Air Force AFSC · Aviation

13BX Air Battle Manager

Current service use not established

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Overview

Air battle managers make and implement plans and decisions that shape the outcome of air combat. They apply strategy, experience, and knowledge of aircraft, weapons, and surveillance when directing an air battle.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Core Skills

  • Command and control on airborne and ground platforms
  • Mission-crew command for combat and training

Civilian Career Paths

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Operations Supervisor (Personnel Coordination)

Commanding mission crews for combat, combat support, and training missions transfers to a narrowly scoped role supervising personnel and coordinating operational assignments.

How to prepare: Build a sample staff schedule and duty-assignment plan for a civilian service operation to demonstrate how you would apply mission-crew leadership.

What the civilian work involves
  • Prepare staff work schedules and assign specific duties.

Notes & Sources

  • The verified duties support crew supervision but do not establish commercial budgeting or financial-management experience for broader operations-manager positions.
Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: AIR BATTLE MANAGER (13BX)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "AIR BATTLE MANAGER"; normalized cached text lines 2364-2385; family-level section (13B4, 13B3, 13B1)

    Supports: Command and control on airborne and ground platforms, Mission-crew command for combat and training, Operations Supervisor (Personnel Coordination) (O*NET 11-1021.00)

  2. O*NET: General and Operations Managers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Operations Supervisor (Personnel Coordination) (O*NET 11-1021.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 13BX

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