USAF Special Operations School

Leadership Development

Flight Leadership Course

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: Personnel working to develop flight leadership skills and working with their wing-level leadership.

Description: Mentorship-basic course comprised of three blocks of instruction focused on core competency of flight leadership.

AFSOC Leadership Development

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: Nominated mid-career AFSOC officers, enlisted and civilians.

Description: A leadership development couse for those that have demonstrated superior performance and show further potential to lead, command, and cultivate future SOCOM and AFSOC forces.

AFSOC Squadron Leadership Course

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: Those selected to take command of an AFSOC squadron

Description: A comprehensive leadership course designed to ensure the success of future AFSOC Squadron Commanders and their Senior Enlisted Leaders. Mandatory for first-time squadron commanders.
Force Protection
Dynamics Of International Terrorism

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: Individuals with minimal formal anti-terrorism training.

Description: Exposure to terrorist threats and violent extremists. Strong emphasis on protective measures to minimize the threats to personnel/families.

SOF-AT2 SOF Antiterrorism Officer Level 2

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: Officers from O-1 to O-4, enlisted from E-5 to E-8 and civilians designated in AT duties.

Description: A certification course for DoD antiterrorism officers designed to certify students as DoD ATOs for an installation.

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SOFMC AFSOF Mission Command

Locations: Hurlburt

Dates: 7 Oct

Duration: 3 Days

Introduction: The FP200: SOF ANTITERRORISM OFFICER LEVEL 2 (FP200SOF-AT2) is a certification course for DoD Level II Antiterrorism Officer (ATO) training. Graduates of FP200SOF-AT2 will be ATII-certified and can perform the function of Antiterrorism Officers IAW DoDI 2000.16, DoD Antiterrorism Standards. AT will be addressed focusing on a basic knowledge of the motivation, organization, techniques, operational capabilities, and threat posed by terrorist groups. Note that this course was formerly known by the acronyms SOF-AT2 and/or ATOC.

Enrollment Requirements: This is a Self-Nomination Course. To enroll, you must request enrollment through Blackboard. You will be emailed a Self-Nomination Form, which must be completed and returned to the Course Director/Instructor for approval (your Blackboard enrollment will not be approved without this form).
Your Training Line Number (TLN) will be issued after you have been accepted into the course.

SOF-AT3 OF Antiterrorism Officer Level 3

Duration: 1 Days

Audience: SOF installation commanders (O-6), unit commanders (O-4 to O-5), mission commanders O-3 to O-5.

Description: Satisfies AT3 requirements for SOF commanders in accordance with DoD regulations.
Warfighting

ISO Intro to Special Operations

Duration: 3 Days

Audience: Members new to AFSOC or personnel requiring knowledge of US special operations.

Description: An examination of AFSOC history, mission, and organization from a joint perspective.

SOFMC AFSOF Mission Command

Duration: 3 Days

Audience: AFSOC personnel selected or able to serve as a mission commander or SEL.

Description: An operational military educational seminar designed to prepare prospective AFSOC MC/SEL’s for duties deployed or off station.

SOF Air Command and Control Blended

Duration: 10 Hours of CBTs & 3 Days Face to Face

Audience: Personnel tasked to work in JSOAC, JSOAD, SOLE, or JSOTF organization.

Description: The course exposes students to SOF doctrine concepts needed to work in a SOF C2 environment with emphasis on command relationships.
Security Cooperation

Combat Aviation Advising

Duration: 15 Days

Audience: New CAA personnel, selected International Health Specialty, and other upon approval.

Description: Educate personnel in the strategic, operational and tactical level mission objectives and force protection parameters when conducting aviation foreign internal defense tasks.

BPACS & BPACS-Spanish

Duration: 10 Days

Audience: AFSOC personnel working with partner nation militaries and target audience partner state militaries and aviation security force organizations from Theater Special Operations Command priority countries.

Description: Builds mutual understand between US and partner states of military and civilian aviation resource advantages. Presents US capabilities for aviation security cooperation to strengthen allies and attract partners in accordance with US National Defense Strategy.
Theater Engagement

AFRICOM Theater

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: SOF personnel who support operations in the AFRICOM AOR.

Description: Focuses on the strategic interests of the US in the AFRICOM AOR as well as the creation of regional expertise and cultural understanding necessary for personnel to operate effectively.

CENTCOM Theater

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: SOF personnel who support operations in the CENTCOM AOR.

Description: Focuses on the strategic interests of the US in the CENTCOM AOR as well as the creation of regional expertise and cultural understanding necessary for personnel to operate effectively.

EUCOM Theater

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: SOF personnel who support operations in the EUCOM AOR.

Description: Focuses on the strategic interests of the US in the EUCOM AORs as well as the creation of regional expertise and cultural understanding necessary for personnel to operate effectively.

INDOPACOM Theater

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: SOF personnel who support operations in the INDOPACOM AOR.

Description: Focuses on the strategic interests of the US in the INDOPACOM AOR as well as the creation of regional expertise and cultural understanding necessary for personnel to operate effectively.

SONOCOM Theater

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: SOF personnel who support operations in the SOUTHCOM and NORTHCOM AOR.

Description: Focuses on the strategic interests of the US in the SOUTHCOM and NORTHCOM AORs as well as the creation of regional expertise and cultural understanding necessary for personnel to operate effectively.
Culture and Language

Intercultural Competencies

Duration: 1 Day

Audience: AFSOC Personnel.

Description: Exposes students to the mission essential military need to build intercultural competence to conduct Special Operations tasks for US National Defense Strategy objectives.

Intercultural Skills For Engagement

Duration: 5 Days

Audience: AFSOC Personnel who will operate in multinational environment.

Description: Utilizes critical thinking to build knowledge and skill on cultural perspectives; educates and build skills on mission essential intercultural competence capabilities needed to conduct Special Operations tasks for US National Defense Strategy objectives.
Academic Development

Methods of Instruction Course

Duration: 10 Days

Audience: Newly assigned 492 SOTRG instructors and SOF personnel teaching in any service.

Description: Prepares instructors to develop and teach curriculum while creating active learning environments focused on higher levels of learning through the use of various teaching methodologies.

USAFSOS History

The USAF Special Operations School is the product of a 50-year evolutionary process. The process began in March 1961 when President John F. Kennedy, responding to Chairman Nikita S. Khruschev's clarion call for "wars of national liberation," cited the need for countering "subversion and guerilla warfare" that were the heart of Communist insurgency. As a result, the Air Force increased the emphasis given to special air warfare training. Read More

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USAFSOS Mission

Mission: Execute operational Military education to forge Air Commandos ready to lead multi-national and joint teams across the spectrum of multi-domain operations during peace and wartime.

Vision: The USAF & SOCOM preeminent educational center of excellence for Airpower in Irregular Warfare, Leadership, regional, and cultural studies.

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