Military aviation occupations

Military aviation occupations are types of work either shared with commercial aviation or unique to military air forces that provide skills to design, operate and particularly engage in aerial combat in during military operations.^{[citation needed]} These occupations are characterised by the unique aspect of human performance in an environment unnatural to the species, and includes a considerable level of stress due to this. The occupations are also characterised by the need for higher education in most occupations due to the complexity of most electrical and mechanical systems involved in aircraft designs and their maintenance on the ground, in control of airspace and in the air.

Military aviation occupations are therefore divided into the relative areas of:^{[citation needed]}

• Military aviation engineering design

Airframe engineers

Fuel systems engineers

Instrumentation and electronics engineers

Weapon systems engineers

• Military aviation operations control (ground)

Runway design and maintenance

Aviation safety and crash recovery occupations

Air traffic control

Hangar operations

Air base operations

Air operations command

• Military aviation maintenance operations

Fleet operations

Conversion maintenance

Pre-flight maintenance

Fuel operations occupations

Combat operations service

Weapons service

• Military aviation flight operations

Flight crew occupations

Weapons crew occupations

Cargo crew occupations

Passenger crew occupations

Specialist crew occupations

• Military aviation flight command

Air command occupations

Air control occupations

Air communications occupations

Air search occupations

Air target acquisition occupations

Air search and rescue occupations

See also

• Air Force Specialty Code