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SPECIAL TACTICS
In Special Tactics, just getting to work is extreme. They freefall out of an aircraft and use ram-air parachutes to land at a precise location - on land or at sea. They operate on airfields with motorcycles, travel cross-country on skis, or climb mountains - these are just a few of the ways they get to work. When they get to the job, they can save lives or take them, whatever the mission requires.
Air Force Special Tactics, their motto is "First There...That Others May Live." Team members perform one of four important jobs: Combat Control, Pararescue, Special Operations Weather or Tactical Air Control Party.
COMBAT CONTROL / PARARESCUE Physical Ability Stamina Test Criteria
The PAST requirements are designed to test for a minimum fitness level for entry into the CCT/PJ training pipeline. CCT/PJ candidates should continue to train throughout their cross-training application and the recruiting process, to exceed these minimums in order to enhance their chances of success.
Candidates Must Pass Every Element of the PAST:
- 2 x 20 meter underwater (3 min between each) - 10 min rest
- 500 meter swim (freestyle, breaststroke, sidestroke), max time 14 min - 30 min rest
- 1.5 mile run, max time 10 min 45 sec - 10 min rest
- Pull ups in 1 min, 6 x minimum reps - 3 min rest
- Sit ups in 2 min, 45 x minimum reps - 3 min rest
- Push ups in 2 min, 45 x minimum reps - 3 min rest
- Flutter Kicks in 2 min, 45 x minimum reps - end
PJ Training Overview
Pararescuemen are among the most highly trained emergency trauma specialists in the U.S. military. They must maintain an Emergency Medical Technician - Paramedic qualification throughout their careers. With this medical and rescue expertise, along with their deployment capabilities, PJs are able to perform life-saving missions in the world's most remote areas. Pararescuemen endure some of the toughest training offered in the U.S. military. Their training, as well as their unique mission, earns them the right to wear the maroon beret.
PJ Training Pipeline
Indoctrination Course, Lackland AFB, Texas -- This 9-week course recruits, selects and trains future PJs through extensive physical conditioning. Training accomplished at this course includes physiological training, obstacle course, marches, dive physics, dive tables, metric manipulations, medical terminology, cardiopulmonary resuscitation, weapons qualifications, PJ history and leadership reaction course.
U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Ga. -- Trainees learn the basic parachuting skills required to infiltrate an objective area by static line airdrop in a three-week course.
U.S. Air Force Combat Diver School, Panama City, Fla. -- Trainees become combat divers, learning to use scuba and closed-circuit diving equipment to covertly infiltrate denied areas, conduct sub-surface searches and basic recovery operations. The six-week course provides training to depths of 130 feet, stressing development of maximum underwater mobility under various operating conditions.
U.S. Navy Underwater Egress Training, Pensacola Naval Air Station, Fla. -- This course teaches how to safely escape from an aircraft that has ditched in the water. The one-day instruction includes principles, procedures and techniques necessary to get out of a sinking aircraft.
U.S. Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild AFB, Wash. -- This two and a half-week course teaches basic survival techniques for remote areas. Instruction includes principles, procedures, equipment and techniques, which enable individuals to survive, regardless of climatic conditions or unfriendly environments and return home.
U.S. Army Military Free Fall Parachutist School, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. -- This course instructs trainees in free fall parachuting procedures. The five-week course provides wind tunnel training, in-air instruction focusing on student stability, aerial maneuvers, air sense and parachute opening procedures.
Paramedic Course, Kirtland AFB, N.M. -- This 22-week course teaches how to manage trauma patients prior to evacuation and provide emergency medical treatment. Upon graduation, an EMT-Paramedic certification is awarded through the National Registry.
Pararescue Recovery Specialist Course, Kirtland AFB, N.M. -- Qualifies airmen as pararescue recovery specialists for assignment to any pararescue unit worldwide. The 24-week training includes field medical care and extrication basics, field tactics, mountaineering, combat tactics, advanced parachuting and helicopter insertion/extraction.
CCT Training Overview
Combat controllers are among the most highly trained personnel in the U.S. military. They maintain air traffic control qualification skills throughout their career in addition to other special operations skills. Many qualify and maintain currency in joint terminal attack control procedures. The initial 35-weeks of training and unique mission skills earn them the right to wear the scarlet beret.
CCT Training Pipeline
- Combat Control Orientation Course, Lackland AFB, Texas. This 10-day orientation course focuses on sports physiology, nutrition, basic exercises, CCT history and fundamentals.
- Combat Control Operator Course, Keesler AFB, Miss. This course is taught in two phases. Phase 1 is Combat Control Fundamentals consisting of 28-training days. Phase 2 is Combat Control Apprentice-Tower and runs for 52-training days. The course teaches aircraft recognition and performance, air navigation aids, weather, airport traffic control, flight assistance service, communication procedures, conventional approach control, radar procedures, and air traffic rules. This is the same course that all other Air Force air traffic controllers attend. This is the core skill of a combat controller's job.
- U.S. Army Airborne School, Fort Benning, Ga. This 15-training days course teaches basic parachuting skills required to infiltrate an objective area by static line airdrop.
- U.S. Air Force Basic Survival School, Fairchild AFB, Wash. This 17-day course teaches basic survival techniques for remote areas. Instruction includes principles, procedures, equipment and techniques, which enables individuals to survive, regardless of climatic conditions or unfriendly environments and return home.
- Combat Control School, Pope AFB, N.C. This 84-training day course provides final CCT qualifications. Training includes physical training, small unit tactics, land navigation, communications, assault zones, demolitions, fire support and field operations including parachuting. At the completion of this course, each graduate is awarded the 3-skill level (journeymen), scarlet beret and CCT flash.
- Special Tactics Advanced Skills Training, Hurlburt Field, Fla. Advanced Skills Training (AST) is an 11-12 month program for all Combat Controllers before they are assigned to an operational squadron. AST produces mission-ready operators for the Air Force and United States Special Operations Command. The AST schedule is broken down into three phases: formal training, core skills training and operational readiness training. The course tests the trainee's personal limits through demanding mental and physical training. Combat controllers also attend the following schools during AST:
U.S. Army Military Freefall Parachutist School, Fort Bragg, N.C., and Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. This course instructs trainees in free fall parachuting procedures. The first week of the course consists of wind tunnel training at Ft. Bragg, N.C. The instruction focuses on in-air student stability, aerial maneuvers, air sense, parachute opening procedures. The students then relocate to Yuma, Ariz., where they begin freefall parachute jumping. The jumps progress from lower to higher altitudes, day to night jumps, "slick" to combat equipment configuration with weapon attached and use of supplemental oxygen.
U. S. Air Force Combat Divers School, Panama City, Fla. Trainees become combat divers, learning to use open circuit (Self Contained Underwater Breathing Apparatus - SCUBA) and closed circuit (LAR-V, Draeger Underwater Breathing Apparatus) diving equipment to covertly infiltrate denied areas. The course is run in two phases. Phase 1 is 21 days in length and consists of pool training and diving to depths of 130 feet, stressing development of maximum underwater mobility under various operating conditions. Phase 2 is 13-days in duration and consists of equipment familiarization and diving using the closed circuit system.
Air Force special operations forces from the 22nd and 23rd Special Tactics Squadrons fast rope onto the deck of USS Alabama (SSBN 731) in the Pacific Ocean during a recent exercise to test special operations infiltration and rescue tactics. The joint effort also tests the capabilities of the SSGN class submarines entering service next year. The SSGN class submarines are being converted from ballistic missile submarines to guided missile submarines with new capabilities. US Navy photo by FTCM (SS) Daniel J. Niclas
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