To terminate a mission for any reason other than enemy action.

Manages defense acquisition programs covering every aspect of the acquisition process, including, integrating, engineering, program control, test and deployment, configuration management, production and manufacturing, quality assurance, and logistics support.

Full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. This includes members of the Reserve Components serving on active duty or full-time training duty, but does not include full-time National Guard duty. Also called AD.

Air Force Reserve members who are on voluntary active duty full time for the purpose of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training. Also called AGR.

Direction or exercise of authority over subordinate or other organizations with respect to administration and support, including organization of Service forces, control of resources and equipment, personnel management, unit logistics, individual and unit training, readiness, mobilization, demobilization, discipline, and other matters not included in the operational missions of the subordinate or other organizations. Also called ADCON.

Renders legal advice and opinions on questions arising from the interpretation of statutory law, regulations, and other directives. Responsible for providing legal review of and guidance for administrative proceedings wherein the rights, privileges, property, and status of personnel may be affected. Includes personnel law, fiscal law, forensic medicine law, transition, and conflict of interest.

Air and Space Expeditionary Force

Air and Space Expeditionary Force Center

Advanced Extremely High Frequency

This method of fighting forest and wild fires is applied to large areas. The Air Force Reserve uses specially equipped C-130s, a large, cargo aircraft, to carry flame retardant and water to the site where it is dropped. The Air Force Reserve assistance is only requested when all other means of attempting to contain the fire have been exhausted.

You will operate airborne weapon systems and associated equipment. Part of your duties will be to brief passengers as necessary and perform preflight and post flight inspections of weapons equipment. You will also perform in-flight maintenance of airborne weapons systems and associated equipment and ensure maximum availability and utilization of weapon systems. As an aerial gunner, you will be critical to the success of training, test, and combat missions. You will be thoroughly trained in all aspects of your job, including electrical, mechanical, and hydraulic principles. Additionally, you will be trained in the use of night vision goggles to perform scanner duties in relation to particular aircraft type and mission. You will learn how to read schematics, charts, technical publications, and flight manuals.

Aerial refueling or air-to-air refueling is used to increase the range of aircraft. Air Force Reserve members use KC-135 and KC-10 to refuel a variety of aircraft from fighter jets to huge cargo carriers. Also called AR.

The movement of patients under medical supervision to and between medical treatment facilities by air transportation. Also called AE.

Personnel operate Ground Defensive Radar and Command and Control Systems and are in the Air Combat Command. The two main radar systems are the Joint Surveillance System and the Ground Theater Air Control System. The Joint Surveillance System is housed in permanent facilities while the Ground Theater Air Control System is housed in mobile facilities that can be deployed worldwide to meet any contingency. The Joint Surveillance System is the main component of the North American Air Defense structure and is responsible for the defense of the continental United States and Canada from airborne attack. The Ground Theater Air Control System is a highly mobile system, which supports Joint Forces operations at deployed locations, and is responsible for defensive and offensive airborne operations within an assigned area.

All aircraft mechanics require some type of ground support in order to perform maintenance and servicing of the aircraft. As an Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) Mechanic, you will be taught, using typical ground support equipment, the principles of electronics, refrigeration, hydraulics, power generation, reciprocating engines (gasoline and diesel), gas turbine engines, pneumatics, and heating. This will prepare you for servicing, inspecting, troubleshooting, repairing, and performing preventive maintenance on motor and engine driven generator sets, air conditioners, hydraulic test stands, air compressors, bomb-lifts, heaters, and other similar support equipment. You will also be taught equipment forms maintenance, use of technical data, use of common tools and hardware, and soldering techniques.

You will perform scheduled inspections, functional checks, and preventive maintenance on aircraft and aircraft installed equipment. Prior to flight, you will inspect and perform various functional checks of the aircraft as well as ensure that the aircraft has been properly serviced with fuel, hydraulic fluid and liquid oxygen. After flight, you will be responsible for ensuring the aircraft is still in "operationally ready" condition. You will maintain and repair all parts of the aircraft, performing general mechanical work as opposed to working on a particular system or subsystem.

You will perform technical nursing duties involving the care and treatment of patients. In an inpatient care setting, you will perform nursing care duties such as feeding, bathing, and moving patients. You will assemble, operate, and maintain medical equipment such as oxygen delivery equipment, intravenous controllers, fetal monitors, suction machines, and electrocardiograph recorders. You will measure and record vital signs. You will administer medications under the supervision of a physician or a nurse. You will draw blood samples. You will perform the routine collection of urine, fecal materials, and other bodily secretions for laboratory examination. You will prepare patients for surgery and perform post-operative monitoring. You will assist in the delivery and care of newborns. In a clinic setting, you will prepare patients for examination and assist physicians with treatments and procedures. You will prepare and order linens and supplies. In an emergency room setting, you will drive an ambulance and perform lifesaving care measures for the sick and injured.

Develops and administers the aerospace medicine program; supervises, conducts medical examinations, and provides medical care for flyers, missile crews, and others with special standards of medical qualification. Directs evaluations of living and working environments within the Air Force community to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury.

Manages aerospace physiological training flights, hyperbaric therapy facilities, and serves as Human Performance Training Team (HPTT) member. Instruct personnel in aerospace physiology and human performance enhancement and sustainment techniques and strategies. Provides theater-specific operational risk analysis, hazard identification and risk mitigation strategies regarding human performance issues impacting operational safety and mission effectiveness. Plans, conducts, and directs aerospace physiology research. Manages specialized physiology support for high altitude airdrop and reconnaissance missions. Manages life support equipment functions when required; and supervises aerospace physiology programs at Air Staff or major command staff level. Serves as a human performance or human factors consultant for all safety mishap investigations classifications.

The successful progression of space flight and the future of modern aviation at high altitudes, at times, require the pilot and crew to respond to various in-flight emergencies. What the pilot and crewmembers do in an emergency could very well save their lives. This job is to provide these crew members with the necessary skills to function safely at altitude, correctly handle emergencies, and provide them with hyperbaric treatment whenever necessary.

You will install, modify, assemble, and overhaul turboprop engines and their related systems on all prop-driven aircraft. This will range from complete in-shop overhaul to fine-tuning after the turboprop is installed on the aircraft. You will remove the propeller and the engine from the aircraft, disassemble and inspect it, then repair or replace defective components as required. You will also ensure that propellers on multi-engine aircraft are synchronized

Air and Space Expeditionary Task Force

Air Force Reserve Command

Agile Combat Support provides the essential capabilities and functions to deploy, establish, operate and maintain operations of an airbase and the associated services (sustain), and recover coalition air and space forces.

Active Guard and Reserve members who serve a tour of active duty under Title 10, USC. They are full-time support personnel responsible for organizing, administering, instructing, training and recruiting for the Reserve Components.

Camp Assistant, an officer on the personal staff of a general, admiral, or other high-ranking commander who acts as his confidential secretary in routine matters.

A deployed numbered air force (NAF) or command echelon immediately subordinate to a NAF provided as the US Air Force component command committed to a joint operation. Also called AETF. See also expeditionary force; air expeditionary wing.

The principal air operations installation from which aircraft and air warning functions of combat air operations are directed, controlled, and executed. It is the senior agency of the Air Force Component Commander from which command and control of air operations are coordinated with other components and Services. Also called AOC.

The degree of dominance in space of one force over another that permits the conduct of operations by the former and its related land, sea, air, space, and special operations forces at a given time and place without prohibitive interference by the opposing force.

Performs and manages air battle manager (ABM) operations functions and activities. Effects control of assigned forces. Plans, organizes, and directs operations, including airspace management, directs aircraft conducting air defense and tactical missions, coalition integration, sensor system management, operations management activities, and data link operations. Supervises mission crew activities, and sector and regional operations control centers. Provides staff supervision and technical advice. Supports planning, programming, and budgeting process for command and control (C2) and battle management functions.

Plan for combat

Develops and writes Air Force Reserve, joint services, or combined plans, programs, and policies. Uses broad operations background and understanding of the entire spectrum of Air Force Reserve operational doctrine and employment in multi-functional areas of responsibility to satisfy mission objectives.

Air operations conducted to divert, disrupt, delay, or destroy the enemy's military potential before it can be brought to bear effectively against friendly forces, or to otherwise achieve objectives. Air interdiction is conducted at such distance from friendly forces that detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of friendly forces is not required.

Air reserve technicians, commonly referred to as ARTs, are a nucleus of managers, planners and trainers who have knowledge and expertise to smooth Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) units' transition from a peacetime to a wartime environment. They provide management continuity, equipment maintenance and training support to help keep their units combat ready. Air reserve technicians carry dual status, working as full-time civil service employees and as military members in the same AFRC units.

Air superiority is the dominance in the air power of one nation's air force over another's during a military campaign.

That degree of air superiority wherein the opposing air force is incapable of effective interference.

A method used to task and disseminate to components, subordinate units, and command and control agencies projected sorties, capabilities and/or forces to targets and specific missions. Normally provides specific instructions to include call signs, targets, controlling agencies, etc., as well as general instructions. Also called ATO.

Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. Air traffic controllers ensuring safe, provide orderly and expeditious flow of traffic and give pilots information on weather, navigation information and NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen).

You will inspect cargo and mail offered for airlift to verify eligibility and proper documentation, packaging, and marking according to applicable directives. You will determine quantity and type of cargo to be loaded according to allowable aircraft cabin load. You will load and unload aircraft using materials handling and loading equipment, check cargo against manifests, and annotate overage, shortage, or damage. You will complete documentation and reports required within the air transportation system to include air land and airdrop. You will prepare and maintain necessary forms for passenger travel and prepare weight and balance records. You will requisition, store, and issue expendable and nonexpendable items for use on aircraft. You will review travel authorizations for validity and accuracy and check in passengers and baggage.

You will be trained to perform aircrew member duties as an Airborne Warning Command and Control Systems Operator. Your career specialty allows you to operate computerized airborne radar sensors and electronic countermeasures equipment plus maintain communications nets with ground, air, and sea surface units. You will be trained to gather, record, display, control, and distribute information between ground, air, and sea surface command and control units. As an aircrew member, it will be your responsibility to perform pre-flight, post-flight and in-flight duties to support the unit mission.

This flying specialty operates airborne signals intelligence systems and mission equipment. By using radio receivers, recording, and related equipment, Airborne Cryptologic Linguists translate, evaluate, and report on communications. They perform and assist in mission planning and developing air-tasking orders. They also receive, transmit, and relay encoded and decoded messages. Responsibilities also include recording special interest mission information and maintain the status of mission aircraft, targets, and air tasking order information.

Operates, monitors, inspects, tests, maintains, optimizes and evaluates surveillance radar, computer, display, identification friend or foe (IFF), and ancillary systems equipment. Supervises and manages airborne mission system operation

Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is a radar-based electronic system designed to carry out airborne surveillance. Used at a high altitude, the radars allow the operators to distinguish between friendly and hostile aircraft hundreds of miles away.

Any vehicle capable of sustained air travel above treetop heights.

As an aircraft weapons load crewmember, you will operationally check and electrically test aircraft weapons release and gun systems. You will isolate and correct mechanical and electrical malfunctions within the weapons release system. You will operate and repair several types of support equipment, operate electrical generators, and also operate and drive bomb lift trucks. In day-to-day maintenance you will be operating many different types of test equipment, gauges, and checking fixtures to ensure that a particular piece of equipment is reliable and ready to use. If needed, you will repair the test equipment and checking fixture. You will repair broken wiring, connectors, and electrical components within bomb racks, missile launchers, and dispensers. You will be required to periodically inspect and mechanically and electrically test weapons release components. If assigned to the gun shop, you will disassemble, inspect, repair, and assemble 20 or 30-millimeter guns and gun systems.

The aircrew member designated by competent authority as being in command of an aircraft and responsible for its safe operation and accomplishment of the assigned mission. Also called AC.

In this job, you will be working on virtually every electrical and environmental (E & E) system on the aircraft. These systems include landing gear, anti-skid and nose steering, electronic engine control, ignition and starting, lighting, master caution and warning, flight control, cabin pressurization, air conditioning, etc.

Aircraft have fuel systems similar to automobiles, but more complex. Aircraft fuel tanks are large enough for people to enter and you will work inside and outside of fuel tanks to remove, repair, inspect, install, and modify aircraft fuel systems, including integral fuel and water cell tanks, bladder cells, and external tanks. You will advise on aircraft fuel systems removal, repair, and installation maintenance procedures and policies. You will diagnose fuel system and component malfunctions and recommend corrective actions and/or resolve problems. In this job, you will perform maintenance on fuel tanks and cells by removing, repairing, and/or replacing malfunctioning components. Your job will also be to inspect aircraft fuel systems maintenance activities. Additionally, you will be responsible for cleaning fuel cells and tanks, and inspecting for foreign objects, corrosion, cell deterioration, and fungus. You will learn about internal hardware such as valves, interconnects, lines, gauges, controls, pumps, and other attachments. You will also learn about sealing techniques and materials, layout drawing use, interpreting technical publications and concepts, and applications of maintenance directives.

As an Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Apprentice, you will be responsible for everything dealing with the hydraulic systems on aircraft. You will troubleshoot, remove, repair, overhaul, inspect, and install the systems and their components, including support equipment. You will advise on any problems maintaining these systems and determine maintenance procedures and performance characteristics using technical publications. Your job will also be to diagnose malfunctions and recommend what corrective action should be taken or else correct the defect yourself. You will be responsible for inspecting the aircraft hydraulic systems, their components, and any support equipment. To ensure maximum performance of the systems, you will also be performing system operation checks, and taking corrective action, if necessary.

This is a flying specialty. You will perform your duties during extensive trips to all areas of the world. You will be responsible for supervising the loading and unloading of cargo, vehicles and people on the airplane. You will mathematically preplan the correct placement of the load on the airplane to ensure it can safely fly. You will ensure the paperwork for the load and the airplane is correct. You will be responsible for restraining the load using airplane equipment and chains or straps to prevent the load from moving during flying operations. You will be required to perform scanning duties to detect problems with the airplane or cargo during ground and flying operations. You will provide for passenger comfort and safety.

Aircraft maintenance is the technology related to the actions required to maintain (or improve) the airworthiness and the designed-in reliability of an aircraft and its systems, subsystems, and components throughout the life-cycle of the aircraft

Leads, trains, and equips personnel supporting aerospace equipment sustainment and operations. Manages maintenance and modification of aircraft and associated equipment. Administers aircraft maintenance programs and resources. Directs aircraft maintenance production, staff activity, and related materiel programs. Assesses unit capability and advises senior leadership.

You will measure broken or worn parts using calipers, gauges, and micrometers. You will draw working sketches, make templates, consult shop drawings, and select material. You will perform machine tool-cutting operations such as cutting off stock, threads, and tapers. You will use engine lathe cutting gears, slots, keyways, and similar work pieces. You will preheat and post heat materials as needed. You will weld by oxyacetylene, arc welding, tungsten inert gas, metal inert gas, and other methods or processes. You will weld cast iron, carbon steel, copper, copper alloys, light gauges of heat and corrosion resistant ferrous alloys, aluminum, magnesium, titanium alloys, nickel, and cobalt base alloys. You will conduct hardness tests to determine results of heat treatment. You will perform precision grinding and remove poisonous or corrosive deposits. You will perform maintenance on welding and machining equipment and adjust gibs, clutches, and feed screws.

