If I am to understand you right, JTAC is the acronym for an embedded airman with in the ground assualt forces who is responsible for pin pointing and calling up strike aircraft to deal the enemy combatants. Is that correct?
Not usually an airman, usually a soldier that is either special operations or is an artillery forward observer, however there is a small unit of extremely well trained airman that are also JTACs
@Documentary Detective II so JTAC is only a special operation certification? I am not too interested in the SOF. Is it actually possible to be a RAAF JTAC that attached to an Army unit or battalion?
@@deadsignalgroup399 Yes mate. The Royal Australian Artillery Corps (Army) have actively performed this role for many decades and traditionally are the ones then embedded with infantry units, for example. The young bloke interviewed in this clip holds the rank of Lance-Bombardier which is a rank that can only be held by a member of the Artillery. That's a good way of getting into the role without needing to be part of the special forces community.
Don't quite understand why they aren't carrying weapons. I understand the "PT replicas" provide the burden factor but surely real weapons would add the weapon security, cleaning and other aspects that the trainee needs to maintain as well as developing / applying the technical JTAC skill set?
@Documentary Detective II Sure but they aren't all fighter pilots and I know what JTACs do (I've had them under command). I'd be tempted to say its just RAAF being soft but that would probably just be inter service rivalry.
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If I am to understand you right, JTAC is the acronym for an embedded airman with in the ground assualt forces who is responsible for pin pointing and calling up strike aircraft to deal the enemy combatants. Is that correct?
A combat air traffic controller is basically a translator from army language to AF language. So yes, you are correctm
Not usually an airman, usually a soldier that is either special operations or is an artillery forward observer, however there is a small unit of extremely well trained airman that are also JTACs
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How to be a jtac for the airforce?
The jtac position with adf is in the army not raaf
@Documentary Detective II so JTAC is only a special operation certification? I am not too interested in the SOF. Is it actually possible to be a RAAF JTAC that attached to an Army unit or battalion?
@@deadsignalgroup399 Yes mate. The Royal Australian Artillery Corps (Army) have actively performed this role for many decades and traditionally are the ones then embedded with infantry units, for example. The young bloke interviewed in this clip holds the rank of Lance-Bombardier which is a rank that can only be held by a member of the Artillery. That's a good way of getting into the role without needing to be part of the special forces community.
@@danrobinson8380 cheers man
Don't quite understand why they aren't carrying weapons. I understand the "PT replicas" provide the burden factor but surely real weapons would add the weapon security, cleaning and other aspects that the trainee needs to maintain as well as developing / applying the technical JTAC skill set?
@Documentary Detective II Sure but they aren't all fighter pilots and I know what JTACs do (I've had them under command). I'd be tempted to say its just RAAF being soft but that would probably just be inter service rivalry.
Breaker, breaker, 0 2 9er, Peter Hancock was innocent I met Joel van de bran (he wouldn't have been born by his great grandfather if that missionary really was shot)