US AIR FORCE Airfield Operations Officer Master

Description: United States Air Force Airfield Operations Officer Master. READY FOR TAKEOFF & LANDINGThe management of our runways is as important as managing the people who run them. Airfield Operations Officers do both and also work as a liaison with anyone who needs to access the airfield for any reason. Their duties include ensuring the safe takeoff and landing of aircraft, maintaining navigational aids, performing inspections and communicating with air traffic control.QUALIFICATIONS SUMMARY· MINIMUM EDUCATIONMust have a Bachelor’s degree· QUALIFICATIONSo Must be between the ages of 18 and 39o A minimum of 24 months’ experience performing and managing Airfield Operationso Must be willing to relocateo Knowledge of capabilities, limitations and basic operating principles of aircraft systems and componentso Knowledge of Air Traffic Control principles and procedureso Must maintain Ground-based Aircraft Controller Medical standardso Completion of Airfield Operations Officer Qualification Training Courseo Completion of Officer Training School (OTS), Air Force Academy (AFA) or Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) What does a Airfield Operations Officer (13M) do? Well, I'll tell you!The community here is a combination of two great things: The USAF and reddit. I am very grateful for the information that I continue to find here. As an officer going through follow-on training, this is one of many ways to keep my finger on the pulse of what is happening in the Air Force. Unfortunately, as it turns out, my career field (13M) is very small and there is a distinct dearth of information about it that isn’t listed on Air Force official websites. So, having started work in my career field, I’m now posting information about it here to assist people that may search about the Airfield Operations Officer career field. The descriptions for the 13M ASFC are always nearly impossible to understand on AF websites because they’re not in plain English: We’re officers in charge of the air traffic controllers (tower), RAPCON (think the area extending outside of the tower’s airspace), airfield management (anything connected to the ground/runway), and ATCALS (guidance systems). So that’s what we train on, and then I’ll go briefly into what we actually do: The Airfield Operations schoolhouse is located in Biloxi, Mississippi at Keesler AFB. The course is about to change in the coming months, but it currently focuses a little over one month on Tower air traffic control, then a little over one month on RAPCON, then a few weeks on airfield management and finally a week on contingency operations (i.e. deployments). Our actual day-to-day work however has very little to do with our training, but the tech school is immensely valuable so we understand thoroughly what our people do. As is the case with many officer career fields, the “officers lead and the enlisted do.” While we are rated as controllers, we do not spend much time at all on the job controlling airplanes. We do have to retain proficiency in positions in each control environment, but our job is more focused on managing people so as to conduct the mission effectively. So we work more as a liaison with every single person on the base who needs to access the airfield for any reason, which gets to be quite a handful. Often we will be the only person in a briefing for the Wing/CC who isn't wearing a flight suit... and as an LT at that! That also means that we tend to get the blame for anything that goes wrong with the airfield, even if it isn't really our fault. We are the face of the airfield; for better or for worse. The Airfield Operations Flight is usually at least 100 people, with (hopefully) two officers in charge (a CC and a DO). It tends to be a lot of work which makes our lives pretty hectic, leaving us very little time to actually control airplanes. The purpose of our training at Keesler is to give us enough of a grasp of the material to be able to go to our first base and finish our on-the-job training. At the point of completion of our training we’re truly the most knowledgable person concerning the airfield with many connections to nearly every group and agency on the base, not to mention FAA and civilian groups. Because there are maybe a total of about 200 officers within this career field, we have a really wide variety of experiences and jobs within because of our numerous qualifications and experiences. TLDR: Airfield Operations Officers - Jack of all trades in the Ops Group (on airfield/in airspace), but master of none.I’ll answer as many questions as I can and maybe in a year or two I’ll post an update to what I’ve described here. Airfield Operations Officer Training Program Moves to the Air National Guard Published Oct. 18, 2007 By Capt. Allen Alfred 97th Operations Support Squadro ALTUS AFB - The Air Force's last active duty Airfield Operations Officer Training Program will transition to the Air National Guard with a graduation ceremony for the final class. Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency made a decision in 2006 to begin realigning the training program under the Air National Guard to produce deployment-ready officers upon completion of their ANG training. During the 11 years of training at Altus AFB, 170 officers graduated from the program. The final four graduates from the program will graduate in a ceremony, Oct. 22 at the Freedom Community Center on Altus AFB at 10 a.m. This is one of the few career fields in the Air Force in which enlisted Airmen train officers. Junior airmen in the 97th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Operations Flight train officers in the complex duties of air traffic control and airfield management. The enlisted trainers will receive accolades during the ceremony. Aligned under Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency, Capt. John K. Waters established the program in August of 1996 and produced the program's first graduates. Now retired from the Air Force, Mr. Waters will be in attendance for the final graduation. The guest speaker will be Colonel Kevin D. Degnan, Commander, Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency. Prior to arriving at Altus AFB, students complete a 15-week course at Keesler AFB, Miss., learning the fundamentals of air traffic control. At Altus AFB, students begin the 40-week Airfield Operations Officer Training Program. The program curriculum exposes new Air Force Specialty Code 13M officers to many facets of the broad career field which include gaining air traffic control certifications in the control tower and radar approach control facilities; orientation to airfield management; Federal Aviation Administration air traffic and flight check orientations; exposure to deployed air traffic control and landing systems, and various management topics. Upon graduation, students are equipped to perform airfield operations flight duties as either a systems or operations officer. After 18 months of upgrade training, the graduates can assume a flight commander position, responsible for oversight of a base air traffic control and airfield management office. Airfield operations officers will now train at as many as 10 Air National Guard bases in a new two-year program. The ANG program will produce fully qualified officers without the additional 18-month permanent duty station training requirement that existed under the active duty training program. The pictures are part of the description and are the actual item. You will receive 1 each You Have 4 Day for PaymentTake advantage of our FREE shipping Note: I do NOT provide shipping insurance as a standard practice. Should you desire insurance, please contact me prior to paying for the item and we will add it to your invoice if it is available. WE COMBINE SHIPPING FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS - PLEASE VISIT OUR STORE LISTINGS TO SEE OUR LARGE SELECTION OF UNITED STATES MILITARIA & MILITARY COLLECTOR. 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