Aircraft Structural Maintenance is a very important part of maintaining our multi-million dollar aircraft and missiles. As an Aircraft Structural Maintenance Apprentice, you will become involved in classifying damage to aircraft structures for repair to original strength, weight, and contour. You will remove, repair, and install repaired or replacement parts. You will align component structures. You will balance aircraft control surfaces and ensure repairs are pressure, fluid, and weather tight. You will inspect damage or deterioration and determine repair or replacement. You will repair or replace plastic, fiberglass, bonded structures, and bonded honeycomb assemblies. You will cut, bend, and install hardware on all types of tubing. You will seal fabricated tubing assemblies and select components, fabricate, and pull test aircraft cable assemblies. You will operate and maintain powered and non-powered tools and equipment to include precision measurement equipment. You will use spray equipment such as conventional spray guns, airless spray guns, and electrostatic spray equipment. You will use various methods of identifying metals, such as mechanical and chemical testing, in order to ensure that the proper corrosion treatment procedures are followed. You will identify the type of corrosion present, the treatment required to preserve the metal, and the causes of corrosion in order to help prevent the recurrence of corrosion. Once you have identified the metal and its corrosion, you will remove the corrosion by using various chemical and mechanical methods, and then treat the metal to preserve it. You will use spray equipment to apply protective coatings to aircraft structural materials. You will also construct and apply aircraft markings and insignia.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring the ability to perform flight evaluations or functional check flights on aircraft and components.

You will be responsible for maintaining complete emergency escape systems used by flight personnel to escape disabled aircraft. Prior to assignment to an egress maintenance organization, you will receive training on the various emergency escape systems used in today's aircraft. This training will prepare you to locate and fix problems pertaining to ejection seats, escape hatches, and escape capsules. You will be required to handle and maintain explosive devices used to operate these escape systems. Additionally, you will also be prepared to fix various items associated with the escape and survival systems, such as warning lights, emergency oxygen systems, canopies, lap belts, and shoulder harnesses.

You will inspect and maintain aircrew and passenger life support equipment such as parachutes, inflatable life preservers, life rafts, survival kits, and flying helmets. You will issue and properly fit or adjust all items of life support equipment to ensure comfort. You will be required to properly account for life support equipment. You may instruct aircrews on the purpose, operation, care and use of life support equipment and chemical defense equipment. This instruction may include simulated aircraft ejection seat trainers, or the correct procedures to follow during a ditching or forced landing.

Your training as an Airfield Management Apprentice plays a vital role in a pilot’s ability to safely land, take-off and taxi on airfields (runways, taxiways and aprons) at U.S. installations worldwide. You will receive training on how to operate, manage and inspect airfields and monitor airfield construction projects. You will be required to operate a vehicle (SUV or truck) on the airfield and also use electronic or mechanical equipment during snowy conditions to determine the runway braking action for aircraft to land or take-off safely. You are on the primary responders to in-flight and ground emergencies and for the removal or dispersal of birds and wildlife on or near the airfield. The Airfield Management Apprentice is also responsible for issuing Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) for flight hazards or restrictions at your airfield or in your airspace that would pose safety of flight problems to pilots flying to your airfield or through the airspace. Duties also include checking flight plans, en-route weather and NOTAMAs at and for other locations; transmitting flight plans and flight movement messages to air route traffic control centers, flight service stations and control towers via telephones or computers. You will use ground to-ground radios to coordinate information with other base agencies and air-to-ground radios to obtain flight-planning information from aircrews in flight or on the ground. Other duties are maintaining flight-planning displays to include airfield diagrams, status of navigational aids, crash grid maps and flight information publications.

Performs and manages airfield operations functions and activities, including air traffic control (ATC), airfield management, and base operations. Manages day-to-day operations of facilities, including radar approach control, ground controlled approach, radar final control, control tower, and base operations. Provides staff supervision and technical assistance. Develops and formulates plans and policies for managing and operating Air Force (AF) airfield operations. Supports civil aviation responsibilities in compliance with Public Law 85-726.

Responsible for operation, inspection, and repair of the ground NAVAIDS equipment. This equipment provides electronic signals that allow a pilot to navigate and land safely in almost any weather condition.

An airlift is the organized delivery of supplies primarily via aircraft. Airlifting consists of two distinct types, strategic airlifting and tactical airlifting. Typically, strategic airlifting involves moving material long distances (such as across or off the continent or theater), whereas a tactical airlift focuses on deploying resources and materiel into a specific location with high precision.

Your first promotion is to Airman (E2). An Airman, while still primarily an apprentice, is expected to understand and conform to military standards.

Most airman graduate basic military training with the rank of Airman Basic (E1). An Airman Basic is an apprentice who is acquiring and demonstrating knowledge of military customs, courtesies, traditions, and Air Force standards, while learning both military and technical skills.

As an Airman First Class you are no longer considered just an apprentice -- your role and responsibilities will increase as you assume the role of apprentice and worker. You will be expected to comply with Air Force standards and be a role model for your subordinates. In addition you will be expected to begin mastering the necessary skills in your new career fields.

The four paragraphs of the Airman's Creed were created from an extensive, collaborative effort and feedback from Airmen throughout the force. It was designed to resonate with Airmen Past, Present and Future.

The organized, integrated use of aircraft and missiles for purposes of foreign policy, strategy, operations, and tactics. The tactical and strategic strength of a country's air force.

The speed of an aircraft relative to its surrounding air mass. The unqualified term airspeed can mean any one of the following. a. calibrated airspeed--Indicated airspeed corrected for instrument installation error. b. equivalent airspeed--Calibrated airspeed corrected for compressibility error. c. indicated airspeed--The airspeed shown by an airspeed indicator. d. true airspeed--Equivalent airspeed corrected for error due to air density (altitude and temperature).

A control area or portion thereof established in the form of a corridor marked with radio navigational aids.

Air-Launched Cruise Missile. An air-launched vehicle designed to deliver a nuclear warhead in an air-to-ground mission.

Examines, diagnoses, performs diagnostic tests, and treats allergic disorders. Manages allergy services.

The vertical distance of a level, a point or an object considered as a point, measured from mean sea level. See also density altitude; drop altitude; elevation; minimum safe altitude; pressure altitude; transition altitude; true altitude.

Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile

Air Moving Target Indicator

Analytical studies officers conduct studies and provide optimum solutions to programs for managing manpower, performance evaluation of management, operational, and conceptual systems; devise techniques for determining and portraying relative cost effectiveness information; use mathematical, statistical, and econometric models and techniques to collect, analyze, and develop solutions relating to economic utilization of resources; conduct studies to support management decisions by relating the specific and quantitative to the broad and qualitative in order to effectively communicate requirements.

Administers general and local anesthetics; manages anesthesiological services.

Air National Guard; see ANGUS

Air National Guard Base

Air National Guard of the United States. A Reserve component of the Air Force.

Air Operations Center

The point at which a missile trajectory or a satellite orbit is farthest from the center of the gravitational field of the controlling body or bodies.

Activities involve preparation and filing of petitions and briefs before the US Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, filing assignments of error and replies before the AF Court of Criminal Appeals, and oral argument before both courts. Function is limited to Appellate Defense Counsel and Appellate Government Counsel.

Air Reserve Base

Provides legal advice and representation in Article 15 (UCMJ) proceedings, separation actions, and administrative boards, as available. Serves as military legal advisor in foreign criminal cases.

An operational area defined by the joint force commander for land and maritime forces. Areas of operation do not typically encompass the entire operational area of the joint force commander, but should be large enough for component commanders to accomplish their missions and protect their forces. Also called AO.

The geographical area associated with a combatant command within which a geographic combatant commander has authority to plan and conduct operations. Also called AOR.

Commonly knows as ASVAB, this is a multiple choice test, administered by the United States Military Entrance Processing Command, used to determine qualification for enlistment in the United States armed forces. It is often optionally administered to American high school students when they are in the 11th grade, though anyone eligible to and interested in enlisting can take it. The ASVAB was first instituted in 1976.

Air Reserve Station

Air Reserve Technician

Air and Space Operations Center. The senior agency of the Air Force component commander that provides command and control of Air Force air and space operations and coordinates with other components and services. Also called AOC.

A person who travels beyond the earth's atmosphere. A trainer for space flight

The study hearing, a specialist who evaluates and treat, people with communication and swallowing problems. Also called a speech therapist

Conducts and manages audits of effectiveness and efficiency of Air Force systems and operations. Administers audit programs within scope of established authority, including technical supervision over lower echelon; reviews systems and internal controls; and supports audits of all levels of Air Force operations.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring functional area expertise with the ability to analyze, design, and manage the computer application of an automated Air Force function.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring functional area expertise with the ability to design automated systems programs for the computers associated with an automated Air Force function.

A management system which makes optimum use of all available resources - equipment, procedures and people - to promote safety and enhance the efficiency of flight operations.

Avionics is a portmanteau which literally means aviation electronics. In essence it comprises all electronic systems designed for use on an aircraft. At a basic level this comprises communications, navigation and the display and management of multiple systems. It also comprises the literally hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to meet individual roles. These can be as simple as a search light for a police helicopter or as complicated as the tactical system for an Airborne Early Warning platform. An aircraft equipped with avionics is said to have a "glass flight deck."

Experience in research, design, development, modification, and testing of programs and routines to direct the on-board computer to perform a desired operation or sequence of operations for digital avionics. Experience includes problem analysis, flow diagram preparation, preparation of details, tests, subroutine development, storage allocation, input-output format specifi­cation, and their incorporation into a complete digital subsystem. Experience will also concern an in-depth knowledge of avionics and related electronic engineering applications.

You will maintain aircraft electronic equipment used on the F-16, F-22 and A-10, aircraft. This includes Avionics Systems to be bench checked, determine or isolate malfunctions, repair, align, or modify integrated avionics line replaceable units (black boxes) or the test stations themselves. To provide testing of the line replaceable units you will operate and maintain a set of four computerized test stations. The test stations will provide the unit under test a programmed series of inputs and will monitor or measure the output to determine if the unit is functioning properly. Examples of units or aircraft systems you will be responsible for are digital computers, communication, and navigation systems, flight control systems, and flight data record systems. In addition to operating computerized test stations, you will become familiar with, and operate test equipment such as oscilloscopes, digital multi-meters, signal generators, and frequency counters.

Administers, manages, and directs Air Force band programs, including procurement and training of band directors and band personnel. Monitors use of bands, including scheduling and performances of band units and sub-units.

A base having minimum essential facilities to house, sustain, and support operations to include, if required, a stabilized runway, taxiways, and aircraft parking areas. A bare base must have a source of water that can be made potable. Other requirements to operate under bare base conditions form a necessary part of the force package deployed to the bare base. See also base.

Authorizes personnel can purchase merchandise at reduced rates and tax-free at Base Exchanges.

1. A locality from which operations are projected or supported. 2. An area or locality containing installations which provide logistic or other support.

New recruits attend 8 1/2 weeks of basic training.

The estimate of damage resulting from the application of lethal or nonlethal military force. Battle damage assessment is composed of physical damage assessment, functional damage assessment, and target system assessment. Also called BDA.

Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) in the United States was the standard military uniform worn into combat, battledress as opposed to 'display' dress uniforms worn at parades and functions.

The environment, factors, and conditions that must be understood to successfully apply combat power, protect the force, or complete the mission. This includes the air, land, sea, space, and the included enemy and friendly forces; facilities; weather; terrain; the electromagnetic spectrum; and the information environment within the operational areas and areas of interest.

Brigade Combat Team

Battle Damage Assessment

Applies engineering and scientific knowledge and techniques in identifying and managing risks for health protection purposes; participates in developing procedures, techniques, and equipment; conducts or supervises engineering services; and participates in medical facility programs.

The Air Force provides its members the finest medical care available anywhere. Upon graduation from technical training you will be assigned to our medical treatment facilities to maintain the latest technology in medical equipment and could be deployed to field locations to maintain advanced medical equipment, field communications and facility support systems. All complex electronic and electro-mechanical equipment, especially medical, requires extensive and precise maintenance support. While in technical training for the biomedical equipment maintenance career field, you will receive instruction on clinical applications, operation, inspection and maintenance of approximately 40 different medical devices and systems. Your hands-on training will include equipment such as dental operatory systems, steam sterilizers, electrocardiographs, defibrillators, physiological monitors, anesthesia systems, ventilators, clinical chemistry analyzers, fixed and mobile x-ray systems, field support equipment and computers.

Manages, directs, supervises, and performs analyses of biologic and related materials in hospital, environmental, occupational, epidemiological, toxicological, or research and development laboratories; and teaches medical laboratory sciences.

Plans, administers, and manages multi-disciplinary professional programs and activities in the broad area of biomedical sciences.

Beyond Line of Sight

An aircraft in flight that cannot be identified, especially one assumed to be hostile (slang)

Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission operates available navigation systems. Performs duties of navigator electronic warfare officer or systems officer to accomplish combat, training, and other assigned missions

Performs duties of navigator, electronic warfare officer (EWO), or weapon systems officer (WSO) to accomplish combat, training, and other assigned missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, Intelligence, and weather information. Participates in mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission. Operates available navigation systems. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation, and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, in-flight refueling, and weapons delivery. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

The son or daughter of a serving member of one of the armed forces (informal)

A code which provides no security but which has as its sole purpose the shortening of messages rather than the concealment of their content.

High-ranking military general officer.

The C-40C is an operational support and team travel aircraft that will significantly increase the Air Force Reserve's capability for rapid response to world-wide team travel and special air mission tasking.

The C-9C is a twin-engine, T-tailed, medium-range, swept-wing jet aircraft, used to transport high-ranking government and Defense Department officials and for aeromedical evacuation. The Air Force Reserve's 932nd Airlift Wing at Scott Air Force Base operates three C-9Cs for operational support of distinguished visitors.

Command and Control

Any combination of characters or pronounceable words, which identifies a communication facility, a command, an authority, an activity, or a unit; used primarily for establishing and maintaining communications. Also called CS.

To remove serviceable parts from one item of equipment in order to install them on another item of equipment.

An officer in the Air Force Reserve of a rank above first lieutenant

You will train to work with doctors and other health professionals in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the heart and lungs. You will be involved in four distinct areas of medical care: respiratory therapy, pulmonary diagnostics, invasive and non-invasive cardiology. Working as a member of the medical team, under the direction of a physician, you will perform pulmonary (lung) diagnostic studies and assist in long-term respiratory therapy, including the use of sophisticated life support equipment to assist patients in breathing; you will draw blood from patients and perform tests on that blood to determine the oxygen levels, as well as other measurements; you will perform electro-cardiograms (heart tracings) and ultrasound tests (use of sound waves to produce images of the heart); you will assist in catheterization and other special studies of the heart; you will be trained in life support skills, and the use of modern equipment to provide the most advanced techniques in patient care.

This is a special duty assignment job. It is not available to new enlistees. Manages Career Assistance Advisor (CAA) program. Principal advisor to commanders and supervisors on retention issues. Assists commanders and supervisors in career counseling. Develops, supervises, and manages Air Force Reserve retention programs; advises on career progression and planning; monitors mandatory pay and benefits briefing programs; and conducts advertising and publicity programs.

Close Air support

Cluster Bomb Unit

Concept Design Review

Combined Effects Munition

The source of power that provides moral or physical strength, freedom of action, or will to act. Also called COG.

