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Air Force to establish weapons school for acquisition officers
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by Brian Brackens
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
For the first time starting in July, a select number of Air Force acquisition officers will have the opportunity to attend the United States Air Force Weapons School located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and serve as pathfinders for a new acquisition advanced instruc- tor course.
During the new course, the group will leverage portions of the existing Weapons School curriculum and receive vigor- ous specialized acquisition tactics and procedures train- ing, while working and train- ing with combat operators specializing in just about every weapons system in the Air Force fleet.
“The weapons school is
designed to produce graduates who are weapons and tactics ex- perts in their domain,” said Col. Brady Hauboldt, Program Exec- utive Officer for the Agile Com- bat Support Directorate and proponent for the new course. “So if you are an F-15 Eagle pilot and weapons school graduate, you are expected to know your weapons system inside and out and how to best employ it in the fight. In addition [as a graduate of the school], you are expected to teach others how to employ their aircraft’s weapons and tactics as well. We are also expecting the same from the acquisition folks that attend the school. We need acquisition of- ficers who can wield acquisition tools as a weapon in our 21st century fight, to rapidly deliver advanced capabilities to keep our enemies off-balance.”
The six month course will culminate with the Weapons School Integration exercises, also known as WSINT, where students will plan and execute large-scale air, space and cyber- space operations, with an ac- quisition component included.
Hauboldt expects that acqui- sition members who graduate will eventually earn an acquisi- tion advanced instructor course patch, and are envisioned to be embedded into organizations where they can affect change, including at the PEO/Wing level, AFWERX, and major command offices where they will teach and impart their ac- quisition weapons and tactics knowledge.
“This new opportunity at the Weapons School is important,” said Lt. Gen. Robert McMurry, commander, Air Force Life Cy-
cle Management Center. “It will provide an extraordinary level of integration with peer opera- tors and a chance for acquisi- tion professionals early in their career to get an unparalleled understanding of Air Force operations. As an Air Force, we are better when our acquisition teams are thoroughly familiar and highly integrated with those who employ the systems, for it allows us to better under- stand operational needs and provide better solutions faster.”
Nominations for courses beginning in 2020 will be sub- mitted later this summer.
The criteria for candidates to be considered is that they must be senior captains or junior majors, have a current Top Secret/SCI clearance, and be nominated by a PEO or wing commander.
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