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Air force

Air Traffic Controller

פקח/ית טיסה

Role facts

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Medical profile
Minimum profile: 4545 and above (men: 64 and below)
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Combat supportMen and womenBeretDark grey

What you would be doing

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All air activity around a flight base is run from the control tower. You direct aircraft, help planes and helicopters in trouble due to malfunctions, control ground movement on base, and take part in Air Force operations such as scrambling jets and helicopters. You operate communications systems and airspace-picture systems.

What it takes to get in

Men with profile 45–64 and women with profile 45 and above, Dapar 60 and above, Yom Ha-MEA: management and organization 2+, information processing 3+, teamwork 3+, maturity 3+, effort and persistence 3+, sustained attention 3+, spatial perception 3+, a security clearance, medical checks, a commitment to serve under the "a woman's duty equals a man's" rule.

Training

Basic training 02, then a 9-week course, at the School of Flight Control at Uvda base.

Where you serve

In the control towers of the Air Force's flight bases, closed-base.

What it is worth afterwards

Gives you experience and knowledge in flight control.

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