Officer
SPECIAL TACTICS OFFICER
What you’ll do
- Coordinate, plan and conduct reconnaissance, surveillance and terminal control
- Provide air traffic control services for expeditionary airfields and assault zones
- Establish command and control communications
- Ensure Special Tactics teams are organized, trained and equipped to perform the core missions
TRAINING & EDUCATION
How do we transform you into a leader and an officer in this field? From education to continued training, your Air Force path is here.
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Officer Training School
8.5 weeks
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Military Training Location
Maxwell AFB, AL
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Bachelor’s degree but no specific degree is required
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- Knowledge of maps and charts, command and control principles and procedures, survival techniques, field leadership and evasion
- Completion of specialty training courses
- Meet physical qualification for marine diving, parachutist and ATC duty
- Maintain certification as a combat controller and combat-ready status
- Maintain physical fitness and water confidence standards
- Completion of a current Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI)
- Completion of Officer Training School (OTS), Air Force Academy (AFA) or Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC)
- Must be between the ages of 18 and have not reached your 42nd birthday
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Special Tactics Officers must follow a specific application and assessment process conducted six times a year.