ABM graduation

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  • By Staff Sgt. Kirsten Wicker
  • 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. --  Eleven Team Tyndall Airmen graduated from Undergraduate Air Battle Manager training program in a ceremony Oct. 26.

Colonel Theodore Davis, director of the Joint Interoperability Division, Joint Coalition Warfare Center, located at Pope Army Airfield, N.C., was the guest speaker at the event.

The students completed a rigorous nine-month course of instruction preparing them for duty aboard the E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) and the E-8 Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System (J-STAR) aircraft. Upon graduation, students also receive their wings.

Air battle managers' primary responsibilities include providing command and control in the battlespace and ensuring combat aircraft find, identify and destroy their targets. They do this by providing the pilots with a tactical picture which increases combat capability and situational awareness. Air battle managers also provide early warning for inbound enemy aircraft and direct friendly assets to intercept them.

The 325th Air Control Squadron is one of four squadrons assigned to the 325th Operations Group, 325th Fighter Wing. The squadron's primary responsibility includes training all U.S. Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve officers in command and control mission execution as air battle managers in a variety of weapons systems in support of air expeditionary forces worldwide.

2nd Lt. Christopher A. Ashcraft, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2nd Lt. Lewis Boone IV, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2nd Lt. Jason L. Cameron, Washington ANG
2nd Lt. William L. Flavell, Kadena AB, Japan
2nd Lt. Jose L. Flores, Puerto Rico ANG
2nd Lt. Robin R. Grunstad, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2nd Lt. Bryce N. Hardt, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2nd Lt. Benjamin A. Hosbein, Robins AFB, Ga.
2nd Lt. Dennis E. Lott, Robins AFB, Ga.
2nd Lt. Cecilia T. Nguyen, Tinker AFB, Okla.
2nd Lt. Tyler W. Tucker, Tinker AFB, Okla.