Enroute controller described an emergency event experienced by a military aircraft; the event hamper...

Narrative:

An F15 was doing supersonic speed run; the flight was on rvsm; and up at 430b550; when almost finished with the run pilot called and said something that couldn't quite be heard because an aircraft checked in. So we ask for them to repeat. The aircraft called back and declared an emergency and said he was going direct [to his] destination. I got on the line with the sector below us after pvd'ing the aircraft to them and advised that the F15 had declared and emergency and was going direct to his destination. The r-side had told the aircraft to descend and maintain FL360 and was trying to get a response from the pilot. I pvd'd the aircraft to the lowest sector in our area and called to advise of the emergency. Sometime during these coordination's the pilot advised that they had an engine fire and they where at or leaving FL230 and the supervisor was called. He was military and on UHF but because we were in the ultra high sector we didn't have access to the military approach UHF or the line to military approach so I could call and coordinate with about the emergency. We need military approach UHF frequencies to give to the pilot but we didn't have access to them or a line to the military approach on our sector.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Enroute Controller described an emergency event experienced by a military aircraft; the event hampered due to lack of both needed land lines to adjacent Approach Control facilities and UHF frequencies.

Narrative: An F15 was doing supersonic speed run; the flight was on RVSM; and up at 430B550; when almost finished with the run pilot called and said something that couldn't quite be heard because an aircraft checked in. So we ask for them to repeat. The aircraft called back and declared an emergency and said he was going direct [to his] destination. I got on the line with the sector below us after PVD'ing the aircraft to them and advised that the F15 had declared and emergency and was going direct to his destination. The R-Side had told the aircraft to descend and maintain FL360 and was trying to get a response from the pilot. I PVD'd the aircraft to the lowest sector in our area and called to advise of the emergency. Sometime during these coordination's the pilot advised that they had an engine fire and they where at or leaving FL230 and the supervisor was called. He was military and on UHF but because we were in the ultra high sector we didn't have access to the Military Approach UHF or the line to Military Approach so I could call and coordinate with about the emergency. We need Military Approach UHF frequencies to give to the pilot but we didn't have access to them or a line to the Military Approach on our sector.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	994300
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Eagle (F-15)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Enroute
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Developmental
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Enroute controller described an emergency event experienced by a military aircraft; the event hampered due to lack of both needed land lines to adjacent approach control facilities and UHF frequencies.