Develops and administers Chaplain Service policies and procedures, including plans and operations, readiness management, Chaplain Service manpower, budgetary and fiscal management, chaplain facility repair, modification, and construction. Manages resources to provide professional religious support needed to accomplish the mission of the US Air Force and maintain the highest degree of effectiveness and readiness. Advises commanders on religious, ethical, moral, morale, and quality of life matters.

Applies integrated support processes to ensure the free exercise of religion in the Air Force. Manages and implements support processes essential to executing Air Force Chaplain Service's core processes - religious observances, pastoral care, and advice to Air Force leadership regarding spiritual, religious, ethical and moral concerns. Manages and applies personnel, logistics, and professional resources to support chapel-based, unit, medical and deployed ministries. Provides direct support for chaplain professional ministry. Applies religious sensitivities to support the distinctive spiritual needs of the pluralistic military community.

A V-shaped symbol, especially one used as a sign of rank on military or police uniforms

Plans and administers medical services at base level medical treatment facilities, including maintenance of health standards, training and use of personnel. Directs inpatient and outpatient care and services

The senior noncommissioned officer of a U.S. Army or Marine Corps unit, who is equivalent in rank to a master sergeant and performs administrative duties.

A noncommissioned officer in the air force ranking above a senior master sergeant

Plans and administers medical services at base level medical treatment facilities (MTF), including maintenance of health standards, training, and use of personnel. Directs inpatient and outpatient care and services.

Combat Identification

Accomplishes pre-trial, trial, and post-trial matters incident to general and special courts-martial and other military justice activities. Function is limited to Circuit Counsel.

Develops and implements civil engineer (CE) force employment, and provides staff supervision and technical advice. Performs and manages CE functions and activities to provide facilities and infrastructure supporting the United States and allies. Activities include programming, budgeting, project management, drafting, surveying, planning, feasibility studies, construction management, utilities operations, energy and environmental programs, land management, real property accounting, fire protection, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), disaster preparedness (DP) programs, family housing and dorm management, and mobilization programs at base level. Serves on response teams and related installation support services. Advises commanders and government officials on effective use of CE resources.

The civil engineers are responsible for the physical plant of an air force base, from living quarters to construction of airfields. The two types of Reserve civil engineer units are Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (Prime BEEF) and Rapid Engineers Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer (RED HORSE). Prime BEEF units are attached to bases and are responsible for: Force bed down, or lodging facilities for the airmen; War damage-related repair; Day-to-day air base facility operations, Structural fire /crash/fire rescue, Explosive ordnance disposal operations. The RED HORSE unit is a self-sufficient team of specialists with expertise that includes: Engineering, Food Service, Lodging, Mortuary Affairs, Medical, Personnel, Supply, Equipment Maintenance, Contracting Operations.

Activities involve legal advice, support, and supervision of various civil law programs, including legislation, tax, public utility, environmental, preventive law and legal assistance, patent, and civil law programs.

Responsible for investigating, adjudicating, negotiating, paying, and collecting claims involving personal injury, death, or property damage filed both against and in favor of the Air Force Reserve under applicable claims statutes and implementing directives. Provides support, assistance, and legal consultation on cases litigated under the Federal Tort Claims Act.

A radio transmission as Clearance from the FAC, controlling agency, or gunnery range officer to expend practice or actual ordinance.

Evaluates, examines, diagnoses and treats genetic diseases and conditions. Manages medical genetics services.

Plans, implements, and evaluates nursing care for DoD beneficiaries. Within scope of practice, provides professional nursing care, coordinates health services in an interdisciplinary and collaborative manner, acts as patient advocate, and advances desired health outcomes through patient and family education. Supports research activities.

Applies psychological principles and techniques to problems of human effectiveness, maladjustment, and psychological disturbances. Evaluates, diagnoses, and treats psychological and neuropsychological disorders. Teaches, supervises, and directs clinical psychology and related mental health programs.

Explores basic personality structure in relationship to developing behavioral patterns, mechanisms, and symptoms. Applies principles, knowledge, and practice of professional social work to provide social diagnosis, treatment, research, consultation, and preventive programs for individuals, families, groups, and organizations in military community.

Communication, Navigation and Safety/Air Traffic Management

Combatant Commander

Military rank in the Air Force Reserve of a rank above lieutenant colonel

Group escorting flag: a small group that escorts the flag or colors of a military unit at a military ceremony or in a parade

COMINT (Communications Intelligence) engages in dealing with messages or voice information derived from the interception of foreign communications. A basic COMINT technique is to listen for voice communications, usually over radio but possibly leaking from telephones or from wiretaps. If the voice communications are encrypted, the encryption first must be solved through a process of introelectric diagram in order to listen to the conversation.

The Air Force Combat Controllers (Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) 1C2X1) are Special Tactics ground operators who work as members of Air Force Special Tactics Teams and as members of Army Special Forces, Navy SEAL, and Joint Special Operations teams. Combat Controllers are certified to act as air traffic controllers in hostile and dangerous environments. They can deploy by Sea, Air, and Land to take over or construct an airstrip, set up navigational equipment, and direct airplanes and helicopters to a safe landing without the use of a tower or elaborate communications system. They also establish drop zones and control parachute drops of personnel and equipment, and control airstrikes and air attacks from fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft from all military services.

The Combined Air and Space Operations Center houses the systems that provide the United States and its allies with critical warfighting information.

Plans, organizes, and directs operation of command posts, operations centers, and control centers. Ensures positive control of assigned forces and weapon systems using command, control, and communication systems. Interprets, implements, and controls data contained in command and control (C2) systems. Briefs C2 operational requirements. Analyzes and evaluates emergency war orders. Supports C2 planning, programming, and budgeting process functions.

Commanders are constantly kept advised by the operations centers of the status of aircraft that are flying, on ground alert or in routine maintenance. Assisting them, you will direct the takeoff and monitor the location of aircraft and put into action plans and orders for such things as aircraft emergencies, civil disasters and high priority activities which could effect the survival of our nation.

Military officer, an officer commanding a military unit

Supreme commander: an officer who has supreme command of military forces, in the United States, the president

Supermarket on military base: a store that sells groceries and household supplies, especially one located on a military base

The Communications-Computer Systems (C-CS) Career Field encompasses both Communications-Computer and Communications-Electronics. Included are management, administration, operation, security, and restoral of C-CS in the client, server, and network environment, it's related operating systems software, hardware, and connectivity; related functions of messaging, host computer operations, systems control, and management of C-CS security programs, devices, and materials; functions required for planning and implementing C-CS; operations and supervision of high frequency radio networks and systems; the analysis, development, design, and programming of C-CS software and automated systems; and performance of electromagnetic spectrum management activities.

Supports joint and service communications and information (C&I) requirements to conduct operations across the air, space, and cyberspace domains. Implements and conducts C&I unit operations. Conducts information operations and network operations. Manages communications related plans, acquisitions, architectures, information resources, postal operations, and C&I engineering efforts. Supports force employment planning, execution, and combat assessment. Conducts deployed communications operations. Manages AF spectrum management-related matters, policy, and procedures. Plans, develops, engineers, and maintains C&I architectures and standards. Develops programs to perform Air Force, joint, and allied missions

You will climb stepped and un-stepped poles, splice lead, plastic, meteorological, fiber optic, and coaxial cables using mechanical connectors. You will seal cables and learn cable pressurization and repair of all types of cables. You will learn to use test equipment for troubleshooting cable faults, splicer's errors, and pair identification. You will learn transmission principles used in testing cable plants and hardened missile cable systems. You will learn to use and update cable records. You could be operating vehicles such as backhoes, trenchers, cable trailers, cable reel trucks, and antenna construction vehicles. You could be installing either aerial or buried cables. This is a newly created job, which combines two career fields together. The training you receive will excellently equip you for a civilian job in the same career area.

Performs and manages CE functions and activities to provide facilities and infrastructure supporting the United States and allies.

In this career field you will be involved with controlling all types of communications circuitry and information systems. Examples include voice, data, and computer systems used for both local and long distance information exchange. Training will be provided to you on various forms of computer-processed communications from simple circuits to complex digital transmission systems.

Officers serving in or qualified to serve in positions requiring functional area expertise, and experience and training in contingency or war planning functions.

You will be buying equipment, supplies, services, and construction to support base activities. You must also review the purchase request description for completeness to determine the best method of contracting and advise the requester of problems associated with the purchase. Selecting the source for the requirement involves checking publications that list companies and their products. This means various solicitation documents must be prepared and sent to companies for their price quotation. When prices are received, they must be analyzed before preparing an order or contract. Other jobs you can expect to perform include administering orders and contract files, writing letters to companies and base activities, preparing computer input data sheets, and checking computer data cards. Also, you will attend meetings to resolve contract problems.

Plans, organizes, manages, and accomplishes contracting functions to provide supplies and services essential to Air Force daily operations and war-fighting mission. Included are accomplishing contracting system processes, formulating contracting policy and procedures, coordinating contracting activities, and directing contracting operations. The contracting system includes effective acquisition planning, solicitation, cost or price analysis, evaluating offers, source selection, contract award, and contract administration.

A visible trail of condensed vapor left by an aircraft flying at high altitude

Plans and manages the implementation of ground and avionics control/communication programs. Manages the research, devel­opment and acquisition of ground avionics control/commu­nication systems. Reviews and analyses plans and program documentation; develops communications requirements, estimates of transmission network capabilities, and interface specifications for terminal equipment. Responsible for efforts in development, test, and evaluation for communications security.

Provides assault zone reconnaissance and assessments, terminal control, and personnel recovery (PR). Manages day-to-day operations of PR activities to coordinate PR system and organize, train and equip assigned personnel to conduct rescue and recovery operations; manages survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) programs; and surveys, establishes, and controls the aerospace surface interface in objective areas. Deploys as team member, team leader or mission commander as a direct combatant or to command and battle staffs to provide subject matter expertise to plan for and manage command and control for special reconnaissance, terminal control and PR operations.

Attitudes and beliefs thought to uniquely pattern a culture.

Supervises installation correctional custody programs.

Conducts studies to estimate cost and evaluate effectiveness of force structures, operational systems, acquisition programs, and support activities. Performs cost and economic analyses and conducts research.

A courier is a person or company employed to deliver messages, packages and mail. Couriers are distinguished from ordinary mail services by features such as speed, security, tracking, signature, specialization and individualization of services, and committed delivery times, which are optional for most everyday mail services.

Military aircraft maintenance chief: a noncommissioned officer in the Air Force who is in charge of the maintenance and ground handling of an aircraft

Examines, diagnoses, and treats, by surgical and nonsurgical means, diseases and injuries in critical care units. Manages critical care activities.

Combat Sear and Rescue. Combat search and rescue is how the Air Force accomplishes the personnel recovery task. It is the Air force's preferred mechanism for personnel recovery execution in uncertain or hostile environments and denied areas.

Plans, manages, and verifies contractor validated data necessary to develop, acquire, install, test, operate, maintain, modify, and support Air Force Reserve systems, subsystems, and equipment. Accom­plishes staff review of contractor data and data management program.

Directed Energy

All defensive measures designed to detect, identify, intercept, and destroy or negate enemy forces attempting to attack or penetrate the friendly air environment.

A Dental Assistant assists the dental officer (dentist) in the treatment of patients. They select instruments, mix dental filling materials for restoring defective teeth, and clean and sterilize instruments. Other duties include assisting in specialty areas such as oral surgery, periodontics (treatment of gum disease), prosthodontics (replacement of missing teeth), and endodontics (root canal treatment). Assistants also take, develop, and mount dental radiographs (x-rays).

The Dental Laboratory specialty is an integral element of the Dental Services. You will fabricate and repair complete dentures (artificial teeth), removable partial dentures (replace some missing teeth with artificial teeth), metal or porcelain crowns (caps), fixed partial dentures (bridges), orthodontic devices, mouth guards, and other types of appliances designed to restore the appearance, function, and health of a patient's mouth. Using a wide variety of dental laboratory equipment and materials such as wax, acrylic, gypsum, gold, and nickel-chrome alloys, you will accomplish work prescribed by a dental officer.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, abnormalities, injuries, and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures. Administers dental service policy, including establishing and maintaining dental health standards.

1. In naval usage, the change from a cruising approach or contact disposition to a disposition for battle. 2. The movement of forces within operational areas. 3. The positioning of forces into a formation for battle. 4. The relocation of forces and materiel to desired operational areas. Deployment encompasses all activities from origin or home station through destination, specifically including intra-continental United States, intertheater, and intratheater movement legs, staging, and holding areas. See also deployment order; deployment planning; prepare to deploy order.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases of skin. Manages dermatological services.

Plans, organizes, manages, and implements systems engineering process to assure required capability over life cycle of Air Force systems. Included are accomplishing specialized engineering processes and sub-processes; formulating engineering policy and procedures; and coordinating and directing engineering and technical management activities and operations necessary for system conception, development, production, verification, deployment, sustainment, operations, support, training, and disposal. This includes technical management associated with the requirements definition, design, manufacturing and quality, test, support engineering and technologies, modifications, spares acquisition, technical orders, mission critical computer resources, support equipment, and specialized engineering.

The Diagnostic Imaging Apprentice Course trains you to work in the X-ray department in Air Force medical facilities. Depending on which subspecialty you are assigned to, you could work in ultrasonic imaging, MRI, or nuclear medicine. You learn to operate various types of imaging equipment, to mix film-developing solutions, and to develop X-ray film. Upon graduating, you will come into daily contact with sick and injured patients and will be able to make decisions affecting their diagnoses and care.

Makes and interprets diagnostic images; performs special procedures. Manages radiological services.

Personnel selected for this specialty will receive the formal training required of a Services Apprentice (including food service training). Diet Therapy selectees also receive additional specialized technical training in the areas of nutrition, modified diet preparation and service, patient diet instruction, menu writing, and a wide variety of other functions associated with food service in hospitals. They work in a hospital as opposed to a dining facility.

A non-medically qualified person who specializes in the art and sciences of dietetics- the study of food and its nutritional properties

Dissimilar air combat training (DACT) was introduced as a formal part of US air combat training after disappointing aerial combat exchange rates in the Vietnam War.

A military uniform worn on formal occasions

Defense Support Program

Developmental Test and Evaluation. Any testing used to assist in the development and maturation of products, product elements, or manufacturing or support processes; any engineering-type test used to verify status of technical progress and minimize design risks, substantiate achievement of contract technical performance, and certify readiness for Initial Operational Testing (IOT).

Electronic Counter Measures

Effects-Based Operations (EBO) is a modern military concept which emerged after the 1991 Gulf War for the planning and conduct of operations combining military and non-military methods to achieve a particular effect.

An Electrical Power Production Apprentice installs, operates, maintains, repairs, and inspects power production plants and equipment along with Aircraft Arresting Barriers. They check equipment for serviceability prior to installation. They also check installed equipment such as gasoline, diesel, turbine, and arresting engines, generators, and switchgear for compliance with technical publications, maintenance policies, and directives.

In this job, you will perform essentially the same job as a civilian electrician. You will install, service, modify, and repair electrical equipment and systems. You will troubleshoot and repair electrical and industrial electronic circuits and equipment.

Manages, supervises, and performs electromagnetic spectrum management activities. Manages, supervises, and performs electromagnetic spectrum management activities.

