Join TACP

By Brandon Webb | January 6, 2012 Air Force

The training pipeline for a JTAC is as follows (it may vary slightly for a cross-over from another career field, though this is unlikely and will not be by much):

TACP Initial Skills Course – 14 weeks, Hurlburt Field, Florida
Combat Survival Course – 3 weeks, Fairchild AFB, Washington
Basic Parachutist Course (depends on mission requirements, not all JTACs will atten) – 3 weeks, Fort Benning, Georgia
Special Tactics Advanced Skills Course – 11-12 weeks, Hurlburt Field, Florida

Before pursuing your goal of becoming a JTAC, check the AFSOC JTAC page.

Read about the Air Force TACP AFSC on the Air Force Career Page

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers on About.com

Also check the TACP Association.

Israel Rocked By Rocket Attacks is the Iranian Two-Front Strategy Beginning

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We’ve all seen how since late Friday, Israel has been facing an unending series of rocket and mortar attacks which has kept the country on alert. Hamas from their enclaves in Gaza has launched, to date over 200 rockets and mortars on the Israeli territory around Sderot. Most of the rockets fell into open fields or were shot down by Israeli Iron Dome air defense systems. But one rocket hit just outside a family’s home injuring three while another hit a synagogue although it was empty at the time. The Israelis have responded with their heaviest air strikes since the 2014 Operation Protective Edge. More than 40 targets were hit including a Hamas training facility that the IDF has stated contained underground tunnels for training as part of Hamas’ tunnel network operations. Hamas claimed that the facility was empty and only two teenaged passersby across the street were killed. Reports were surfacing of a ceasefire brokered by Egypt which will reportedly stop the rockets for now and the Israeli counter strikes. It will only put off the inevitable because this was just the opening salvo of the Iranian two-front strategy. This strategy is already well-known by the IDF chiefs in MORE »