Specialized Undergraduate Navigator Training for Weapons Systems Officers

Abstract

This study is an analysis of the benefits and constraints associated with implementing Air Training Command's proposed specialized Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) training concept in the U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Navigator Training (UNT) program. The investigation defines the costs of the proposed program in both UNT and advanced courses, analyzes the impacts on aircrew readiness, and explores the personnel resource management constraints which would result from a departure from current 'universally assignable' concepts of managing aircrew personnel. The general conclusion of this study is that specialized training offers potential cost savings in training WSOs to the current minimum levels of proficiency and that these savings may be reinvested in operational training programs to increase proficiency over that achieved under the current program. Additionally, the study reveals that the potential adverse management consequences can be accommodated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 09, 1978
Accession Number
ADA057753

Entities

People

  • Nolan W. Schmidt

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircrafts
  • Electronic Countermeasures
  • Employment
  • Flight Training
  • Inertial Navigation
  • Instructors
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Navigation
  • Navigators
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • Training Management
  • Warfare

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