The Air Force is one of the world's largest users of computers. In this specialty, you work on a wide variety of computers, ranging from systems and peripherals based on desktop computers, to large mainframe computers. Computer peripherals include (but are not limited to) printers, disk drives, tape drives, visual display units (VDU’s) etc. Other common equipment includes electronic telephone switching systems, multiplexing systems, and other communications systems. Your equipment comes in two basic configurations; fixed, and tactical. Fixed equipment normally supports whatever base you are stationed at and usually falls under the base communications squadron. Tactical equipment is capable of deploying and operating in field conditions. Each offers some very unique challenges and the opportunity to learn about many different computer systems.

In the signals exploitation job, you'll be operating many types of highly advanced electronic equipment designed to monitor, measure, and analyze many types of special non-communication signal transmissions. Duties will include the operation of electronic signal collection, search, and monitoring equipment, direction finding systems and the latest in advanced receiving systems. Training includes the basic operation and use of several types signal analysis and measurement systems including oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and analog recorders.

You will perform telecommunications monitoring in an attempt to collect and process data that identifies existing communications security (COMSEC) deficiencies and weaknesses. Part of your duties will include analyzing communications using maps, classification guides, databases, and various other analytical aids.

Emergency management is the discipline of dealing with and avoiding risks. It is a discipline that involves preparing, supporting, and rebuilding society when natural or human-made disasters occur.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats initial and acute phase of illnesses and injuries. Directs emergency and related outpatient services. Directs disaster planning, training, and management in the prehospital and hospital access areas.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and destructive processes, including injuries and abnormalities of dental pulps and periapical tissues of teeth. Directs endodontic services.

Perform duties as an Engineering technician, requiring knowledge and applications of algebra, geometry, and trigonometry. Duties will include construction surveying using conventional, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and automated survey instruments for military construction to include: project mapping operations, construction support surveys, road operations, road construction, and building and utilities layout surveys.

Airmen who do not hold Officers Commissions. This includes both non-commissioned officers, privates, veterans, and recruits.

Performs tasks and details that, if performed by general or flag officers, would be at the expense of the officer primary military and official duties. Duties relate to the support of military and official responsibilities of the general or flag officer, and include assisting them in discharging their official DoD social responsibilities in their assigned position. The propriety of such duties is governed by the official purpose that they serve rather than the nature of the duties. Specific duties of the enlisted aide rest solely on the needs of the general or flag officer, and are tailored to the requirements of supporting the household.

Responsible for providing environmental legal advice and support to commanders, staff agencies, and technical specialists. Reviews and provides legal guidance for preparation of environmental assessments and statements and for permits and compliance requirements under Federal and state statutes and regulations.

Enterprise Resource Planning

To slip or get away, as from confinement or restraint; gain or regain liberty: to escape from jail. To slip away from pursuit or peril; avoid capture, punishment, or any threatened evil.

Evasion is the act of avoiding something.

Plans, conducts, directs, and reports on flight test programs associated with the design, development, and modification of aircraft, aerospace vehicles, flight simulators, and related systems. Plans and conducts flight test programs. Formulates test procedures and conducts tests to evaluate structural integrity, performance, handling characteristics, reliability, and suitability of aircraft and systems. Manages research, test and evaluation projects, and programs. Integrates test objectives, organizes and directs test forces, supervises flight operations. Identifies design and operational deficiencies and recommends improvements. Prepares technical reports and recommends design improvements. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and conducts flight test activities. Formulates test procedures and conducts tests to evaluate structural integrity, performance, handling characteristics, reliability, and suitability of aircraft and systems. Manages research, test and evaluation projects, and programs. Integrates test objectives, organizes and directs test forces, and supervises flight operations. Identifies design and operational deficiencies and recommends improvements. Prepares technical reports and recommendations for design improvements. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

EOD technicians safely handle live explosives on a daily basis. The profession is varied in mission and scope. It is extremely satisfying, but very demanding. EOD work begins in dangerous situations and ends in producing a safe solution. You apply classified techniques and special procedures to lessen or totally remove the hazards created by the presence of unexploded ordnance. You detect, identify, render safe, recover, and dispose of United States and foreign explosives and ordnance that are unsafe. This includes conventional military ordnance, criminal and terrorist homemade items, and chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Duties require you to work on the flight line during aircraft emergencies, on bombing ranges during range clearances, in munitions storage area accident areas, and in any other area or climate where an explosive hazard exists. You maintain equipment, technical data, and vehicles. There is paperwork and computer work to accomplish. EOD teams deploy in support of special operations and low/medium intensity conflicts. You also analyze unknown munitions and explosives for exploitation and use by the intelligence agencies. Some duties are dangerous, but you’re trained and equipped to safely deal with the situations. Candidates must have determination and motivation to complete the school. Upon completing EOD School, you will become part of an elite group of highly trained technicians that have a proud heritage of protecting personnel and property from the effects of hazardous unexploded ordnance.

Responsible for establishing procedures for detection, identification, rendering safe, recovery, and/or destruction of US and foreign munitions. Organizes and trains teams of munitions disposal experts.

A tanker used for air-to-air refueling.

Forward Air Control

Provides continuing, comprehensive health maintenance and medical care to entire family regardless of sex, age, or type of problem. Directs outpatient and inpatient care and services. Instructs other health care providers and nonmedical personnel.

This is a special duty assignment job. It is not available to new enlistees. Administers activities of a base family support center (FSC), including family readiness functions, and acts as liaison between the FSC and supporting military and civilian agencies.

Forward Framing Sensor

Performs duties of weapon systems officer (WSO), electronic warfare officer (EWO), to accomplish combat, training, and other assigned missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Participates in mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission. Operates available navigation systems. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, in-flight refueling and weapons delivery. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

The F-16Fighting Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft. Designed as a lightweight fighter, it evolved into a successful multirole aircraft.

Performs financial management activities and manages financial programs and operations, including accounting liaison and pay services; budget preparation and execution; program, cost, and economic analysis; and non-appropriated fund oversight. Develops special studies and analyses of management problems and recommends solutions. Serves as financial adviser to commander and staff.

Responsible for all aspects of financial management to include system budget preparation, submission, and justification; fund control; review and analysis of contractor reports; and preparation of independent cost estimates. Establishes, revises, and maintains cost reporting procedures. Develops and issues detailed guidance to contractor(s) for preparation of budget estimates, financial data, and contractor cost studies. Maintains current records of all funds applicable to the program.

Your job will be to prevent the loss of life and property from fire. During technical school training, you will be taught, and subsequently receive, Red Cross certification in standard first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). You will also be taught the principles and operations of fighting building, aircraft, hazardous materials, wild land (grass, brush, forests, etc.), and miscellaneous fires (cars, dumpsters, etc.). You will be taught all the vehicles, tools, and equipment used to combat these fires.

In the United States Air Force, First Sergeant is not a rank, but a special duty held by a senior enlisted member of a military unit who reports directly to the unit commander. The first sergeant is responsible for the morale, welfare, and conduct of all the enlisted members in a squadron and is the chief adviser to the squadron commander concerning the enlisted force. Most units have a Master Sergeant in this position, while larger units use Senior Master Sergeants and Chief Master Sergeants as First Sergeants.

In aviation, flight attendants; formerly known as stewards, air hosts/hostesses, or stewardesses; are members of a flight crew employed by airlines to ensure the safety and comfort of the passengers aboard commercial flights.

In this job, you will perform pre-flight, through-flight, and post-flight inspections of aircraft away from home. You'll be computing and applying aircraft weight, balance, and performance data. You'll also be compiling data on takeoffs, climbs, cruises, etc. It will be your responsibility to update the flight engineer's log. You will operate and monitor engine and aircraft systems controls and indicators. You’ll assist the pilot or perform engine starts, and monitor run up, flight operations, and engine shutdown. You will also monitor warning indicators and lights for fire, overheat, depressurization, and system failure, reporting any abnormal conditions to the pilot and recommending corrective action. Knowledge of electrical, communication, navigation, mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems is mandatory in this career field. You will learn all of that in your technical school and on-the-job training. You'll also learn flight theory, minor in-flight maintenance, emergency aircraft procedures, and using and interpreting diagrams, schematics, and performance charts.

Provides comprehensive nursing care for all types of patients during aeromedical evacuation and airlift flights. Coordinates with and makes recommendations to staff agencies concerning aeromedical plans.

A series of experiences and challenges, combined with education and training opportunities, which is directed at producing Airmen who possess the requisite skills, knowledge, experience and motivation to lead and execute the full spectrum of Air Force missions.

Preventive measures taken to mitigate hostile actions against Department of Defense personnel (to include family members), resources, facilities, and critical information. Force protection does not include actions to defeat the enemy or protect against accidents, weather, or disease. Also called FP.

Full Rate Production. Contracting for economic production quantities following stabilization of the system design and validation of the production process.

You will learn the basic fundamentals for the operation of equipment used in the storage and transfer of petroleum products. You will drive refueling vehicles on the flight line and perform the actual refueling of all types of aircraft assigned to that base. Other areas of importance are the Fuels Control Center where all requests for fuel are received, and the operator maintenance of refueling vehicles and flight line hydrant systems. After completing all aspects of the mobile distribution function, you may be assigned to the bulk storage facility where millions of gallons of fuel are stored, issued, and received daily.

Requires completion of the basic logistics readiness officer (LRO) course, or basic supply officer course or transition modules and a minimum of 12 months of experience in fuels management functions such as environmental compliance; inventory management of ground and aviation fuels; determines provisions; computes and analyzes current and projected petroleum requirements; determines, establishes, and maintains stock levels; fuel receipt from pipelines, trucks, rail cars, and marine vessels; fuel dispensing systems; bulk fuel storage facilities; cryogenics production and storage; and test and evaluation of fuels samples.

Future Years Defense Program. A massive DoD database and internal accounting system that summarizes forces and resources associated with programs approved by the Secretary of Defense.

The C-5A Galaxy is a heavy-cargo transport designed to provide strategic airlift for deployment and supply of combat and support forces. It can carry unusually large and heavy cargo for intercontinental ranges at jet speeds.

Administers the Aerospace Medicine Program in the absence of an Aerospace Medicine Specialist; conducts medical examinations and provides medical care for flyers, missile crews, and others with special standards of medical qualification. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries; manages outpatient and ward services.

Develops plans and policies, monitors and evaluates operations, coordinates staff activities, and advises commanders. Monitors, evaluates, and directs flying operations and training programs. Develops requirements for equipment and training. Prepares and coordinates budgets. Analyzes rated manpower requirements and formulates personnel policies. Prepares, coordinates, and disseminates policy directives and implementing instructions. Develops contingency plans.

Develops plans and policies, monitors and evaluates operations, coordinates staff activities, and advises commanders. Monitors, evaluates, and directs flying operations and training programs. Develops requirements for equipment and training. Prepares and coordinates budgets. Analyzes rated manpower requirements and formulates personnel policies. Prepares, coordinates, and disseminates policy directives and implementing instructions. Develops contingency plans.

Global Information Grid. The globally interconnected, end-to-end set of information capabilities, associated processes, and personnel for collecting, processing, storing, disseminating, and managing information on demand to warfighters, policy makers, and support personnel.

The capability to move people and equipment across the world quickly, ensuring the right force anywhere, at any time.

The U.S. Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III is designed to fulfill airlift needs well into the 21st century - carrying large combat equipment and troops or humanitarian aid across international distances directly to small austere airfields anywhere in the world.

Ground Moving Target Indicator

Training includes learning theory, techniques, and application of the graphic arts field. These include the use of drawing and reproduction equipment used in the design and layout of visual aids, such as viewgraphs, 35mm slides, statistical and organizational charts, posters and brochures, drafting projects, freehand lettering, and the theory and use of color. Training also includes an introduction to the principles of Computer Graphics.

Develops, tests, evaluates, and/or applies electronic and other engineering technologies for incorporation in ground CEM systems/equipment. These include navigation, communications, radar, command and control, air traffic control, satellite stations, remotely controlled vehicle stations, etc.

You will be maintaining and repairing ground radar systems. The career field has several missions, maintenance of at least three kinds of radar: Air Traffic Control, Weather, and Aircraft Control and Warning. Air Traffic Control radars are used to guide aircraft approaching or departing an airport out to 60 miles. Weather radars are used to detect weather information, which helps weather forecasters. Aircraft Control and Warning radars are ground-based transportable systems providing long-range air surveillance for air defense. Your job is to perform electronic maintenance to fix one or more of these types of radar. You will be using oscilloscope, digital voltage meters, frequency analyzes, and many other pieces of electronics test equipment. This is a highly involved electronics career field. You will be using some of the most up-to-date electronics techniques available.

Responsible for maintaining and repairing various types of equipment such as transmitters, receivers, transceivers, etc., used for voice and data communications with aircraft and worldwide ground stations.

The Global War on Television

Develops measures to control radiological hazards; monitors personnel and facilities to ensure permissible limits of health hazards are met. Coordinates all health physics activities, and conducts research and development. Conducts hospital medical physics program for radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, and diagnostic services.

Manages health services activities, including plans and operations, managed care, human resource management, logistics management, patient administration, budgetary and fiscal management, medical manpower, medical facility management, biometrics, medical recruiting, and aeromedical evacuation. Directs the hospital accreditation program and management improvement studies.

You will provide administrative support to the entire hospital staff. This includes completing various forms, researching publications, drafting and typing letters and completing reports. In an Air Force medical facility there are a number of areas that you may be working, such as, personnel and administration, resource management, medical readiness, and office areas dealing directly with patient care. Some of the specific tasks you may be asked to perform include initiating, maintaining, filing, and safeguarding inpatient and outpatient medical records. You will interview patients for admission and discharge purposes, verify their eligibility for medical benefits, and assist in providing for patient accommodations on the inpatient unit. You will utilize medical computer systems to prepare written correspondence and operate programs concerning staffing, budgeting, patient scheduling and accounting. You will also collect and account for charges for hospitalization, maintain patient's valuables, and assist in arranging for aeromedical evacuation or medical care from civilian sources.

You will install, maintain, repair, and operate heating plants, systems, and equipment, which operate on oil, gas, or coal. Your duties could entail working on anything from a room space heater up to a base heating plant. You will be working with furnaces, boilers, stoves, heat exchangers, burners, blowers, fans, and radiant heaters. Also, you will learn how to use high and low pressure systems with oil, gas, or coal-heated furnaces and boilers. You will install, operate, maintain, modify, and repair refrigeration, heating plants, systems, and equipment, will operate on all types of air conditioning, evaporative cooling, air compressing, and ventilation equipment, plants, and systems. This may be large, cold storage systems, package type air conditioners, and large industrial cooling systems. You are also responsible for maintaining electric, electronic, and pneumatic controls associated directly with the refrigeration/cooling equipment.

You will perform preventive maintenance by inspecting the helicopter airframe and its various systems. It will be your duty to repair/maintain (remove, install, adjust) and perform operational checks of systems such as rotor, transmission and drive, landing gear, fuel, hydraulic and electrical. You will also perform duties such as servicing of the various helicopter systems, ground handling, launch and recover, disassemble and reassemble of the helicopter before/after air/ground shipment.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, in-flight refueling, rescue operations and cargo and passenger delivery. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

The C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. Over 40 models and variants of the Hercules serve with more than 50 nations.

A Histopathology Apprentice receives and prepares surgical specimens for tissue diagnosis.

Performs and manages historical research, writing, and collection and preservation of historical materials. Plans and coordinates use of historical resources. Advises commanders and staffs on use of historical information in policy development and decision making.

