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240: 371:. It was a 12-week program for B-52, AC/MC/EC-130, U-28 and RC-135 EWOs. Selected F-15E and B-1 WSOs also attended the 12-week program. Students went from undergraduate navigator training at the 562d FTS and from WSO to their follow-on training. Upon completion the EWOs were presented with their wings and the WSOs achieved their upgrades. The school was relocated, redesigned and reopened as a CSO school at NAS Pensacola, Fl. The last class to graduate from Randolph AFB was in October 2010. 63: 165: 22: 378:. The training period is 12 months not including initial flight screening. Beginning in 2009, U.S. Air Force candidates for Electronic Warfare Officer and Weapons Systems Officer were trained alongside traditional navigators in a new career field, the "Combat Systems Officer". 356:(ECM) techniques and equipment. Active jammers include the AN/ALQ-155 Power Management System, AN/ALQ-117/172, AN/ALT-16, AN/ALQ-122, AN/ALQ-153 Tail Warning System and the low-band communications jammer set AN/ALT-32. The EWO monitors the 360:
through the use of radar receivers such as the AN/ALR-46 and AN/ALR-20A. Additionally, the EWO has command of AN/ALE-24 chaff and AN/ALE-20 flare set for self-protection.
314:. Their follow-on training as EWOs, called "Combat Crew Training School" (CCTS), was usually carried out at the units to which they had been assigned. The 302:
For decades the U.S. Air Force used fully-trained navigator officers as EWO trainees, or EWOT. Their primary training was carried out by the
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in B-52G models. B-52H model differential training was conducted at the gaining Unit location. EWOs could also be assigned to
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Currently all Navigator, Electronic Warfare Officer and Weapons Systems Officer Training is located at the
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who has received training in enemy threat systems, electronic warfare principles and overcoming enemy
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As an example, the EWO in a B-52 is trained in the use of a variety of active and passive
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on potential enemy air defense systems and communication systems.
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Charles B. DeBellevue
Richard S. Ritchie
F-4 Phantom II
U.S. Air Force
aerial navigator
air defense systems
surface-to-air missiles
anti-aircraft artillery
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