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 505th Distributed Warfare Group |
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| The 505th Distributed Warfare Group’s mission is to provide high-fidelity theater synthetic battlespaces and world-class exercise control to support joint distributed warfighter training, testing and experimentation across the operational and tactical levels of war. |
| This training is accomplished through Blue Flag exercises executed by the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and Virtual Flag exercises at the 705th Combat Training Squadron at Kirtland AFB. |
| The Blue Flag exercise trains the team and warfighters at the operational level of war and provides professional exercise control for joint training and a realistic synthetic environment. Blue Flag also provides professional exercise planning and support conducted for Air Force, joint and combined exercises. |
| The Virtual Flag exercise is accomplished by linking geographically separated live, virtual, and constructive entities in shared |
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| The 505th DWG is an Air Combat Command organization reporting to the 505th Command and Control Wing, Hurlburt Field. The 505th CCW reports directly to the U. S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nevada. |
| The 505th DWG is a critical component for the future of Distributed Mission Operations. The facility housing the 505th DWG and 705th CTS provides battlespace integration of geographically separated live (real-world weapons systems), virtual (human-in-the-loop simulators) and constructive (human/computer-driven simulations) assets. The DMO approach to Air Force and joint training, mission rehearsal, testing and evaluation, experimentation, range integration, decision support, and acquisition, saves time and infrastructure costs, and provides realistic combat theater training. |
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| 705th Combat Training Squadron |
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| The 505th Distributed Warfare Group’s mission is to provide high-fidelity theater synthetic battlespaces and world-class exercise control to support joint distributed warfighter training, testing and experimentation across the operational and tactical levels of war. |
| This training is accomplished through Blue Flag exercises executed by the 505th Combat Training Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., and Virtual Flag exercises at the 705th Combat Training Squadron at Kirtland AFB. |
| The Blue Flag exercise trains the team and warfighters at the operational level of war and provides professional exercise control for joint training and a realistic synthetic environment. Blue Flag also provides professional exercise planning and support conducted for Air Force, joint and combined exercises. |
The Virtual Flag exercise is accomplished by linking geographically separated live, virtual, and constructive entities in shared joint and coalition synthetic theater environments to create a realistic virtual campaign.
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| The 505th DWG is an Air Combat Command organization reporting to the 505th Command and Control Wing, Hurlburt Field. |
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| The 505th CCW reports directly to the U. S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB, Nevada. |
| The 505th DWG is a critical component for the future of Distributed Mission Operations. The facility housing the 505th DWG and 705th CTS provides battlespace integration of geographically separated live (real-world weapons systems), virtual (human-in-the-loop simulators) and constructive (human/computer-driven simulations) assets. |
| The DMO approach to Air Force and joint training, mission rehearsal, testing and evaluation, experimentation, range integration, decision support, and acquisition, saves time and infrastructure costs, and provides realistic combat theater training. |
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| Air Force Safety Center |
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| The Air Force Safety Center develops safety policies and plans, establishes and manages Air Force mishap prevention programs and is responsible for the Air Force Nuclear Surety Program. It develops regulatory guidance, provides technical assistance in the aviation, ground, weapons, human factors and space safety disciplines, and maintains the Air Force database for all safety mishaps. It overseas all major command mishap investigations and evaluates corrective actions for applicability and implementation Air Force wide. It also develops and directs safety education programs for all safety disciplines. |
There are approximately 180 personnel assigned to the Air Force Safety Center, divided between military, civilians and contractors.
