Posts by Kyle Gott
1Z1X1 - Pararescue (PJ)

Job Description: As a Pararescue specialist, you will be saving airmen in hostile or unreachable areas. Special Ops Air Force Pararescuemen rescue and medically treat downed military personnel all over the world. In this job you will be trained as parachutists, scuba divers and rock climbers, and even arctic-trained to access any environment to save a life when called to do so…

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1U0X1 - Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Sensor Operator

Sensor Operators conduct reconnaissance and surveillance of potential targets and areas of interest. They detects, analyzes and discriminates between valid and invalid targets using synthetic aperture radar, electro-optical, low-light, and infrared full-motion video imagery, and other active or passive acquisition and tracking systems….

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3P0X1 - Security Forces

Security Forces airmen are tasked with providing force protection duties, guarding weapons, air bases and Air Force personnel from possible dangers. The Security Forces main goal is to keep the people, planes, base, weapons (even nuclear), and the surrounding area safe from any threat, including the intrusion by unauthorized people. Security force members are essentially the military police within the Air Force and the branch's first line of defense.

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2A7X2 - Nondestructive Inspection (NDI)

The primary duties of Nondestructive Inspection is to find anything that’s wrong with Air Force aerospace weapons. They inspect the weapon systems components and support equipment for structural integrity and perform fluid analysis. This may include inspecting metal engine parts for wear and tear, and checking that lubricating oil and other fluids are not seeping into any cracks.

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2W0X1 - Munitions Systems

Job Description: Munition System Technicians tests, processes and assembles nonnuclear munitions. They prepare and load munitions on aircrafts, check safe and arm mechanisms, install warheads, guidance units, fuses, arming wires, explosive bolts, squibs, strakes, wings, fins, control surfaces, and tracking flares as well as prepare, assemble and test aircraft rockets and loads in launchers…

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2S0X1 - Materiel Management

Materiel Management manages all the materials on base. Whether its aircraft parts or equipment items we inventory, manage, control all of it. Depending on the section you work at you will have different tasks. There are Individual Protective Equipment (IPE), Customer Service, Inventory, Equipment, Aircraft Parts Store (APS), Decentralized Maintenance Support (DMS), and Flight Service Center. As a Materiel Manager you could work at any of these sections…

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2G0X1 - Logistics Plans

Job Description: Logistics Plans specialists ensure that equipment and personnel arrive at the designated location at the designated time. Logistics Planners consider all possible aspects, phases and contingencies while working in conjunction with other organizations to make sure every mission is safe, successful and goes according to plan. Overall, the career field is crucial to the mission and to the United States Air Force….

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OUTDATED 3D0X1 - Knowledge Operations Management

Responsible for the coordination and distribution of information and data, Knowledge Management specialists play a critical role in every department of the Air Force. From creating launch manuals to storing and disposing of high-level documents, these professionals manage the flow, distribution, life cycle and disposal of communications and information integral to our operations…

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2T1X1 - Ground Transportation

It’s the responsibility of Ground Transportation specialists to transport people, supplies, munitions and outsized expeditionary forces. These airmen must utilize a variety of essential skills, such as map and compass reading, vehicle specifications determination and limitations assessment in order to coordinate and master all aspects of ground transportation necessary for us to get equipment and people where they need to go…

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3E7X1 - Fire Protection

Fire Protection is just what it sounds like, a firefighter and a first responder in the Air Force for the bases. As a guard airman you can work full time for my base as a civilian state employee doing the exact same thing, working 24 hours on, 48 hours off schedule. A typical day on the job (whether on shift or at drill) is in the morning you have roll call, then you get our truck assignments, and…

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3E9X1 - Emergency Management

Emergency Management airmen are tasked with preparing wartime and contingency response plans, and with researching and developing disaster preparedness plans with the goal of minimizing casualties and damage from natural disasters, military operations (including war) and major accidents, such as plane crashes. They're part of the teams that coordinate responses during disaster relief operations, including mobilizing resources and government organizations.

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OUTDATED 3D1X2 - Cyber Transport Systems

Cyber Transport Systems Airmen are the IT specialists of the Air Force. They provide mission-critical voice, data, and video services, deploy and operate expeditionary communications systems, and monitor the performance of systems and circuits. Cyber Transport Systems Airmen are also responsible for…

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