A Ceremonial Guardsman is a member of the USAF Presidential Honor Guard. As a member of the Air Force Honor Guard they represent the United States Air Force at public and official ceremonies to include: Presidential Inaugurals; Heads of State Funerals; rendering military honors for Air Force personnel and their family members during funerals services at Arlington National Cemetery; arrival and departure ceremonies for visiting dignitaries, both national and foreign, at the Pentagon, White House, and Andrews AFB MD; wreath laying ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery; General Officer Retirements and Changes of Command; Color Guards for White House receptions; and other state and military occasions in the Washington DC area. Members also perform special duties such as Pentagon Tour Guides and Arlington Lady Escorts.

The military housing allowance, now called the Basic Allowance for Housing (or BAH), is nontaxable allowance paid to service members who do not live in government housing.

Develops concepts, prepares plans and programs, and manages human factors activities for system development. Provides for human engineering and biomedical support. Ensures satisfactory safety, protection, sustenance, escape, survival, and recovery of personnel within the total system environment. Determines requirements and manages development effort for training, equipment, manpower, and personnel data, and training courses. Develops and implements human factors test and evaluation programs.

Humanitarian Relief Operations

Imagery analysis is the extraction of useful information from bi-dimensional graphic formats, including screen shots. This includes color and black-and-white photographs, infra-red photographs and video, radar screens and synthetic aperture radar formats, ultrasound, EKG, EEG, MRI, echo cardiograms, seismographs and others. In short, any type of sensor-related data projected in 2- and 3-D formats qualifies as imagery.

Imagery Intelligence

An In-flight Refueling is more commonly called a Boom Operator. You will be primarily responsible for operating the equipment in the KC-135 that connects the two aircraft in flight so fuel can be transferred. This equipment, which you will operate, is called a "Flying Boom", thus the term "Boom Operator." You will also be trained as a Loadmaster. As a Loadmaster, you will be responsible for assuring that cargo carried in the tanker is properly loaded and tied down for flight. You will also be given training in basic navigation procedures so you can assist the navigator in determining and maintaining the plane's geographical position.

A manpower pool consisting of individuals who have had some training and who have served previously in the Active Component or in the Selected Reserve and have some period of their military service obligation remaining. Members may voluntarily participate in training for retirement points and promotion with or without pay.

An individual reservist attending drills who receives training and is preassigned to an Active Component organization, a Selective Service System, or a Federal Emergency Management Agency billet that must be filled on, or shortly after, mobilization. Individual mobilization augmentees train on a part-time basis with these organizations to prepare for mobilization. Inactive duty training for individual mobilization augmentees is decided by component policy and can vary from 0 to 48 drills a year. Also called IMA.

Perhaps the most valuable resource any leader or manager has, other than people, is information. The mission of Information Management (IM) is to propose, develop, and implement policy to manage information in any form throughout its life cycle. Unlike any other career field, you can be assigned to any organization and work in any type of environment-- maintenance, operations, intelligence, personnel, weather--there is no limit. Information Management is made up of several major functions. Publications is responsible for creating, controlling, and distributing official publications (regulations, manuals, and forms), and providing libraries of official publications. Records is responsible for managing, controlling, and disposing of official records, and managing the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act. Administrative Communications is responsible for moving all mail (paper or electronic); administrative orders; document security; locator service and creating clear, efficient, and effective communications.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring Information Operations (IO) expertise and knowledge of: Information-In-Warfare (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance [ISR]; precision navigation and positioning, weather, and other information dissemination activities); Conducting information warfare (IW) operations (offensive and defense counter-information); and, Integrating and coordinating these disciplines at the Unified Command, headquarters USAF (HAF); Major Commands (MAJCOM); Centers, such as Air Force Information Warfare Center; Agencies, such as National Security Agency or other national agencies; Numbered Air Forces (NAF); or Information Warfare Flight (IWF) level positions.

Communication techniques and equipment for space, airborne, and ground applications. Includes transmission of all required types of information such as CS, AM, FM, RTTY, TV, telemetering, facsimile, etc. Includes radio, sound, wire, fiber optics, visual, infrared. Tracking techniques for missiles, space devices, etc. Techniques for processing information before transmission and after reception. Secure transmission and anti-jamming techniques. Interference reduction and control. Experience may be derived from activities related to antennas, transmitters, receivers, terminal equipment, internal facility trucking to include switching and busing, modems, cryptographic equipment, power supplies, interface equipment, and processing equipment including mini and microprocessors, and computer programs.

Basic military training and technical skill training required for all accessions. For non-prior service male enlistees between the ages of 18 1/2 and 26, initial active duty for training shall be not less than 12 weeks and start insofar as practical within 270 days after enlistment. Initial active duty for training for all other enlistees and inductees shall be prescribed by the Secretary concerned and start insofar as practical within 360 days of entry into the Service, except in time of war or national emergency declared by Congress or the President when basic training shall be not less than 12 weeks or its equivalent. Reservists may not be assigned to active duty on land outside the United States or its territories and possessions until basic training has been completed.

Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System

A badge of office, rank, membership, or nationality; an emblem

Plans, directs, conducts, and monitors inspector general (IG) programs and equipment. Provides policy guidance, procedures, planning, oversight, and direction for implementing Inspections, Complaints Program, and Fraud, Waste, and Abuse (FWA) Program at center, wing, and installation levels.

In this AFSC, you will be operating and maintaining avionics systems. Your job will consist of isolating malfunctions in avionics systems, radar, integrated test systems built-in-test (BIT), recording systems, video display systems, and various other systems. You will remove, install, check, and repair avionics systems and line replaceable units (LRU). You’ll be using technical orders, schematics, wiring diagrams, etc. to diagnose malfunctions.

Performs and manages intelligence functions and activities to support United States and allied forces. Conducts information operations to include analysis of information vulnerability. Included are intelligence operations and applications activities; collecting, exploiting, producing, and disseminating foreign military threat information; geospatial information and services (GI & S) data application; developing intelligence policies and plans; and human, signals, imagery, and measurement and signature types of intelligence. Provides staff supervision and technical advice. Plans and coordinates use of intelligence resources, programming, and budgeting. Supports force employment planning, execution, and combat assessment. Advises commanders, government officials, and other users of intelligence information essential to military planning and aerospace operations.

An activity that synchronizes and integrates the planning and operation of sensors, assets, and processing, exploitation, and dissemination systems in direct support of current and future operations. This is an integrated intelligence and operations function. Also called ISR. See also intelligence; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance visualization; reconnaissance; surveillance.

Diagnoses diseases and renders nonsurgical care; provides consultation in complex cases. Manages internal medicine services.

The common-user airlift linking theaters to the continental United States and to other theaters as well as the airlift within the continental United States. The majority of these air mobility assets are assigned to the Commander, United States Transportation Command. Because of the intertheater ranges usually involved, intertheater airlift is normally conducted by the heavy, longer range, intercontinental airlift assets but may be augmented with shorter range aircraft when required. Formerly referred to as strategic airlift.

Airlift conducted within a theater. Assets assigned to a geographic combatant commander or attached to a subordinate joint force commander normally conduct intratheater airlift operations. Intratheater airlift provides air movement and delivery of personnel and equipment directly into objective areas through airlanding, airdrop, extraction, or other delivery techniques as well as the air logistic support of all theater forces, including those engaged in combat operations, to meet specific theater objectives and requirements. During large-scale operations, US Transportation Command assets may be tasked to augment intratheater airlift operations, and may be temporarily attached to a joint force commander. Formerly referred to as theater airlift.

Initial Operational Capability

Initial Operational Testing

Individual Ready Reserve consists of those members of the Ready Reserve who are not in the Selected Reserve or the Inactive National Guard.

Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance. Integrated capabilities to collect, process, exploit and disseminate accurate and timely information that provides the battlespace awareness necessary to successfully plan and conduct operations.

Joint Air Operations Center. A jointly staffed facility established for planning, directing, and executing joint air operations in support of the joint force commander's operation or campaign objectives. Also called Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC).

Joint Commands

Joint Direct Attack Munition

Joint Force Air Component Commander. The commander with a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force responsible to the establishing commander for making recommendations on the proper employment of air forces; planning and coordinating air operations; or accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned. The joint force air component commander is given the authority necessary to accomplish missions and tasks assigned by the establishing commander.

Joint Force Commander

Joint Reserve Base

Manages and provides legal services to preserve prerogatives of the United States Air Force and its commanders. Performs duties prescribed by Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) pursuant to Manual for Courts-Martial, United States, 1995 (MCM), and prepares and provides legal opinions and decisions necessary for efficient and effective discharge of mission of the United States Air Force. Specialty encompasses administration of military justice, including counsel on disciplinary matters, pretrial advice, preparation for trial, trials by courts-martial, post-trial actions, and appellate review. Renders legal advice to commanders on all phases of Air Force operations, including international law, operations law, procurement, claims, environmental law, military and civilian personnel issues, patents, litigation, military affairs, legal assistance and preventive law, taxes, and allied legal matters.

Low-Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night

A commissioned officer in the Air Force Reserve holding a rank above major and below colonel

A general officer ranking above a major general and below a full general.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring functional area expertise with the ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and direct training of aircrews in ejection and emergency egress, parachute use, survival kits and components, protective clothing, refresher survival procedures, and rescue. Officers performing these duties deter-mine unit life support equipment requirements; supervise use, care, storage, inspection, and fitting of life support equipment; review aircraft accident, safety, and operational hazard reports for life support related equipment; supervise training of survival training and protective equipment personnel; and supervise training of aircrews in use of life support equipment necessary to perform aircrew duties.

Collects and reports intelligence information obtained from human sources in response to requirements. Screens documents and open source materials to identify potential source leads. Assesses, debriefs, and interrogates sources in English and in foreign languages. Translates written material, and interprets conversation from one language to another. Performs controlled operations officer duties. Supervises interviews, debriefings, and interrogations conducted in foreign languages.

You will be required to perform preventive and major maintenance on liquid fuel systems, which are used for storing, distributing, and dispensing conventional fuels, such as gasoline and jet fuel. You will also be required to make periodic inspections on these systems for leakage, corrosion, faulty fittings, and inoperative electrical and mechanical components, and make necessary repairs or adjustments. Because you will be working with highly flammable petroleum products, you have to ensure precautionary safety measures are being followed to prevent fire, explosions, and injury to personnel.

Directs and monitors logistics programs including supply, transportation, procurement and maintenance activities and also serves as senior staff advisor to commanders

Responsible for providing legal advice regarding the solicitation, award, and administration of contracts relating to logistical support and maintenance of weapons systems on a worldwide basis.

In this skill, you will be primarily involved in the logistical planning of operations deployments, sustainment, recovery, and support procedures. You will provide planning support for associated units. You job will be to perform base support planning processes. You’ll prepare and direct compiling, coordinating, publishing, distributing, maintaining, and implementing base support plans. You’ll identify shortfalls, disconnects, and alternate support methods to enhance supportability of throughput and bed down forces. You’ll establish and operate a control cent and monitor deploying personnel and equipment products. You’ll review all the planning documents to determine deployment taskings. You’ll also develop crisis action procedures in conjunction with other employed organizations. You'll maintain a close relationship between operations, logistics, and support organizations to enhance support of the combat mission.

Integrates the spectrum of the logistics processes within operational, acquisition and wholesale environments. The major logistic processes include distribution, material management and contingency operations. Directs and manages distribution management, material management, airlift operations and vehicle management. Plans and programs logistic support for wartime requirements

The Logistics utilization field encompasses all functions performed by logistics officers, including aircraft, missile, and spacelift maintenance; supply; transportation; and logistics plans. Inherently included are program formulation, policy planning, coordination, inspection, command and direction, and supervision.

Line of Sight

Low rate Initial Production. The first effort of the Production and Deployment (P&D) phase. The purpose of this effort is to establish an initial production base for the system, permit an orderly ramp-up sufficient to lead to a smooth transition to Full Rate Production (FRP), and to provide production representative articles for Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) and full-up live fire testing. This effort concludes with a Full Rate Production Decision Review (FRPDR) to authorize the Full Rate Production and Deployment (FRP&D) effort.

Marine Aircraft Group

The Maintenance Control Officer manages the full cycle of production by planning, scheduling, directing, and controlling all maintenance on primary mission, mission support, and transient aerospace vehicles.

You will monitor maintenance performance data systems for compliance with established procedures. In this job, you will collect and maintain maintenance performance data for use in analysis reports, studies, and problem identification. You will assemble information by extracting and tabulating maintenance data in logical presentation sequence, using computerized and manual methods. You will control and operate the Maintenance Management Information and Control System (MMICS). This is a computerized data system which enables you to keep maintenance managers informed as to what maintenance is required, the current status of the assigned equipment (aircraft, missiles, support equipment, etc.), and what areas of the automated file require attention.

Required to develop plans and establish schedules to meet mission commitments. This includes scheduling aircraft and aerospace vehicles, associated support equipment (SE), munitions, and precision measurement equipment (PME) through all phases of maintenance according to maintenance management directives. You will use manual or computerized systems in preparing weekly, monthly, and quarterly utilization schedules, ensuring all maintenance requirements and operational commitments are met.

Major is a rank used in the United States Air Force Reserve that is equivalent to a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy and United States Coast Guard.

Major General or Major-General is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of Sergeant Major General.

Man Portable Air Defense Systems

The Manpower Career Field encompasses manpower and organization activities, with core competencies in organization structure, manpower requirements determination, program allocation and control, and performance management.

Administrates and conducts a wide variety of activities across the human resource lifecycle. Activities include programming and allocation of manpower resources; manpower determination; personnel actions that encompass accountability, classification, assignments, force development, casualty, separations and retirements; education and training oversight; and guidance in military equal opportunity. Responsible for organizational development, performance management, and AF productivity programs.

Measurement and Signature Intelligence

In the United States Air Force Reserve, First Sergeant is not a rank, but a special duty held by a senior enlisted member of a military unit who reports directly to the unit commander. This billet is held by individuals of paygrades E-7 through E-9 (Master Sergeant, Senior Master Sergeant and Chief Master Sergeant).

The seventh enlisted rank in the United States Air Force Reserve, just above Technical Sergeant and below Senior Master Sergeant. It is abbreviated as MSgt. Advancement to Master Sergeant is one of the most significant promotions within the enlisted Air Force. At the rank of Master Sergeant, the airman enters the senior noncommissioned tier and his or her duties begin to focus on leadership and management rather than technical performance.

Major Combat Operation

Commands Air Force medical centers, units or activities whose primary mission is to provide medical care ad other health services. Serves as chief staff advisor to line commanders

Supports operational and training activities worldwide. Develops and administers disease vector surveillance, integrated vector and pest management, and environmental programs to protect forces from vector-borne disease and injury, prevent damage to weapons systems and installations, and ensure the implementation of effective and environmentally sound integrated vector and pest management controls.

