Range Training Officer (RTO)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education: High school diploma or equivalent.

Training and Experience:

• Possessed a qualification as a Pilot or Navigator/Combat Systems Officer with a minimum of 500 flying hours of military aircraft in one or more of the following Mission Design Series (MDS): USMC/USN: F-18 or F-35 or USAF – F-16C, F-15C/E, F-35, F-22 fighter with Large Force RTO experience (preferred).
• Exemption from the aircrew qualification for RTOs may apply if applicant is a Weapons Director/Controller with a minimum of 5 years of tactical air-to-air weapons control experience with a minimum 300 missions controlled, and Large Force controlling experience (required).
• Must have active missile air-to-air weapons employment experience and application of shot and kill criteria. Weapons Directors/Controllers must have controlled missions and conducted RTO duties using active missile shot and kill criteria.

General Skills:

Must possess highly developed organizational, planning and management writing skills, oral communication skills, project management skills, ability to schedule workflow, prioritize, delegate, meet deadlines, and be multi-task oriented.

Computer Skills:

Proficient in performing office automation duties on government information systems using current software platforms such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Security Clearance:

Must possess and maintain a Secret clearance with SCI/SAP/SAR eligibility.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide real-time mission support, coordination, and range oversight during air combat training events, ensuring safe, accurate, and effective execution of mission objectives.
• Serve as Range Training Officers for Large Force Exercises, including Red Flag, delivering expert oversight of air-to-air engagements, tactical decision-making, and range operations.
• Apply extensive flying experience to facilitate mission execution, tactical realism, and training effectiveness.
• Facilitate mission planning activities by coordinating scenarios, threat laydowns, timelines, frequencies, airspace usage, and range requirements.
• Collaborate with exercise planners, mission commanders, range personnel, and operations staff to synchronize training objectives with range capabilities and threat simulations.
• Perform other incidental and related duties as required and assigned.

SUPERVISORY/MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBLITY

None

NOTE:

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, skills, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.

The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirement of the job change.

The order of duties and responsibilities listed in this job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties and responsibilities in any order of importance relative to each other.