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Airfield Management Apprentice
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 one of the primary responders to in-flight and ground emergencies and for the removal or dispersal of birds and wildlife on or near the airfield using pyrotechnics (shotguns/pistols to launch gloried firecrackers) or bioacoustics (sound devices) to scare the threat off the airfield environment. The airfield management apprentice is also responsible for issuing notices to Airmen 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 notices at and for other locations and 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. This job will entail working multiple shifts to support flying operations and ensure mission readiness of the Air Force in the free world. PAY CHART
- CCAF Degrees:
- Aviation Management
- Tech Schools:
- Keesler AFB, MS
All Air Force career fields are based on qualifications and job availability.
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