You will work in a hospital laboratory as a member of the health care team. You will be provided training in theoretical and applied concepts of clinical chemistry, hematology, immunohemotology, coagulation, microbiology, parasitology, serology, and laboratory management. You will collect and prepare various specimens for analysis. As a laboratory technician you will test and analyze specimens using scientific laboratory techniques to aid in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases. You will be required to perform preventive maintenance on sophisticated electronic laboratory equipment. Clinical laboratory technicians are responsible for the complete processing of blood for transfusion. You will conduct procedures necessary to identify bacteria and will determine antibiotic sensitivity of pathogenic microorganisms. You will perform evaluations of blood cells and blood components. You will maintain records of all laboratory work performed and prepare specimens for shipment to various military and civilian medical facilities

You will order medical and non-medical supplies and equipment from government and civilian sources of supply for your medical treatment facility. You will be responsible for receiving supplies from government and civilian supply sources. You will complete and process numerous forms and documents. You will be required to perform manual labor involving the handling and proper storage of materiel in the warehouse storage facility. You will operate government vehicles and materiel handling equipment. You will be required to issue and deliver supplies to the various clinics and departments of your medical facility on a daily or weekly basis. You will be responsible for maintaining computer records for the materiel used in your medical facility. You will process and input data directly into a computer system. You will operate various types of computer processing equipment. You will perform inventories of all stock maintained in your warehouse storage area.

Officers certified by an appropriate American Specialty Board or other board acceptable to the Air Force Surgeon General.

Provides services to promote and maintain optimal mental health, prevent mental illness, manage mental and physical disorders, and to diagnose and treat human responses to actual or potential mental health problems.

In this specialty, you will assist the professional staff (psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, and mental health nurse) in planning, evaluating, and providing patient care in inpatient settings and outpatient clinics. In this capacity, you are expected to interview patients to obtain clinical information that may assist in determining the patient's psychological and psychosocial status. Under professional supervision, you will provide guidance and counseling to assist patients in achieving a more satisfying personal, family, social, and occupational adjustment. You will be expected to develop a therapeutic relationship with patients and function as an active member of the treatment team. Your observations of patient behavior are highly regarded by the treatment team who incorporate your input into the overall evaluation and treatment plans. You will acquire knowledge about the medications used to treat mentally ill patients and learn to recognize the therapeutic and adverse effects of these medications.

Increase ('kicker') in basic educational assistance rates for service in the Selected Reserve.

The Code of Conduct (CoC) is the legal guide for the behavior of military members who are captured by hostile forces.

Officers selected by the Air Force Surgeon General's Officer Classification Board as having achieved consultant status in a particular medical service or physiological support specialty

The primary objective of the MEO program is to improve mission effectiveness by promoting an environment free from personal, social, or institutional barriers that prevent Air Force members from rising to the highest level of responsibility possible based on their individual merit, fitness, and capability. Air Force policy is to conduct its affairs free from unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment. The MEO program seeks to eliminate unlawful discrimination and sexual harassment against military members, family members, and retirees based on race, color, sex, national origin, or religion.

Includes Appellate Military Judges on the AF Court of Criminal Appeals who review courts-martial pursuant to Article 66 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and the Commissioner. Also includes the Trial Judiciary Officer and the Special Courts-Martial Judiciary Officer who are responsible for the fair and orderly conduct of courts-martial and other proceedings.

This is a special duty assignment job. It is not available to new enlistees. Conducts basic military training for non prior service airmen, including those of the Air Reserve Forces, and initial military training for cadets of the United States Air Force Academy.

This is a special duty assignment job. It is not available to new enlistees. Counsels all airmen attending technical school on training or personal problems, military bearing, standards, and behavior; and schedules and conducts military training functions for students.

The mission of our Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) weapon systems is to defend the United States. The ICBMs are installed in unmanned, underground Launch Facilities (LFs) scattered across the US northern plains. It is the job of the Missile and Space System Electronic Maintenance crew to maintain the power, security and command; control systems of the ICBMs. This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.

The mission of our Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) weapon systems is to defend the United States. The ICBMs are installed in unmanned, underground Launch Facilities (LFs) scattered across the US northern plains. It is the job of the Missile and Space System Electronic Maintenance crew to maintain the power, security and command; control systems of the ICBMs. This position requires a Top Secret security clearance.

Air-launched cruise missiles are key weapons in the Air Force's arsenal. Several versions of air-launched missiles are in our inventory now, with new missiles planned for the future. This position is responsible for maintaining the entire AF inventory of cruise missiles. A Top Secret security clearance is required.

Performs routine equipment inspections and emergency operating procedures; responds to actions directed by the missile combat crew at the missile alert facility (MAF); and supervises daily activities at the MAF.

Provide combat-ready units and individuals for active duty whenever there are not enough trained units and people in the Regular component of the Air Force to perform any national security mission.

An operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters; the aircraft were on a bombing mission

Performs duties of navigator to accomplish mobility, training, and other assigned missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Participates in mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission. Operates available navigation systems. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation, filing a flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, in-flight refueling, and cargo and passenger delivery. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

The MGIB-SR program may be available to you if you are a member of the Selected Reserve. The Selected Reserve includes the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve, Air Force Reserve, Marine Corps Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve, and the Army National Guard and the Air National Guard. This benefit may be used for degree and certificate programs, flight training, apprenticeship/on-the-job training and correspondence courses. Remedial, deficiency, and refresher courses may be approved under certain circumstances.

Military Personnel Appropriation

Milestone. The point at which a recommendation is made and approval sought regarding starting or continuing an acquisition program, e.g., proceeding to the next phase. Milestones established by DoDI 5000.2 include the following: 1) MS A - approves entry into the Technology Development (TD) phase; 2) MS B - approves entry into the system Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase; and 3) MS C - approves entry into the Production and Deployment (P&D) phase. Also of note are the Concept Decision (CD) that approves entry into the Concept Refinement (CR) phase; the Design Readiness Review (DRR) that ends the System Integration (SI) effort and continues the SDD phase into the system Demonstration (SD) effort; and the Full rate Production Decision Review (FRPD) at the end of the Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) effort of the P&D phase that authorizes Full Rate Production (FRP) and approves deployment of the system to the field or fleet.

Those working in munitions and missiles maintenance manage maintenance and medication of conventional munitions, nuclear weapons, and associated equipment

Receives, identifies, inspects, stores, reconditions, ship, issues, delivers, maintains, tests, and assembles guided and unguided non-nuclear munitions. Also responsible for handling, storage, and transport of nuclear weapons and local disposal of non-hazardous unserviceable munitions.

Non-Affiliated Reserve Section

Naval Air Station

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring rated knowledge and background of a navigator as an integral part of position requirements.

The analysis of various radio communications in an attempt to reconstruct different types of communication networks and prepare circuit diagrams utilizing call signs, operating characteristics, special identification procedures, and analysis of radio messages.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and disorders of the nervous system. Manages neurological services.

When a doctor looks at an X-ray, they are "seeing" inside our bodies. The Air Force uses similar methods to inspect the insides of metal objects. As a Nondestructive Inspection (NDI) Apprentice, your job will require you to identify possible defects in Air Force equipment. You will determine what test method to use, and prepare fluids and parts for inspection. Once you've completed the test, you will interpret the results and provide information about any defects you found to the repair center. You will analyze wear metal content on engine lubricating oil and other fluids and recommend corrective action. You will also establish radiation areas for radiographic operations, compute and monitor personal exposure areas for radiographic operations, and monitor personnel exposure data. You could be performing NDI on structures, components, and systems. You will be able to detect cracks, delaminations, voids, processing defects, and heat damage. Some of the tests you'll use could be penetrates, eddy current, magnetic particle, radiographic, optical, or ultrasonic. Additionally, you'll operate, maintain, and inspect the nondestructive equipment and perform operator maintenance and service inspections on shop equipment and tools. You'll be trained in characteristics of metals identification, detecting metal discontinuities and flaws, radiological safety and radiation monitoring procedures, and interpreting technical orders and directives.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, nonrated positions that require participation in frequent and regular aerial flight as an integral part of assigned duties.

Uses radionuclides in diagnostic imaging, in treating disease, and for a variety of laboratory procedures. Manages Nuclear Medicine Services.

A Nuclear Weapons Apprentice is trained to inspect, assemble, disassemble, maintain, repair, refinish, modify, and test nuclear warheads, bombs, missiles, reentry vehicles and systems, and associated equipment. They install and remove nuclear warheads, maintain clip-in assemblies, launchers, pylons, bomb racks, and penetration aids and also troubleshoot and maintain test sets.

Plans, organizes, executes and directs nursing care practices and activities of medical treatment facilities

Administers anesthetic agents to patients, performs other specialized nursing duties, and manages anesthesia department under the direction of a medical officer.

Independently manages women’s health care with emphasis on the maternity cycle. Practices in collaboration with an obstetrician/gynecologist, or family practice physician if no obstetrician/gynecologist at assigned base.

Prescribes prenatal and postnatal care; performs deliveries in maternity cases. Treats diseases and injuries of female reproductive system by surgical and conservative means. Manages obstetrical and gynecological services.

Administers occupational medicine program; provides urgent and non-urgent outpatient medical care to authorized DoD affiliated personnel and selected active duty personnel with special standards of medical qualification. Evaluates working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the work environment.

Analyzes, plans, determines, and provides for individual client referred, therapeutic activities directed toward prevention of disability, promotion and maintenance of health, or for habitation and rehabilitation of physical or psychosocial dysfunction. Manages administrative, educational, and research functions in support of this program.

Relating to the periods when a person is not engaged in or responsible for assigned work.

At one's post, at work

Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of the Operating Room Department. Maintains optimum standards of nursing care and practice through preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative assessment planning, implementation, and evaluation of patient care.

The operational warfare instructor plans, organizes, and instructs in all areas pertaining to the development and execution of an Air Campaign. This includes the integration and execution of all capabilities and forces on the operational level of warfare. Operational warfare instructors will normally be assigned as cell and team chiefs in operational Air Operations Centers.

The ability to rapidly deploy and employ communication, ISR, and other space capabilities.

Commands units. Formulates plans and establishes policies for unit administration, operations, training, employment, maintenance, supply, and safety. Implements directives and operations orders from higher headquarters. Coordinates unit activities. Coordinates staff activities pertaining to administration, operations, intelligence, material, comptroller, planning, and programming to ensure accomplishment of unit mission. Directs and monitors unit activities. Directs, observes, and evaluates effectiveness of training programs, availability and combat readiness of assigned crews, and operation and adequacy of support activities.

This intelligence specialty involves collecting, analyzing, and producing intelligence information as well as the development and construction of target materials in support of combat mission planning and execution. Intelligence information collected by all sources must be evaluated to determine if it is accurate and then disseminated to appropriate levels of command. Automated Systems (Combat Intelligence System, Automated Message Handling Systems, Personal Computers) are the most often used methods to collect, analyze and store large amounts of intelligence information. Databases are created for enemy forces, equipment, location, and capabilities to aid all levels of command in target selection, mission planning, and combat mission execution. Intelligence information must be delivered to commanders and aircrews through intelligence briefings (current intelligence briefing, threat-of-the-day briefing, situation and mission briefings) at all levels of operation. You will participate in this mission planning from the selection of a target, construction of mission route charts, choosing navigational aids such as radar offset aim-points, and providing imagery support materials to the assessment of bomb impact points.

Conducts operations training and scheduling; develops operational plans and programs; manages tactical deception activities; and provides commanders and staff with assessment of operations effectiveness. Interprets and disseminates inspection results and recommends action to correct deficiencies and improve performance.

You will assist an Optometrist (eye doctor) in providing quality eye care for active duty members, dependents, and retirees. Your duties will include ordering glasses, making sure they're correct when they come back, fitting and adjusting them to the patient, and making minor repairs. You will also teach patients how to put on and take off contact lenses and how to care for them. A good part of the day will be spent performing tests on patients to help the doctor diagnose each patient.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats, by surgical and conservative means, injuries and disorders of the eye. Manages ophthalmologic services.

Health care professional trained and state licensed to provide primary eye care services. Examines eyes with instrumentation and observation to determine visual efficiency, performance and presence of ocular disease or manifestation of systemic disease. Prescribes corrective procedures to include management of ocular disease. Applies knowledge of optics and physiology to research and teaching activities. The practice of optometry in the Air Force includes but is not limited to: comprehensive primary eye care services, i.e., evaluations, diagnoses and treatment of the eye and related systems; comprehensive specialty services including, contact lenses, low vision and vision training and co-manage post surgical eye cases and ocular complications of systemic illness in the inpatient and outpatient setting. The optometrist serves as the primary eye care consultant for other health care professionals in the military health care system.

Examines and diagnoses pathologic conditions of the oral and paraoral tissues and structures. Directs oral and maxillofacial pathology service.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats by surgical means abnormalities of oral and maxillofacial structures. Directs oral and maxillofacial surgery service.

Examines, diagnoses and treats by surgical means abnormalities

Obligated Reserve Section

Examines, diagnoses, and treats irregularities and malocclusions of teeth and malrelations of jaws.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of musculoskeletal system by surgical and conservative means. Manages orthopedic surgery services.

Operational Test and Evaluation. The field test, under realistic conditions, of any item (or key component) of weapons, equipment, or munitions for the purpose of determining the effectiveness and suitability of the weapons, equipment, or munitions for use in combat by typical military users. It includes the evaluation of the results of such tests.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats, by surgical and other means, injuries and disorders of head and neck. Manages otorhinolaryngological services.

Preplanned Product Improvement. Planned future improvement of developmental systems for which design considerations are effected during development to enhance future application of projected technology. It includes improvements planned for ongoing systems that go beyond the current performance envelope to achieve a needed operational capability.

Develops, tests, evaluates, and/or applies the appropriate technology for personnel, cargo, stabilization, deceleration, missile recovery, aerial delivery and dispenser systems.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring parachutist qualifications

The Paralegal career field is very challenging and involves a wide range of issues and situations relating to military and civilian law. This career field is similar in nature to the paralegal and legal assistant positions found in the civilian community. Experience and professional training acquired while serving in this career field provide a solid foundation for post-service employment in the civilian sector legal practice. As a Paralegal, you will have the opportunity to work and train in a variety of areas -— military justice, claims, legal assistance and civil law. In the military justice arena you will perform legal research in support of no judicial punishment and courts-martial proceedings. You will draft specifications for actions under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. You will also help investigating officers complete necessary documentation and discuss status of cases and major points of investigative interest. You will ensure availability of witnesses for courts-martial, prepare correspondence referring charges for trial, and assemble and deliver charge sheets and accompanying documents to trial counsel, defense counsel and the military judge. If you are working in the legal assistance/preventive law area, you will be one of the first people that visitors to the law center meet. It will be your responsibility to determine their eligibility for legal assistance. Under an attorney’s supervision you will obtain facts, background information, and data to determine appropriate assistance or referral to other agencies. You will also prepare standard or specially drawn documents such as powers of attorney, wills, promissory notes, deeds, bills of sale, mortgages, certificates of interview for marriage to aliens and income tax returns.