The Air Force Chief of Safety, who also holds the title of Commander, Air Force Safety Center, heads the organization. The Air Force Safety Center is composed of ten divisions, including a Safety Issues Division at the Pentagon. |
| The Aviation Safety Division preserves war-fighting capability by establishing U.S. Air Force aviation safety policy and promoting mishap prevention programs for all aviation assets. It oversees the aviation mishap investigative process, the collection and accuracy of flight safety data and the disposition of risk-mitigating actions. The division consists of safety-trained professionals spanning the domain of human and autonomous flight. The division chief has direct oversight of five branches: 1) Engineering and Technical Services, 2) Aviation Safety, 3) Remotely Piloted Aircraft, 4) Operations and 5) Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard. |
| The Human Factors Division supports aviation, ground, space, and weapons safety Air Force-wide by applying life science expertise to identify, analyze and control the human sources of unacceptable risk. It assists all safety disciplines to recognize and mitigate the human-related hazards and vulnerabilities predisposing operational failure by the use of mishap analysis, system safety surveillance and research, safety education and hazard control recommendations. The division provides operational safety assessments from unit to wing level, helping to identify potential safety issues. It also manages the web-based Air Force Culture Assessment Safety Tool, which is a tool for commanders to initiate an organizational safety surveys. |
| The Ground Safety Division manages the Air Force Ground Safety Program, including operational, occupational, sports and recreation, and traffic safety. The division chief has direct oversight of four branches: 1) Analysis and Investigations, 2) Operations and Evaluations, 3) Traffic Safety and 4) Standards and Policy. It develops and oversees ground safety policy, programs and procedures to provide a safe work environment and enhance the safety of Air Force personnel while on and off duty to help maintain combat capability and readiness. The division implements targeted mishap prevention efforts among all branches to analyze “high interest” or “special project” initiatives to support safety preventative measures. The division also performs career field management for the military and civilian safety personnel. |
| The Weapons Safety Division establishes and executes mishap prevention programs for all nuclear and conventional weapons systems. The division chief has direct oversight of two branches: 1) Conventional Weapons Safety and 2) Nuclear Weapons Safety. It provides nuclear systems design certification, explosives safety standards development and citing reviews, weapons safety consultation, as well as system inspection, oversight, education, explosives hazard classifications, and staff assistance in its areas of responsibility. The Weapons Safety division chief functions and participates on multiple weapons safety councils to include the Air Force Nuclear General Officer Safety Group. The division chief is the chair of the Department of Defense Safety Board. |
| The Media and Force Development Division focuses on Air Force safety education and safety media. The division provides safety education and training to personnel, focusing on career and additional duty safety professionals to enhance their knowledge and awareness to safely accomplish the mission and preserve vital national resources. Multiple professional and technical safety courses are taught to more than 1,800 students annually. The division produces Wingman magazine and provides all Airmen enhanced knowledge of recurring safety requirements through the proactive marketing of safety events, issues and concerns through newsletters, videos and commercials. |
| The division chief has direct oversight of four branches: 1) Education Management, 2) Media, 3) Training Development, and 4) Training Instruction. The division chief also oversees career field development including standardized training and manpower studies. (^top of section) |
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| The Analysis and Integration Division ensures proactive mishap prevention guidance for all safety disciplines, including nuclear surety by providing mishap data analysis and program expertise. The division chief has direct oversight of four branches: 1) Computer Programming, 2) Analysis & Integration, 3) Research & Epidemiology and 4) Information Technology Systems. The primary mission of the division is to provide meaningful data for Air Force mishap prevention. This is accomplished through operations research and the Safety Analysis Team process. In addition, the division manages and maintains the Air Force safety database for all mishaps, responds to customer requirements for mishap data, and oversees the development and management of the Air Force Safety Automated System (AFSAS). The division is also responsible for the Air Force Risk Management Program, Air Force Safety Awards Program and administration of the Air Force Safety Strategic Plan. |
| The Space Safety Division is the Air Force focal point for the development of all space safety formal guidance, policies and procedure requirements. It provides safety expertise for the investigation of space mishaps and fatalities. The division assembles, analyzes and coordinates space mishap data for senior leadership review and evaluation. It is the DoD lead for space safety and is responsible for overseeing the safe development, operation and maintenance of Air Force space assets (including ground based systems). The division is the DoD representative to the Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel, advising the president on all space launches that carry nuclear material. It provides technical expertise and report writing for the INSRP. |
| The Staff Judge Advocate provides legal advice and general counsel on all aspects of Air Force mishap prevention programs and safety investigations. It also provides effective coordination on legal and safety issues with the DoD, other federal agencies and international safety programs. The office maintains the Air Force Safety Center Records Library, allowing efficient and timely retrieval of safety investigation reports for review and analysis. In addition, it responds to requests for safety information under the Freedom of Information Act, and congressional and other functional requests. |
| The Personnel and Resources Division performs essential support duties for the Air Force Safety Center. The division establishes policy and manages the center’s military and civilian personnel programs. It provides information management expertise to support Air Force Safety Center operations. The division is responsible for the management of the center’s manpower requirements and budgeting processes. The division chief has direct oversight over the personnel and finance sections.
