A professional who operates inflight fire control system to detect intrusion of enemy aerial vehicles and to evade or destroy airborne threat during combat or training. Respnsibilities include:

• Observes radar scope to detect blips indicative of aerial vehicles.
• Identifies vehicles following manual procedures.
• Notifies superior of presence of enemy aircraft, missile, or other aerial vehicle.
• Presses buttons as directed by superior to activate automatic tracking system and to automatically fire weapons and infrared missile launcher to destroy enemy or simulated threat.
• Diagnoses equipment malfunction.
• Replaces defective parts and wiring and adjusts mechanical parts.