearance form will be filed and ALTRAV procedures will be applied.

(6) Compliance with approved flight plan and position report requirements is of utmost importance for identification. Aircraft aborting or deviating from an approved flight plan will airfile a revised flight plan as soon as the necessity for such deviation is evident. Unauthorized deviations may preclude identification and result in engagement by defensive weapons.

(d) Special operations. (1) The volume of air traffic in areas critical to air defense can be controlled by means of the WATPL. In areas that are not critical to air defense or in areas of poor or no radar coverage, the appropriate military authority may wish to authorize additional specific flights which may not qualify for a high enough priority under the WATPL. When ESCAT or SCATANA have been implemented the appropriate military authority may authorize flights by granting a Security Control Authorization to the ARTCC or agency requesting the clear