Gray Eagle Flight Instructor - 15C Jobs

Job Title

Gray Eagle MQ-1C UAS Operator

Responsibilities

• Provides Gray Eagle MQ-1C UAS Instruction:
• Procedures for takeoff, landing, and tactical employment of the Gray Eagle UAS.
• Fundamentals and application of Air Crew Coordination.
• Capabilities, emergency procedures, limitations, and system logic of the Gray Eagle UAS System and its payloads.
• Fundamentals and conduct of Gray Eagle UAS Missions with emphasis on route, zone, and area reconnaissance; aerial surveillance; security operations; and employment of the Gray Eagle UAS in attack missions.
• Fundamentals of Mission Planning and approval Process to include the METTTC;
  Risk Assessment; and Performance Planning.
• Concepts and application of Army reporting formats to include SALUTE, SALTW, and BDA reports. Familiarity with National Airspace-- restricted areas and class D airspace-- and ATC phraseology.
• Configuration of system radios for flight operations and communications relay. Application of map reading techniques for UAS Operations.
• Fundamentals of laser safety, different types of lasers on UAS payloads, employment, capabilities, detractors, and effective utilization of lasers during UAS missions.
• Fundamentals of Combat Vehicle Identification and familiarity with major US, Allied, and Threat equipment.
• Concepts and application of military Symbology.
• Fratricide and how to prevent it as a UAS operator through positive identification of targets and situational awareness.
• Familiarity with Joint procedures for Call for Indirect Fire and Laser Designation for a Hellfire missile.
• Familiarity and application of AR 95-1 (Flight Regulations), TC 3-04.11 (Commander's Aviation Training and Standardization Program), TC 3-04.3 (Aviation Gunnery), AR 40-8 (Exogenous Factors), and TC 3-04.93 (Aeromedical Training).
• Familiarity and application with DA PAM 738-751 (TAMMS) and maintenance logbook software.
• Concepts of Decisive Action and how a UAS operates in offensive, defensive, stability, and defense support of civil authorities' operations.
• Concepts and participants in the OE.
• Fundamentals of the IPB process as an UAS operator will support the commander's tactical decision-making by providing information that enhances situational awareness of the operational environment.
• Basic aviation Instrument Flight Rules School topics include but are not limited to:
  National Airspace Regulations, Flight Instruments and Systems, Weather, IFR flight planning, IFR approach/departure procedures, DOD Flight Information Publications (FLIP) and Airspace Management.

Qualifications

• Experience in Gray Eagle MQ-1C UAS.
• Must have at least four years' operational flying (post initial qualification) experience within the last five years.
• 200 hours on the Gray Eagle.
• 20 hours as an aircraft Commander (AC) (Can substitute 20 hours of IO for AC but must have AC designation in records).
• Must have System qualification/ verification:
• Army Qualification Certificates, DD214, DA 7122).
• OEM qualified. For OEM: DCMA (1821, 2628 stating qualifications.
• Must have been AC designated/verified via DD form 759, or DCMA/OEM.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a flight physical per AR 95-20.
• Must be able to satisfactorily complete all evaluations per AR 95-20 including:
• TRADOC instructor evaluations.
• Oral academic evaluations.
• No-notice evaluations.
• Directorate of Evaluation and Standardization (DES) evaluations.
• Proficiency Flight evaluations (PFEs).
• Standardization Flight Evaluations (SFE).
• Desired Qualifications
• IO course graduate.
• Recency of flight: 12 hours as AC within the last 12 months.