Air Education and Training Command

1. Air Education and Training Command Replenishing the Combat Capability of America’s Air Force I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e ATC Enlisted CourseSchool HouseKeesler AFB, MS SMSGT JAMES “TN” NELSON

2. Overview • Course Design • Fundamentals • Tower • Radar • Military Training Flight • Trained Personnel Requirement (TPR) • Graduate Assessment Survey (GAS) • What’s New

3. Design of ATC Course • Should be driven by Occupational Survey Report (OSR) – last completed Jan 04 • Utilization and Training Workshop (U&TW) • Aug 04 • Chaired by Career Field Manager • MAJCOM FAM/Career field Inputs • Straw man Specialty Training Standard (STS) sent out to MAJCOM FAMs prior to U&TW • Each STS item is discussed at the U&TW and proficiency level code is assigned

4. Design of ATC Course

5. Design of ATC Course • STS serves as a contract between AETC and its customers (you) • School Length/Instructor Manning could be affected

6. Current ATC Course • Course length: 72 academic days • ATC School is divided into three courses: • Fundamentals: 28 academic days/was 25 • Tower: 44 academic days/was 20 • Radar: 44 academic days/was 27 • New way of training since Oct 2001

7. Fundamental Course • 11 Instructors (8 Military, 3 Civilian) • Divided into 3 blocks totaling 28 days: • ATC General • Tower • Radar • CTO test given • Assigned to Tower or Radar after graduating • Elimination rate approx 10%

8. Tower Course • 21 Instructors (11 Military, 10 Civ) • 10 Tower Simulator Labs • Divided into 4 blocks of instruction 44 days: • Block I -- Introduction • Block II -- Basic • Block III -- Intermediate • Block IV -- Advanced • Each student is progress checked 3 times in each of the 4 blocks-- LC, GC & FD • Elimination rate approx 12%

9. RADAR • 28 Instructors (15 Military, 13 Civilian) • 8 Radar Simulator Labs • Divided into 3 blocks of instruction 44 days: • Block I – Introduction • Block II – Advanced • Block III – Approach Control Operations (Non-radar) • Each student takes 9 total progress checks • Elimination rate approx 13%

10. Academic Progression • Students meeting all academic standards progress from one course to the next • Students who fail either an academic or performance progress check will: • Be probationary continued if this is their first failure and there has been no indication up to that point that they were struggling. (test day jitters) • Be washed back into class behind them if they have been struggling and have not failed any graded measurements previously. • Be submitted for Commanders review (elimination) if they have failed previous graded measurement or been a discipline problem • Note: Students may be washed back more than one time, but only under extreme circumstances (medical reasons, family emergencies taking them out of the training environment, perceived instructor deficiency in training…)

11. Military Training Flight (MTF) • Complements two-fold mission of technical training: Academics and Military Training • Stair step approach using the Phase Program • MTL’s work close with Instructors

12. Trained Personnel Requirement 800 (Air Force Production) 600 400 200 0 FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY FY 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 262 265 215 252 190 190 190 190 Radar 550 170 149 170 250 286 637 663 676 618 305 265 215 253 190 190 190 190 Tower

13. Graduate Assessment Survey 1. What is your assessment of the graduate’s attitude and adherence to military standards? 2. How would you rate the graduate's ability to perform at the apprentice level as defined in the CFETP/STS? 3. How well do the apprentice job requirements outlined in the CFETP/STS meet the 3-level job requirements in your workplace?

14. What’s New • STARS Sys Admin Course (online over 1 year) • All tower labs have TSS installed • SIGNAL installed; STARS installed (last year) • Cody Hall completed • 70,000 Additional Square Feet • 32 Additional Classrooms/Labs • 60 Additional Rooms • New course (online Jan 06) • 83 Training days • 4 Blocks • Fundamentals, Tower, Conventional, Radar

15. Questions

16. Fundamentals Course First half of Block 1: A/C characteristics and Crew Resource Mgmt Regulatory Pubs, Airspace Classifications, Special Use Airspace, Flight Rules. Uses of Air Navigational Aids and Contents of FLIPS. Effects of WX on A/C and WX Reports (METARs) Second half of Block 1: Strip Marking General A/C Emergencies A/C Arresting Systems SVFR, Service Priorities, Communication and Equipment Requirements Airport Operational Areas and Airport Condition Reporting. OPSEC Vulnerabilities and Combat Readiness Back

17. Fundamentals Course Operational Areas Airport markings, lighting, precision approach critical areas Equipment Light Guns, D-Brite, Tower/Radar Coordination System, etc. Ground Control Movement area surveillance, taxi operations, departure info, etc. Flight Data Responsibilities, Airport Surveillance, Evacuation Alarms, Crash Phone, ATIS, etc. Local Control (Arr/Dep) Airport Surveillance, landing info, wheels check, go around, departure info, taxi into position and hold, COMM failure, etc. Traffic Patterns Rectangular, Overhead, SFO VFR transitions and traffic calls Sequencing and Separation Arrivals / Departures (Category) Wake Turbulence, Visual, RRS Simultaneous / Intersecting Same / opposite direction ops Intersecting RY separation BACK