Pararescue units are elite units of the Air Forced Reserve. These units are comprised of a small group of men, for Pararescuemen are always men, who are intensely trained to perform conventional and non-conventional rescues. Their primary mission is to rescue air crews downed behind enemy lines. This mission came into being in 1943 when an aircrew bailed out of a C-46 in the jungle along the China-Burma border. There was no doubt medical aid would be necessary, and so a few medical corpsmen voluntarily parachuted into this desolate region to find and care for the crew. And that is exactly what they did for months until the party could be lead to safety. These para-jumpers, known as PJs, began the tradition of the Pararescuemen. Still known as the PJs, these men live by their motto, “that others may live,” and operate around the world. Their work is not confined to times of conflict. The PJs assist during natural disasters, and were some of the first on the scene in New Orleans when Hurricane Katrina hit. Across the United States, they have assisted in rescues at sea, deserts and mountains. They are well known in the Northwest for saving people who get stranded on Mt. Hood in Oregon. The PJs are a part of the 920th Rescue Wing of the Air Force Reserve and primarily operate out of Patrick Air Force Base in Florida near the Kennedy Space Center. In fact, the PJs assist during every launch from Cape Canaveral. They also operate from Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona and Portland Air Reserve Base in Oregon. The PJs work with HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and HC-130P/N tankers that can refuel the helicopters in mid-air, dramatically increasing their range. The requirements to become a Pararescuemen are stringent, but the most important attribute is the desire to do the job. Other skills can be learned. The training is long and intense, including a paramedic course, and can take the better part of two years. After that, Pararescuemen can live and work in their local communities -- many are paramedics and firemen -- and serve as they are needed. This is one of the most exciting jobs in the Air Force Reserve and 920th Rescue Wing is credited with saving thousands of lives that would otherwise be lost.

Diagnoses diseases by performing pathological examinations of body tissue; manages clinical laboratory services.

You will operate and maintain heavy construction equipment. This equipment may include front-end loaders, road graders, bulldozers, dump trucks, skid steer loaders, backhoes, water trucks, forklifts, excavators, cranes, and multi-purpose sweepers. You will operate tractor-trailer combinations, transporting construction equipment and materials. You will also construct, maintain, and inspect concrete and asphalt runways, aircraft parking aprons, and roads. You will be operating small powered equipment, such as pneumatic hammers, air compressors, and vibrator tampers. You will install and maintain different types of security fencing. You will be required to ensure compliance with all safety and environmental regulations. Depending on the regional area, you may be involved with snow removal operations by operating snow blowers, plows, and power brooms.

Preliminary Design Review. A multi-disciplined technical review to ensure that a system is ready to proceed into detailed design and can meet stated performance requirements within cost (program budget), schedule (program schedule), risk, and other system constraints.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases, abnormalities, injuries and dysfunctional disorders of the oral cavity and its associated structures in children. Directs pediatric dentistry service.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and injuries of infants and children. Manages pediatric services.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats diseases and destructive processes of investing hard and soft tissues of teeth. Supports the dental health program. Directs periodontic service.

The successful us of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR), to ensure the ability to see first, think first, and act first in the battle space.

You will be assisting, advising and counseling military personnel and dependents of personnel on matters that concern them in the Air Force community. You will be involved with both a manual and computerized system to maintain personnel records. You may be involved with duties at a unit administration section in support of the personnel unit. You will initiate and maintain personnel records of military personnel. You will collect and furnish management data changes to the personnel systems management office. You will maintain files of correspondence, regulations, directives, letters and other publications pertaining to personnel administration. You will advise personnel on career development, job specialties, special assignments, promotions, training, retraining programs, duty selection, restrictions, and other personnel functions. You will schedule and process personnel for separation, reenlistment, and changes of routine or special duty assignments, reassignments or other personnel actions.

Conducts surveys for and identifies insects, spiders, ticks, mites, rodents, reptiles, predatory animals, birds, bats, and weeds. Also selects and applies integrated pest management techniques to control or manage pest populations.

Administers the pharmacy department. Acts as a consultant on drugs to the medical staff. Acts as supervisor for procuring, storing, manufacturing, distributing, controlling, and evaluating drugs. Instructs related health personnel in pharmacy matters. Researches administrative and scientific problems associated with pharmacy.

You will interpret, fill, and dispense prescriptions to patients. You will also interpret drug orders for hospitalized patients and prepare doses to be given within the hospital. You are required to perform mathematical calculations to determine the amount of ingredients needed to compound drugs in forms not available from manufacturers. This compounding includes the preparation of sterile, bacteria-free products that will be injected into the veins of patients.

Assists a physical therapist in the care of patients with muscle and bone problems. Gives physical therapy treatments to relieve pain and restore normal muscle and joint functions. The treatments will include the use of electrical devices, high frequency sound waves, heat, cold, water, light, exercise, massage, and traction.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats disabling conditions. Manages physical medicine and rehabilitation services.

Plans, develops, and manages physical therapy programs and activities. Implements research activities. Provides and conducts training in physical therapy. Evaluates patients and treats disabilities requiring physical therapy.

Performs primary medical care and clinical duties with the direction of a physician.

The Pilot Utilization Field encompasses all functions performed by rated pilot officers to conduct or directly support flying operations, including combat, combat support, and training missions. Inherently included are supervisory and staff functions such as inspection, contingency planning, and policy formulation.

Performs functions of the aerospace medicine physician as well as integrated functions of a dual-rated pilot-physician in the aerospace system. Residency trained pilot-physicians may also function as specialists. Provides expert guidance from operational and medical experiences and training as a pilot. Conducts research on aerospace systems, missions, and crews. Provides operational relevance to researchers. Serves as a full time consultant during the design, testing, manufacture, and operational implementation of new aerospace systems and subsystems. Recommends deployment and employment strategies of aerospace resources to line and medical commanders to optimize deployment and employment of aerospace resources. Conducts aeromedical and aviation training for line and medical personnel. Administers aerospace medicine program.

Participating Individual Ready Reserve

Develops and writes Air Force Reserve, joint services, and combined plans, programs, and policies (numbered Air Force and above). Services multi-functional areas of responsibilities to satisfy mission objectives and does not include duties involving a single functional area such as logistics, operations, finance, and so forth.

Personnel Locator System

Provides examination, diagnosis treatment, prevention, and care of conditions and functions of the human foot and related structures. Plans, conducts, and directs research in the area of podiatric medicine.

Provides political-military expertise to build effective relationships with our global partners. This international expertise is key to an ability to sustain coalitions, pursue international stability and security cooperation, and contribute to multi-national operations.

Performs postal financial services. Sells postage stamps, metered tape, and stamped paper to patrons and other postal clerks.

Personnel Recovery

A Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory (PMEL) Apprentice, is an integral part of the US Air Force Metrology Program which affects virtually every operational and support mission of the Air Force. Metrology is the science of weights and measures ensuring precise accuracy and tolerance of intricate electronic and physical dimensional test equipment used throughout the Air Force and Department of Defense. Personnel is responsible for certifying the tractability of these accuracies from using agencies all the way to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Manages, supervises, and performs as an instrumentalist, music arranger or copyist, vocalist, or audio and lighting engineer.

Administers aerospace medicine program. Develops, administers, and conducts general preventive medicine and public health programs. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community.

Conducts professional military education (PME) programs for airmen, noncommissioned officers (NCO), and civilians; provides management consultant services.

Directs major defense system acquisition programs typically identified by one or more of the following: Air Force Executive Program; Defense Enterprise Program; DoD 5000.1 Major System Acquisition; Secretary of the Air Force Program Assessment Review Program; a highly sensitive or highly visible program of significance to the Air Force; or Congressional Selected Acquisition Reporting Program.

Examines and diagnoses disabilities incident to loss of teeth and supporting structures; formulates and executes treatment plans for the construction of corrective prostheses to restore proper mastication, phonetics and facial contour. Directs prosthodontic service.

Examines, evaluates, diagnoses, and treats psychiatric disorders; manages and directs psychiatric services.

You will write and edit news for internal and civilian newspapers. You will maintain liaison with local and regional civic leaders to better military civilian relations. You will assist in the development of informational and news material for base newspapers, guides, bulletin boards, and commanders calls. You will be writing editorials, sport stories, and reporting on news events. You will be reviewing speeches, news releases, tapes, motion picture films, and photographs. You will make up newspapers, prepare layouts, read and correct proofs, and coordinate with the publisher for distribution and circulation.

Plans, budgets for, executes, and evaluates effectiveness of public affairs programs. Trains full-time public affairs specialists and additional duty unit public affairs representatives; and provides public affairs advice, counsel, and support for commanders and senior staff people.

Applies preventive and public health knowledge, techniques, and skills to reduce the incidence of communicable diseases, occupational illnesses, food borne disease, and disease nonbattle injuries. Promotes public health principles through surveillance of disease trends, food safety practices, and sanitation levels in public and food service facilities.

All of us have seen or heard radio and TV broadcasts. There are many other people involved, other than those we see or hear. Some of the other jobs are cameramen, scriptwriters, announcers, directors, and equipment operators. Other jobs include, film narrator, tape interviewer, someone who makes spot announcements, or operates turntables, video switchers, dimmers, radio consoles, and other broadcasting equipment. Other duties include maintaining tape, film, and record libraries. Most Radio and TV Broadcasting Apprentices are stationed overseas.

You will learn the procedures necessary to select the correct frequencies, equipment, and antennas necessary to maintain reliable point-to-point and air-to-ground radio/satellite communications. In addition to learning equipment operation, you will also learn to send and receive messages using standard military voice and data communications procedures.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring radio-frequency management qualifications.

Participates in the multi-disciplinary management of cancer patients. Evaluates patients to determine suitability for radiation therapy. Treats pathological conditions with various types and sources of radiation. Manages radiotherapy services.

Rapid Attack Identification Detection and Reporting System

The Air Force's ability to control air and space to deliver a precise, tailored effect anywhere, at any time.

Regimental Combat Team

Research, Development, Test and Evaluation. Activities for the development of a new system to expand the performance of fielded systems.

You are responsible for your base’s ability to withstand and recover from attack during a war and natural disasters during peacetime. You will write and implement the plans used by members of your unit to react to attacks, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and any other calamities that may strike. To help make sure your base can recover if something were to happen, you might conduct training exercises for the base, putting your plans into action in disaster simulation designed to test your unit’s ability to respond. In the event of an attack or natural disaster, you could man and operate the Mobile Command Post used by your commander to keep the base functioning, relaying vital information on the condition and status of the base and its mission capability. You may serve on disaster response teams with the responsibility to report on the base’s condition after such an event.

Unit or Individual Reservists, or both, liable for active duty, as provided in Title 10 U.S.C., Section 12301 and 12302. The Selected Reserve and the Individual Ready Reserve (Title 10 U.S.C.. Sections 10142-10144) compose of the Ready Reserve.

Responsible for preparing and planning for a mission. Reviewing mission tasking, intelligence and weather information. Performs duties of reconnaissance/surveillance/electronic warfare navigator or electronic warfare officer to accomplish reconnaissance, surveillance, search and rescue electronic combat, training and other assigned missions.

These pilots specialize in mission aircraft and command flight crews to accomplish, reconnaissance, surveillance, search and rescue, electronic warfare, training and other missions

Conducts and manages research and development or modification of reconnaissance techniques covering the optical, electro-optical, and electro-magnetic areas. Includes both collection and processing. Performs studies and analyses of operational requirements and designs, develops, and test equipment which satisfies these requirements.

Performs duties of navigator or electronic warfare officer (EWO) to accomplish reconnaissance, surveillance, search and rescue, electronic combat, training, and other assigned missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Participates in mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission. Operates available navigation systems. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders by performing staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, in-flight refueling, surveillance, reconnaissance and search and rescue operations. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans, directs, and monitors recruiting programs, personnel, training, and equipment to achieve an efficient and economical recruitment program that will meet the requirements of the United States Air Force Reserve. Provides planning and assistance for a continuous publicity and community relations program.

Provides regional expertise and professional foreign language competency to build effective relationships with our global partners. This international expertise is key to an ability to sustain coalitions, pursue regional stability and security cooperation, and contribute to multi-national operations.

Perform in a variety of musical groups. These groups will vary at different locations but will probably include Symphonic Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz, Rock, Country, and reception combos.

Operates specialized mission aircraft and commands flight crews to accomplish reconnaissance, surveillance, combat, training, and other missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, equipment configuration, and crew briefing. Ensures ground station and aircraft are pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, and equipped for mission. Operates aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, surveillance, reconnaissance, and weapons employment operations. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Performs as engineer, scientist, or engineering and scientific technician in support of scientific or engineering research and applications functions involving observation, study, and experimentation with the Human Systems Division or with the Research and Technology Laboratories, the Air Force Flight Test Center.

Administers the aerospace medicine program; conducts medical examinations and provides medical care for flyers, missile crews, and others with special standards of medical qualification and their families. Evaluates living and working environments to detect and control health hazards and prevent disease and injury within the Air Force community.

The act or power of resisting, opposing, or withstanding.

Reserve Management Group

Reserve Personnel Appropriation

Reserve Transition Assistance Program

Science and Technology Program. Consists of projects in basics research, applied research, and Advanced Technology Development (ATD).

Situational Awareness

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring functional area expertise with the ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and direct Ground, Flight, Systems, and Weapons (Missile, Explosives, or Nuclear) Safety Programs. Officers awarded this prefix must be able to perform technical safety engineering functions, direct accident investigations, conduct safety surveys, analyze accident statistics by established standards, manage safety personnel, and supervise safety education and training programs.

Surface-Air- Missile

Synthetic Aperture Radar

Satellite Communications

Engineering/operational experience associated with planning, readiness, execution, and evaluation of earth-orbiting space vehicle operations. Applies engineering/operational expertise during satellite/ground systems interface definition; launch vehicle/spacecraft/support network integration and compatibility testing; and flight and recovery operations in the areas of real time on-orbit command and control, orbit determination and analysis, and data retrieval and processing.

You will be trained to maintain and repair radio transmitters, receivers, and telegraph multiplex equipment. This consists of microwave, trophospheric scatter, and radio relay equipment capable of voice, digital, and telegraph multiplex transmission. This equipment is similar to that used by the telephone company for transmitting and receiving all forms of communications over long distance. You will configure earth terminal equipment supporting mission requirements; establish and maintain communication links with distant earth terminals via communication satellites; operate earth terminal control console; and continuously monitor system performance indicators. You will also maintain and modify earth terminal equipment, and implement earth terminal operational directives.

Conducts or manages programs, projects, and activities to perform research/operational assessments. Research includes defining a problem, selecting methods of approach, performing experiments, accumulating and interpreting data, and publishing results. Research management includes formulating, planning, fiscal programming, monitoring, evaluating, coordinating, and administering programs, projects, and activities.

System Demonstration. The second effort of the System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase. A program enters SD after the Program Manager (PM) has demonstrated the system in prototype articles or Engineering Development Models (EDMs). The effort is intended to demonstrate the ability of the system to operate in a useful way consistent with the approved Key Performance Parameters (KPPs). This effort ends when the system is demonstrated in its intended environment using the selected prototype; meets approved requirements; industrial capabilities are reasonably available; and the system meets or exceeds exit criteria and Milestone C entrance requirements.

Small Diameter Bomb

System Development and Demonstration. The third phase of a system life cycle. This phase consists of two efforts, System Integration (SI) and System Demonstration (SD), and begins after Milestone B. It also contains a Design Readiness Review (DRR) at the conclusion of the SI effort.

Suppression/Destruction of Enemy Air Defenses.

Leads, manages, and directs security force (SF) activities. Included are installation, weapon system, and resource security; antiterrorism; law enforcement and investigations; military working dog functions; air base defense; armament and equipment; training pass and registration; information, personnel, industrial security; and combat arms. SF duties may require use of deadly force.

Those unit and individuals within the Ready Reserve designated by their respective Services and approved by the Joint Chiefs of Staff as so essential to initial wartime missions they have priority over all other Reservists. All Selected Reservists are in an active status. The Selected Reserve also includes people performing initial active duty for training.

