ABM class 14015

Nine Team Tyndall Airmen stand at attention during their Air Battle Manager Class 14015 graduation ceremony Aug. 6. The class is housed at the 337th Air Control Squadron, which is a tenant unit here assigned to the 33rd Operations Group, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ty Lea)

Air Battle Manager Class 14014 graduates

Published July 14, 2014
325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Eight Team Tyndall Airmen graduated from the Undergraduate Air Battle Manager training program in a ceremony July 16.

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-STARS) aircraft. Upon graduation, students also received 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 337th Air Control Squadron is a tenant unit assigned to the 33rd Operations Group, 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. 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.

Congratulations:

2nd Lt. Gary W. Day
2nd Lt. Christina A. Gunsolly
2nd Lt. Peter E. Knutson
2nd Lt. Thomas J. Kurec
2nd Lt. William J. Schlitzer
2nd Lt. Wilfredo A. Silva
2nd Lt. Casey C. Sindorf
2nd Lt. Robert J. Stein