The Safety Issues Division, a detachment in the Pentagon, provides a direct interface with members of the Air Staff. They facilitate responses to questions on safety related issues raised by the chief of staff and members of the staff. They also represent the chief of safety at Air Staff meetings and boards. |
| After the Air Force became a separate department, the Air Force Chief of Staff designated the Office of the Inspector General to oversee all inspection and safety functions. These functions were consolidated into an Inspector General group at Norton Air Force Base, Calif., in the 1950s. On Dec. 31, 1971, the Air Force Inspection and Safety Center was activated, replacing the 1002nd Inspector General Group. The center was divided into the Air Force Inspection Agency and the Air Force Safety Agency in August 1991. Both agencies moved to Kirtland AFB, N.M., in July 1993 due to the closure of Norton AFB. The Air Force Safety Center was activated on Jan. 1, 1996, when the Air Force Chief of Safety and staff moved from Washington to consolidate all safety functions at Kirtland AFB. |
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| Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center |
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| The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is a direct reporting unit under Headquarters, U.S. Air Force. It is the Air Force independent test agency responsible for testing, under operationally realistic conditions, new systems being developed for Air Force and multi-service use. The commander of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center reports directly to the Air Force Chief of Staff. |
| The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is the Air Force agency responsible for planning, executing and reporting independent operational tests and evaluations. The agency determines the operational capabilities and limitations of Air Force and joint systems to meet warfighter mission needs. It provides operational effectiveness, suitability and evaluation expertise from concept development to system employment in support of Air Force, DOD and other government agencies. |
| The origin of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center can be traced to problems experienced by the U.S. military during the Vietnam conflict, where the hot and humid jungles of Southeast Asia took their toll on American weaponry. All but one of the 22 weapon systems examined suffered from major deficiencies in the field. Some critics said that was because only three had undergone pre-production operational test and evaluation. |
| By the early 1970s, pressure on the armed services to prioritize their operational test and evaluation functions proved overwhelming. The Air Force response was to activate the Air Force Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland AFB. The word “operational” was added to the center’s |
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| name in April 1983, to indicate more clearly its mission and to avoid confusion with developmental test and evaluation. |
| AFOTEC employs more than 1,000 military and civilian staff, including contractors, at its headquarters at Kirtland AFB and six detachments that include Edwards AFB, Calif., Eglin AFB, Fla., Nellis AFB, Nev., Peterson AFB, Colo. and more than 20 operating locations. |
| Test teams conduct tests at selected sites; collect, analyze and evaluate the data; and prepare formal reports. The teams include staff from the operating and supporting commands that will eventually employ these systems. |
| AFOTEC’s independent and objective evaluation of how well systems will meet operational requirements provides a vital link between the developer and user. They are key elements of the system acquisition approval process. |
| Operational tests address critical issues regarding a system’s performance in combat-like environments when operated by field staff. They seek to answer questions about how safe, effective, reliable, maintainable, compatible and logistically supportable new Air Force systems will be. |
| The results of AFOTEC’s tests, normally conducted on prototype and pre-production models, play an important role in Air Force and DOD acquisition decisions. Test results also identify deficiencies requiring corrective action. |
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| Det. 1, 342nd Training Squadron, Pararescue & Combat Rescue Officer School |
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Mission
Providing the highest quality pararescuemen and combat rescue officers capable of worldwide deployment for rescue and recovery operations. |
Pararescuemen
Air Force pararescuemen, also known as PJs, are the only DOD specialty specifically trained and equipped to conduct conventional or unconventional rescue and recovery operations. PJs are the force of choice for assisted survivor recovery. |
| A pararescueman’s primary function is as a personnel recovery specialist, with emergency medical capabilities, in humanitarian and combat environments. They deploy in any available manner, including air-land-sea tactics, into restricted environments to authenticate, extract, treat, stabilize and evacuate injured personnel, while acting in an enemy-evading recovery role. PJs participate in conventional or non-conventional recovery, combat search and rescue, recovery support for NASA, and conduct other operations as appropriate. |
| Pararescuemen are among the most highly trained emergency trauma specialists in the U.S. military. They must maintain National Paramedic certification throughout their careers. With this medical and rescue expertise, along with their deployment capabilities, pararescuemen are able to perform life-saving missions in the world’s most remote areas. |
| The motto “That Others May Live” reaffirms the pararescueman’s commitment to saving lives and self-sacrifice. Without pararescuemen, thousands of service members and civilians would have been unnecessarily lost in past conflicts and natural disasters. |
Training
PJs and CROs complete the same technical training as EMT-Paramedics plus the following physical and specialized training: |
| Indoctrination Course, Lackland AFB, Texas - This 10-week course recruits, selects and trains future PJs through extensive physical conditioning. Training accomplished includes physiological training, obstacle course, rucksack marches, dive physics, dive tables, metric manipulations, medical terminology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, weapons qualifications, PJ history and leadership reaction course. |