The Services career field is wide ranging and covers a variety of areas. This career field prepares you well for civilian life and further education could lead to a degree in Hotel and Restaurant management--a very lucrative field. You will have the opportunity to work in a variety of different areas--recreation, fitness, and sports programs; food service facility; lodging facility; linen exchange; mortuary affairs; honor guard team; or a readiness program. In the capacity of performing the technical functions of this career field, you will operate fixed, bare base, and portable food facilities and equipment. You will plan, prepare and adjust menus. Using sound fiscal practices, you will operate income-producing activities, and establish resale merchandise prices, inventory levels, and safeguarding procedures. When you are working in the transient quarter’s area, you will be one of the first people that visitors to your base meet. It will be your responsibility to determine if there is housing available for them, or direct them what to do if none is available.

Services Utilization Field provides management and oversight of appropriated fund (APF) and non-appropriated fund (NAF) activities. Included are food service (dining facilities, flight kitchens, and other food service facilities); transient housing (visiting quarters and temporary lodging facilities); mortuary affairs (search and recovery, inspection of human remains, briefing next of kin, military honors, honor guard management, and personal property program); recreation activities (fitness centers, recreation centers, outdoor recreation activities, and information ticket and tours); libraries; private organizations; business activities (golf courses, clubs, bowling centers, youth programs ([child development school age program and youth centers]); membership clubs (rod and gun, and aero); NAF Human Resource Office; logistics; marketing; and other specialized programs and support staff functions such as Protocol. This field is also responsible for APF and NAF vehicle control; monitoring allocations received from the resource recycling and recovery program; pay telephone; leisure travel services; force management functions involving education, training, manpower, and human resource management; and command of services units.

Signals Intelligence

Surface Moving Target Indication

Special Operations Force

Operates and manages space and missile operations systems, including surveillance, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, spacelift, ballistic space warning and satellite command and control

Operates and manages space and missile operations systems. The systems include surveillance, intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch, spacelift, ballistic space warning, and satellite command and control (C2). Performs associated battle management, command, control, and communications activities to defend and support the United States and allied forces. Serves as space and missile operations advisor.

Space Systems Operations Personnel receive spacecraft mission requirements and assist in developing electronically transmitted spacecraft commands.

Manages and conducts special investigations, to include criminal, fraud, counterintelligence, internal security, and technical services investigations, and other related activities.

Manages and conducts special investigations to include fraud, criminal, counter intelligence, security and technical services

Performs duties of navigator, fire control officer (FCO), or electronic warfare officer (EWO) to accomplish special operations, training, and other assigned missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Participates in mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission. Operates available navigation systems. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews mission tasking, intelligence, and weather information. Supervises mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, in-flight refueling, reconnaissance, weapons delivery, and cargo and passenger delivery. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures operational readiness of crew by conducting or supervising mission specific training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Inspect, troubleshoot, and repair vehicles used in direct support of the Air Force flying mission. Special Vehicle Mechanics are specialists trained to maintain one type of vehicle,

System Requirements Review. A review conducted to ascertain progress in defining system technical requirements. This review determines the direction and progress of the systems engineering effort and the degree of convergence upon a balanced and complete configuration.

Space Situational Awareness

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in standardization and evaluation positions as a Flight Examiner, Space and Missile Evaluator, Command and Control Evaluator, Air Battle Management Evaluator, Aerial Weather Reconnaissance Evaluator or Airborne Intelligence Evaluator for the weapon system with which the AFSC is associated.

Students begin their photographic training by studying the theory of light and photographic exposure. They are then introduced to camera operations and black and white photographic chemicals, followed by black and white film processing. Black and white film and paper characteristics are taught along with processing and printing equipment. Students learn the principles of optics, camera lenses, and the application of electronic flash and photographic filters using cameras and film sizes 4x5 inch, 120, and 35mm.

You will construct, maintain, plan, and repair wooden, masonry, and concrete buildings and structures. You will construct and repair concrete footings, foundations, walls, floor slabs, piers, and columns for prefabricated and permanent structures. You will erect framework by placing, joining, and fastening sills, joists, sub-floors, studs, rafters, trusses, and wall and roof sheathing using hardware and fastening devices. You will install interior and exterior trim and finishing materials. You will lay structures according to blueprints, building plans, and other directives. You will apply mastics, repair or construct mortar beds and install floor and wall tile. You will adjust, troubleshoot, repair, and install locking devices on security containers. You will install, construct, repair, and modify structures that are made of sheet metal. In addition, you will cut, measure, and join pieces using metal cutters, benders, and riveting equipment. You will also cut and join steel sections by using gas and electric welding equipment. Some things you may be working on include shower stalls, corrosion-resistant tables, fireproof partitions, metal roofing, metal siding, and guttering. You will inspect, maintain, and repair overhead, roll-up, personnel, hangar doors, and gates.

Supply System Analysts are responsible for the day-to-day software maintenance of the supply computer systems that track all aspects of the organization. They are database managers trained in the operation, use, and programming of the supply mainframe computer. You track data and generate reports from the mainframe computer for use throughout the supply organization. You learn basic programming to fix local system troubles and work local requirements.

Commands Support Group. Directs and monitors support activities and units. Ensures cohesive integration of functions and resources in force protection; civil engineering (CE); communications - computer; morale, welfare, recreation, and services (MWRS); public affairs; personnel; information management; and manpower to support installation, Wing, and mission needs.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats, by surgical and conservative means, diseases and injuries. Manages surgery services.

You will learn numerous specialized skills such as the difference between sterile and non-sterile instruments and supplies, transporting patients to the operating table, and cleaning the operating room. You will arrange and count sterile instruments and sponges in preparation for surgery and passes these items to the surgeon during an operation. You will assist anesthesia personnel when needed and must be able to remain calm in stressful situations.

Plans and manages the implementation of surveillance and navigation/air traffic control programs. Manages the research, development, and acquisition of programs. Reviews and analyzes plans and program documentation; system requirements, and specifications. Responsible for development, test, and evaluation.

The act or fact of surviving under adverse or unusual circumstances.

In this job, you will plan and schedule parachute and fabric activities and establish performance standards. You will also look at ways to improve work methods and advise on inspection, repair, and repacking of aircrew survival equipment. Your job will be to determine the serviceability of this equipment and evaluate any problems you find. Once you have identified a potential problem, it will be your job to determine whether the equipment needs to be repaired or replaced. Another part of your job will be to assemble, inspect, clean, fabricate, repair, and pack fabric and rubber components, including protective clothing, upholstery, thermal radiation barriers, protective covers, flotation equipment, emergency evacuation systems, and various types of parachutes. You will also operate, maintain, and inspect survival equipment machinery, test equipment, and tools and perform operator maintenance and service inspections on shop equipment.

Survival instructors undergo intense training in the following areas: instructional methods and skills, wilderness living, shelter construction, fire building, map and compass navigation, backpacking, food and water procurement, wilderness medicine and basic first aid, signaling and rescue techniques, escape and evasion, and prisoner of war (POW) resistance techniques. You train in all major climactic conditions; arctic, desert, tropical, ocean, and temperate. Survival Instructors are self-motivated go-getters responsible for teaching skills that save lives. You will be in a very physically, mentally, and technically demanding career field facing new challenges daily.

Execute support program to meet operational support performance requirements and sustain systems in the most cost-effective manner over its life cycle. Includes supply, maintenance, transportation, sustaining engineering, data management, Configuration Management (CM), manpower, personnel, , training, habitability, survivability, environment, safety (including explosives safety), occupational health, protection of critical program information, anti-tamper provisions, Information Technology (IT) (including National Security Systems (NSSs)), supportability, and interoperability functions.

Responsible for providing legal advice and support for all phases of the contracting process and associated activities involved in the research and development, test and evaluation, and acquisition of weapon systems and subsystems.

Provides system engineering/technical direction of the combined engineering effort of contractors and Air Force organizations to assure achievement of total system design requirements and the documentation of technical information leading to those requirements. Conducts periodic reviews to determine the technical adequacy of contractor efforts in meeting system logistics supportability, producibility, etc.

Test and Evaluation. Process by which a system or components are exercised and results analyzed to provide performance-related information. The information has many uses including risk identification and risk mitigation and empirical data to validate models and simulations. T&E enables an assessment of the attainment of technical performance, specifications, and system maturity to determined whether systems are operationally effective, suitable and survivable for intended use, and/or lethal.

A Tactical Air Control Party, commonly abbreviated TACP (pronounced TAC-P), is usually a team of two or more United States Air Force Tactical Air Controllers (AFSC 1C4X1), sometimes including an Air Liaison Officer (a qualified aviator), which is assigned to a U.S. Army combat maneuver unit, either conventional or special operational, to advise ground commanders on the best use of air power, establish and maintain command and control communications, control air traffic, act as an inter-service liaison, control naval gunfire, and provide precision terminal attack guidance of U.S. and coalition close air support and other air-to-ground aircraft.

You will perform scheduled inspections, functional checks, and preventive maintenance on tactical aircraft and aircraft installed equipment. Prior to flight you will inspect and perform various functional checks of the aircraft as well as ensure that the aircraft has been properly serviced with fuel, hydraulic fluid, and liquid oxygen. After flight, you will be responsible for ensuring the aircraft is still in "operationally ready" condition. You will maintain and repair all parts of the aircraft performing general mechanical work as opposed to working on a particular system or subsystem.

Theater Airborne Reconnaissance System

Responsible for system and/or major subsystem data acquisition systems in aerospace vehicles to monitor navigation, guidance and control, fire control, propulsion parameters, ground instrumentation for data acquisition and target monitor and general systems performance diagnostics. Familiar with Automatic Data Processing (ADP) equipment design and operations. Familiar with test instrumentation and test equipment. Formulates instrumentation test plans/procedures and evaluates test data.

Plans, directs, conducts and reports on flight test programs associated with the design, development and modification of aircraft

Plans, conducts, directs, and reports on flight test programs associated with the design, development, and modification of aircraft, aerospace vehicles, flight simulators, and related systems.

The sum of the potential strengths, capabilities, and strategic objectives of any adversary that can limit or negate U.S. mission accomplishment or reduce force, system, or equipment effectiveness.

Traditional Reservist

You will make arrangements for shipment of government freight from one point to another. This could include anything from a desk to aircraft parts. Your job will involve preparing transportation requests and authorizations, bills of loading, quality control documents and loss or damage reports. You will inspect shipments for damage during unloading, and ensure that they are ready for shipment. Loading and unloading of shipments may include the use of forklifts, pallet trucks, and hand trucks.

Performs duties of a trainer navigator to accomplish navigator training and other assigned missions. Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews syllabus requirements, student progress, and weather information. Participates in mission planning, preparation and filing of flight plan, and crew briefing. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Navigates aircraft to accomplish assigned mission. Operates available navigation systems. Conducts or supervises training of students. Ensures optimum training opportunities and progress by conducting or supervising student training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Plans and prepares for mission. Reviews syllabus requirements, student progress, and weather information. Ensures aircraft is pre-flighted, inspected, loaded, equipped, and manned for mission. Pilots aircraft and commands crew. Operates aircraft controls and equipment. Performs, supervises, or directs navigation, transition training events, and instrument training. Conducts or supervises training of crewmembers. Ensures optimum training opportunities and progress by conducting or supervising student training. Develops plans and policies, monitors operations, and advises commanders. Assists commanders and performs staff functions related to this specialty.

Time Sensitive Targeting

Unmanned Aerial System. Also called UAV.

Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle.

Examines, diagnoses, and treats, by surgical and conservative means, injuries and disorders of the genitourinary tract. Manages urological surgery services.

Manages and directs activities of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) honor guard including recruiting, training, and commanding troops for official ceremonies, parades, and other diverse ceremonial functions and military honors as directed.

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.

In this job, you will be an active participant in maintaining a clean environment. You will operate, maintain, and repair water collection, supply, and treatment plants and systems; and wastewater treatment plants and systems. You will perform analysis on water and wastewater samples to comply with Environmental Protection Agency guidance. Also, training will be given in the operation and setting up of field water purification units as well as field water distribution systems and waste water collection and disposal. Your civilian equivalent would be a municipal water/waste water treatment plant operator.

As a special purpose vehicle and equipment mechanic, training will develop skills to inspect, troubleshoot, and repair vehicles such as dump trucks, bucket loaders, crawler and wheeled tractors, cranes, motor graders, snow removal equipment, sweepers, aircraft cargo loading vehicles (463L), forklifts (MHE), aircraft towing vehicles, and aircraft servicing vehicles (deicers).

Responsible for general bodywork on automobiles, buses, and light trucks.

Your job is to schedule and coordinate vehicle maintenance for the entire motor pool. You will use an integrated computer system to keep track of the maintenance of all the vehicles on base. You will also be responsible for long-range forecasting of maintenance needs based on your knowledge of the vehicles and the folks who drive them. Another part of your job is to maintain the historical records of vehicle maintenance. This involves the keeping of both computer and paper files. It will be your job to analyze these records and track any maintenance trends that would affect the mission of the motor pool. You may have to present this information to your leaders, using charts and graphs to show your facts. They will rely on you to give them accurate and specific information about what is happening in the motor pool so they can make important decisions about the base’s vehicles.

You will learn to operate vehicles ranging from sedans, to busses, to utility trucks, to full eighteen-wheel tractor/trailer combinations that transport personnel and materials. You will operate material handling equipment, wreckers, mounted cranes, and hoists. Additionally, you will find yourself participating in convoy operations and movements of supplies, munitions, and out-sized expeditionary forces. You will acquire knowledge to accomplish map and compass reading, determine vehicle types and specifications, assess capacities and limitations. You will develop skills in operating vehicles, cleaning and servicing vehicles, overseeing loading and unloading of personnel and cargo, and preparing operator records and reports.

You will be taught the principles of Visual Information Production and Documentation. Training includes camera operation, lighting techniques, shooting location selection, and operator maintenance of equipment. In this career field, you could be assigned to either combat camera assignments or performing production related functions.

Responsible for maintaining and repairing transmitting and receiving equipment such as cameras, monitors, TV receivers, videotape recorders, projection equipment, and intrusion detection systems, including tuning, adjusting, monitoring, and analyzing TV consoles, videotape recorders, and intrusion detection systems.

In this job, you will manage, plan, schedule, and perform installation and removal of telephone switching systems, telephone subsets, telephone key systems, and associated equipment. You will install and remove copper core or fiber-optic wiring, modems, terminal blocks, and telephone instruments. As a Telephone Systems Apprentice, you will climb ladders to install, remove and maintain wiring, so it is important you not have a fear of heights. You will also interpret sketches, ensure components meet standard installation specifications and plan interior wiring.

Officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions requiring knowledge of the characteristics, operation, use, tactics, and effects of strategic bomber, tactical fighter, airlift, rescue, reconnaissance, special operations or conventional and nuclear weapons, and the ability to instruct in these disciplines.

Weather affects nearly every type of military operation and you will analyze weather conditions; prepare forecasts, issue weather warnings, and brief weather information to pilots.

Commands, manages, and performs weather operations for Air Force and Army activities. Integrates current and forecast atmospheric and space weather conditions into operations and operational planning. Develops, directs, and coordinates meteorological and space weather studies and research. Supports Air Force core weather responsibility to provide meteorological and space weather information for DoD air, ground, and space operations.

Weapons of Mass Destruction.