18. Fundamentals Course 1st half of Block 3 ASR Equipment (Primary, alignment, electronic cursor, video mapper, etc.) Secondary Radar (Capabilities, alignment, beacon accuracy, target displacement, PIDP) TWR/Radar Coordination System IFR Terms (MVA/ IFR chart, etc.) Radar Approaches (ASR/PAR) Non-radar (Separation: vertical, lateral, longitudinal for ARR/DEP. Altitude confirmation and assignment, route assignment, holding, etc. 2nd half of Block 3 Radar (ID methods: primary / secondary). Inter/ Intra facility coordination. COMM failure. Services to VFR A/C. Traffic advisories / merging target Separation (radar, visual, wake turbulence, adjacent airspace) Sequencing / Vectoring IFR Clearance Data Radar Approaches (IFR, Visual, Circling, Successive, missed) Holding / Speed Adjustments BACK

19. Tower Course Introduction to Control Tower Operations (5 days- 40 hrs) • Some of the basic items covered in this block are: • Equipment (simulator, airport lighting, DBRITE, ATIS, wind indicators, head set use, intercoms and landlines) • Arrival/Departure procedures (landing patterns, clearances, landing information, taxi/holding instructions, & coordinating aircraft movement) • Sequencing, separating, spacing and Go-Around • Vehicle operations, Weather, RVR, RVV, Visibility checkpoint charts and sector visibility

20. Tower Course Basic Control Tower Operations (12 days-96 academic hrs) • Sequence/separate arrival/departures, Go-around procedures, Operational requests, Closed Traffic, Landing Clearances Without Visual Observation • Departure information– Intersection Departures, Wake Turbulence Separation/Advisory, VFR A/C in Weather • Traffic Pattern—Overhead & Protection of overhead • VFR straight-In approaches and 6 mile traffic rule • IFR clearances, Bird advisories, Braking Action, Transfer control of Aircraft and Plotting Crash Grid Maps

21. Tower Course Intermediate Control Tower Ops (17 days-136 academic hrs) • Tower/Radar Coordination System • Minimum distance without Final Clearance • ILS, PAR, SFO’s, Formation Flights, Helicopter Operations and Hazardous Cargo • Route Amendment and Altitude Change procedures • Departure Restrictions, Clearances, SVFR, Light Gun operations and controlling NORDO aircraft • Clearance Void Times, Hold for Release and Release Time

22. Tower Course Advanced Control Tower Ops (10 days- 80 academic hrs) • Situational Awareness, Inter/Intra facility coordination, Communication Procedures and Traffic Advisories • Landing Clearances and Runway Exiting instructions • Sequencing Arrivals/Departures • Wake Turbulence Separation/Cautionary Advisories • Visual Approach/Separation procedures • Control Departure/Arrival on Parallel Runways • Light Gun procedures Back

23. RADAR • Introduction to Radar Approach Control (15 days) • Block I is designed to teach part task training: - 25.5 hours of departure scenarios - 52.5 hours of approach scenarios - 40 hours of arrival scenarios -Items covered in departure scenarios: - Release of IFR departures - Tower/Radar coordination system - Radar identification methods - Altitude verification procedures - Handoff and communication transfer - Stripmarking

24. RADAR -- Sample ofItems covered in Approach and Arrival scenarios: -Transfer radar ID - Confirm aircraft ID - Issue advanced approach information - Altitude confirmation procedures - Validation of mode C - Adjacent airspace separation, - Vectoring - Traffic Advisories - Successive approach information - Separation of Arrivals and Departures - Merging target procedures - Assign Beacon Codes - MOA’s, basic radar service - - Approach clearances stripmarking

25. RADAR • Advanced Radar Approach Control (26 days) - Block II combines all knowledge from Block I and introduces the students to a normal RAPCON configuration i.e. approach, assist, arrival • Block II covers PAR ( 24 hours) • Block II covers Clearance Delivery (12 hours) --Sample ofItems covered in Block II: - Interphone message format - Dept Releases, - Handoffs - Transfer control - Point outs - METAR’s - Bird advisories - SVFR - SFO - Emergency info - Lost Comm - Visual separation,

26. RADAR Back • RAPCON operations (non-radar) ( 3 days) • Block III consists of non-radar training and covers some of the following items: - Initial separation of successive departing aircraft - Minima on diverging courses - Minima on same course - Departure restrictions - Clearance Void Times - Hold for release and release times - Departure release procedures - Transfer of control - Approach information - Airport conditions - Initial separation between arriving and departing aircraft - Radar approaches in a non-radar environment