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UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (INSTRUCTOR/OPERATOR)
Army National Guard Units · Posted 50 days ago
On-site Boise, ID $90K – $116K Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Transportation Specialist ENTJESTJISTJISTP Education
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THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (INSTRUCTOR/OPERATOR), Position Description Number D2692000 and is part of the ID 116th Brigade, National Guard. THIS POSITION IS PERMANENT.
What You'll Do
- →Training Instruction: Administers and evaluates flight training in UAS organizations.
- →Is the state subject matter expert on UAS, training programs and doctrine. responsible for increasing training realism by simulating or emulating red, blue, and green forces and equipment, environments, and conditions, and/or stimulating digital command and control systems to improve and/or sustain Unmanned Aircraft Crewmember (UAC) readiness and collective training requirements.
- →Instructs Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) required ground school aeronautical knowledge to include aircraft system, aerodynamics, weather, navigation, radio communications, and flight planning.
- →Instructs basic aviation maintenance fundamentals, basic electronics training, and electronic and mechanical maintenance of documentation in accordance with current Army Maintenance Regulations and standards as applicable to UAS.
- →Instructs UAS Emplace/Displacement, ground/flight operations and other aviation related classroom instructions to including Aviation Mission Survivability, Aviation Gunnery, Air Reconnaissance, Scout Operations.
- →Standardization: Applies technical expertise of aviation standardization requirements to write and comment on operational concepts to prepare Flight Training Guides (FTG) and Programs of Instruction (POI), Aircrew Training Manuals (ATMs), Field Manuals (FMs) and other training publications.
- →Assist and advises co-workers concerning UAS operations and training requirements.
- →Implements accident and mishap prevention techniques and procedures for aviation and ground operations of UAS.
- →Initiates, directs, and monitors a coordinated program for accident and mishap prevention, investigation, and data analysis for UAS activities.
- →Advises the commander on all levels of UAS standardization within the command; assists the commander to develop, implement, evaluate, and manage the unit's Air Crew Training Program.
- →Operations: Interacts with the Mission Briefing Officer (MBO) to identify, assess, and mitigate risk for the specific mission, responsible for ensuring key mission elements are evaluated, briefed, and understood by all crewmembers.
- →Final Mission Approval Authority for Low risk missions.
- →Serves as Mission Coordinator for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight, training operations and as a Training Instructor responsible for instructing military personnel on procedures for operating UAS through instrument control.
- →Responsible for Spectrum Management Operations (SMO) by coordinating with Spectrum Managers to allocate correct frequencies for UAS.
Requirements
- ✓There are no additional educational requirements for this position.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9b811ab3-ca51-43d7-927b-402337950056
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