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FLIGHT SERVICES SPECIALIST
Air National Guard Units · Posted 49 days ago
Hybrid Rickenbacker AFB, OH $64K – $84K Apply by Aug 27, 2026 Transportation Specialist ENTJESTJISTJISTP
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This National Guard position is for a FLIGHT SERVICES SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1458000 and is part of the OH 121 Air Refueling Wing, Ohio Air National Guard. This full- performance level position provides direct support to unit and other military and civilian aircrews during scheduled and unscheduled flying and ground activities.
What You'll Do
- →As a FLIGHT SERVICES SPECIALIST, GS-2101-9, you will perform the following duties: 1.
- →Provides preflight briefings to military and civilian aircrews, including those of foreign governments and civilian contractors on CONUS/International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) flight plans.
- →Furnishes pilots with full range of necessary information pertinent to planning and completing their intended flight safely and assists them in making preflight decisions and calculations when required.
- →Reviews and evaluates proposed flight plans for technical accuracy and compliance with USAF, FAA, DOD and ICAO directives.
- →Ensures flight plan information is in proper format prior to processing plans into the FAA flight planning Aeronautical Information System (AIS). 2.
- →Performs quality control on proposed flight plans with aircrews and provides special briefings to pilots of civilian and non-DOD government aircraft on flight planning procedures.
- →Briefs aircrews on air traffic control, noise abatement, and Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) procedures to include special departure procedures, radar departures, communications requirements, and airfield conditions and restrictions.
- →Ensures aircrews are briefed on Foreign Clearance Guide requirements for OCONUS flight operations.
- →Briefs pilots on alternate airfields' facilities, status and limitations of navigational aids, restricted areas, radio frequency changes, call letters, airfield obstructions, and other information necessary to accomplish the flight safely.
- →Recommends revision and/or changes to flight plans as appropriate.
- →Provides taxi, run-up, and takeoff information.
- →Obtains and coordinates Pilot Report (PIREP) information to appropriate agencies related to mission profiles.
- →Briefs Notices to Airmen (NOTAMS) as required prior to all flights.
- →Provides flight following as required on all flight plans.
Requirements
- ✓Ohio Air National Guard Membership is required.
- ✓Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
- ✓Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
- ✓May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
- ✓Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
- ✓MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required within one year of the effective date of placement.
- ✓This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
- ✓Applicants who are not currently a member of the Ohio Air National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership.
- ✓If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Ohio Air National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
- ✓Military Grades: E-1 through E-7.
- ✓Compatible Military Assignments: 1C7X1.
- ✓Other requirements: 1.
- ✓For positions requiring the operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver's license for the state in which they live or are principally employed. 2.
- ✓For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 173fe055-387f-4bc3-9241-2cd90c43e2df
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