| U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Ga. - Trainees learn the basic parachuting skills required to infiltrate an objective area by static line airdrop in a three-week course. |
| U.S. Army Combat Divers School, Key West, Fla. - In this four-week school, trainees become combat divers, learning to use scuba to infiltrate areas undetected. (^top of section) |
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| The course provides training to depths of 130 feet, emphasizing development of maximum underwater mobility under various operating conditions. |
| U.S. Navy Underwater Egress Training, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla. - This course teaches how to safely escape from an aircraft that has ditched in the water. The one-day instruction includes principles, procedures and techniques necessary to get out of a sinking aircraft. |
| U.S. Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild AFB, Wash. - This two-and-a-half-week course teaches basic survival techniques for remote areas. Instruction includes principles, procedures, equipment and techniques, enabling individuals to survive, regardless of climatic conditions or unfriendly environments and return home. |
| U.S. Army Military Free Fall Parachutist School, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. - This course instructs trainees in free-fall parachuting procedures. The five-week course provides wind tunnel training, in-air instruction focusing on student stability, aerial maneuvers, air sense and parachute-opening procedures. |
| Paramedic Course, Kirtland AFB, N.M. - This 24-week course teaches students how to manage trauma patients before evacuation and provide emergency medical treatment. Upon graduation, an EMT-Paramedic certification is awarded through the National Registry. |
| Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course, Kirtland AFB, N.M. - Qualifies Airmen as pararescue recovery specialists for assignment to any pararescue unit worldwide. The 20-week training syllabus includes field tactics, mountaineering, combat tactics, advanced parachuting and helicopter insertion/extraction. |
| For more information, call 505-853-4160 or DSN: 263-4160. |
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| Space Development Test Wing |
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Mission Statement
One team delivering the full spectrum of small, responsive space capabilities. |
Vision Statement
Be the most innovative and effective provider of small responsive space capabilities. |
Organization
The Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) develops and provides operationally responsive space (ORS) capabilities that expand warfighter access to national space assets that enhance mission command and control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Activated on 1 August 2006 and organized into two groups, the wing conducts and coordinates activities throughout the United States and around the world for Department of Defense (DoD) and other scientific developmental payloads and/or complete satellites – including system development, test, evaluation, launch and on-orbit operations. In addition, SDTW provides academic institutions – like the Air Force Academy and Cornell University – opportunities to conduct space experiments with foreign and domestic mission partners by accessing the space environment aboard resources like the Minotaur Rocket, Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS). SDTW’s unique ability to rapidly field systems fulfills national small, responsive space requirements and demonstrates their proficiency as “masters of the calculated risk.” |
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Space Test Group
The Space Test Group (SDTG) provides the expertise, infrastructure, and processes to perform developmental test and evaluation of space assets that include scientific, technology demonstration, and developmental systems while accelerating mission design and integration, launch operations, and ground system development providing reliable, low-cost access to space and rapid migration of space capabilities to the warfighter. |
Space Development Group
The Space Development Group (SDSG) provides spaceflight for DoD Space Test Program (STP), research and development (R&D) payloads, experiments, risk-reduction demonstrations, Operationally Responsive Space (ORS), and satellite command and control systems. SDSG builds, tests, integrates, launches and operates R&D and ORS systems; integrates, launches and operates all DoD payloads on Space Shuttle and International Space Station; and provides development support to other space development & test programs. SDSG serves as the DoD lead for auxiliary payloads on Air Force expendable launch vehicles. Demonstrate technology for future space warfighting systems. |
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| Albuquerque is home to a historic model for DOD sharing. The New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System and the 377th Medical Group are partners in a joint venture, unique within the Veterans Affairs system, providing referral of specialty care by the Air Force to VA physicians.
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| The New Medical VA Health Care System is a TRICARE contractor. Under VA and Air Force established sharing arrangements, the NMVAHCS may provide specialty care to active-duty and TRICARE Prime patients referred by Air Force physicians. |
| The 377th Medical Group and Dental Squadron building are on the NMVAHCS medical campus; a common walkway between the main VA hospital and the 377th Medical Group provides easy access for Air Force patients referred for radiology and laboratory examinations. Under a joint-venture sharing agreement, VA emergency room services are also available for eligible DOD beneficiaries who are active-duty or |
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| TRICARE Prime patients with a primary care manager within the 377th Medical Group. THE VA EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT DOES NOT HAVE PEDIATRIC OR OBSTETRIC CAPABILITIES. |
| The NMVAHCS endeavors to provide superior primary, secondary, and tertiary health care to its beneficiaries through compassionate, inventive health care systems, education and training of health care professionals, and effective use of available resources. |
| The NMVAHCS is a Level 1 tertiary referral center with 223 operating beds. This includes a 26-bed Spinal Cord Injury Center. The NMVAHCS’ mission is to improve the health of the served veteran population by providing primary care, specialty care, extended care and related social care support programs in an integrated health care delivery system. |
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