Duties
Airfield operations officers develop plans, policies and procedures for operating facilities and activities and maintain close liaison with lateral Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials to negotiate and coordinate changes affecting airfield operations. They also coordinate with FAA and military flight inspection agencies, ATC and landing systems maintenance, flying units, airfield operations facilities and other affected agencies concerning flight inspection activities.
Airfield operations officers develop architecture supporting flight operations and participate in research, development, testing and evaluation to determine new airfield operations systems capabilities and modifications to existing systems. They are also expected to plan and conduct flying and simulated exercises to evaluate and enhance operational readiness and manage unit training and performance standards to ensure that operations personnel have the required job skills.
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. Plans, organizes, manages and accomplishes contracting functions to provide supplies and services essential to Air Force daily operations and the war-fighting mission.
Duties
Contracting officers accomplish contracting processes and functions, which include preparing and distributing solicitations, evaluating offers (cost or price analysis), contractor responsibility and responsiveness to solicitation and evaluating other selected factors (e.g., quality, contractor management and facilities, delivery, etc.). They are also required to select contract sources, assemble contracts and award contracts, as well as ensure contract compliance, negotiate modifications and take termination actions for the convenience of the government or for default.
Contracting officers plan and organize contracting operations, directing functions and fostering an environment where contracting activities and customers form teams dedicated to meeting Air Force requirements. They must also determine the organizational structure, physical facilities and personnel requirements for accomplishing contracting responsibilities. Contracting officers direct the completion of contracting system functions - ensuring that the system is responsive to mission needs and requirements and ensuring compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements.
Control and Recovery Officers are part of an operational capability provided by dedicated forces to affect the recovery of isolated personnel during combat operations.
Duties
Manage day-to-day operations of personnel recovery (PR) activities to coordinate PR system and organize, train and equip assigned personnel to conduct rescue and recovery operations; manage survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) programs; survey, establish, and control the aerospace surface interface in objective areas. Deploy as team member, team leader or mission commandercommanderThe officer in charge of running an Air Force unit's day-to-day operations. as a direct combatant; deploy 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.
Conducts studies to estimate cost and evaluate effectiveness of force structures, operational systems, acquisition programs and support activities.
Duties
Cost analysis officers plan, organize and supervise cost-analysis activities and programs, as well as establish procedures and techniques for analyzing and evaluating performance against standards. Responsibilities include designing and developing cost-estimating and analysis methods, processes and techniques, as well as improvements in Air Force analytical performance capabilities.
Cost analysis officers perform studies to estimate cost, analyze risk and evaluate effectiveness of force structures, weapon systems, information systems, research and technology programs and support activities. They also plan and conduct research projects leading to improved analytical concepts, methods and techniques.
Performs financial duties and operations, including accounting liaison and pay services and budget preparation and execution.
Duties
Financial management officers plan and organize financial management activities, develop techniques and establish internal controls to manage financial services and analysis operations. It is their responsibility to determine organizational structure, personnel, training needs and security requirements for safeguarding entrusted assets. They also develop, review, coordinate and execute financial management plans to support peacetime, exercise, contingency and wartime operations.
Financial management officers direct financial management activities that include reviewing the adequacy of internal controls and quality of services, perform cost estimates and economic analysis and oversee funds distribution and management. Financial management officers also establish performance standards to evaluate cost and efficiency.
Conducts information operations to include analysis of information vulnerability, intelligence collecting, exploiting and producing/disseminating foreign military threat information.
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