The 505th Training Squadron (TRS) reports to the 505th Test and Training Group headquartered at Hurlburt Field, Florida. The 505 TRS is designated as the Air Operations Center (AOC) Formal Training Unit (FTU) for the Department of Defense. The squadron executes 14 initial qualification courses for the AN/USQ-163 weapon system, awarding a basic qualification status to nearly 1,200 joint and coalition graduates annually. The 505 TRS also offers the joint-certified Joint Air Operations Command and Control Course (JAOC2C), which is held four times per year and trains approximately 400 students and the academic instructor course (AIC) held numerous times throughout the year as necessary. The squadron has one geographically separated operating location at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, that provides datalink expertise to the Joint Staff.
MISSION
The 505th Training Squadron’s (TRS) mission is to provide foundational Air Component training for joint and coalition warfighters to integrate and execute operational-level command and control (C2) of airpower across multiple domains.
KEY PROGRAMS
Air Operations Center (AOC) Training: Fourteen initial qualification training (IQT) courses spanning the five divisions of the AOC and specialty teams including AOC Fundamentals, Air Mobility, Airspace, AOC Technician, Combat Operations, Communications, Combat Plans, Integrated Air and Missile Defense, Interface Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Networks Administration, Personnel Recovery, Strategy, and Systems Administration.
Joint Air Operations C2 Course (JAOC2C): Joint accredited C2 training for joint and coalition personnel, O-5 and below, requiring familiarization training in the execution of the air tasking cycle and basic weapon system operation; primary customers are service liaisons and AOC/OC specialty team members.
Academic Instructor Course (AIC): The Academic Instructor Course provides training on U.S. Air Force (USAF) instructional standards for personnel assigned or detailed to the FTU and supports other training units as available.
Tailored AOC Fundamentals Training: Provide fundamentals training for personnel augmenting AOCs and OCs for limited time frames. These include exercises and manning assists and units requiring knowledge of fundamental AOC operations to apply concepts to their processes.
PERSONNEL
The 505 TRS has 17 enlisted Airmen, 13 officers, 87 civilians, and seven contractors assigned.
HISTORY
The 505th Training Squadron traces its lineage and honors back to 1 March 1977 when the 4441st Tactical Training Group (BLUE FLAG) activated on Eglin Air Force Base (AFB), Florida, under the U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Warfare Center. The 4441st moved from Eglin to Hurlburt Field on 1 May 1989. The group was redesignated as the 41st Training Group on 1 November 1991 then redesignated as the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Battlestaff Training School (BTS) on 15 April 1993 and was reassigned under the 505th Command and Control Evaluation Group. The U.S. Air Force BTS was further redesignated as the Command and Control Warrior School on 15 November 1999. The Air Force Command and Control Training and Innovation Group was redesignated as the 505th Command and Control Wing on 12 March 2004 and the Command and Control Warrior School redesignated to its current 505th Training Squadron and assigned to the 505th Training Group under the new wing. The 505th Training Group was redesignated as the 505th Test and Training Group on 1 August 2019
OPERATING LOCATION(S)
The 505 TRS added Operating Location Alpha (OL-A), at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, on 4 May 2011 as the U.S. Air Force service component to the Joint Interface Control Training Center.
505th COMMAND AND CONTROL WING (CCW) PUBLIC AFFAIRS
For more information about the 505th Training Squadron’s mission, contact the 505 CCW Public Affairs Advisor at 850-884-9476 or 505ccw.pa.publicaffairs@us.af.mil.
(Current as of April 2024)