Air Battle Management Officer (HAVO-WO)

## Introduction *Do you want to guide our aircraft safely through the sky from the ground, or send our F-35s to a possible air combat situation? Discover the challenging role of Air Battle Management Officer at the Ministry of Defence. Together with your team, you are responsible within the Air Force for monitoring and securing NATO and Dutch airspace.* ## What you will do Within air battle management there are two directions: Air Surveillance and Fighter Controller. As an Air Battle Management Officer within Air Surveillance, you watch over the Dutch part of NATO airspace. You ensure a reliable air picture and exchange important information with neighboring countries. You are constantly looking for aircraft that need to identify themselves. Do you not trust a situation? Then you call in the Fighter Controller. As a Fighter Controller, you in turn ensure that two combat aircraft are immediately directed to a suspicious situation. In addition, you guide the training of fighter pilots and coordinate large-scale air combat operations. In short: two serious directions, in which you carry out tasks that are of vital importance. You have to be able to do it. Do you think you have what it takes? ## Where you will work You will start at the Air Operations and Control Station (AOCS) in Nieuw-Milligen and sometimes also travel abroad for exercises and deployments. Air Battle Management Officer (HAVO-WO) €4,200 ~ €5,600 salary 23 ~ 30 vacation days per year Free driving license Location: Uddel Air Battle Management Officer (HAVO-WO) What you will do These topics are frequently asked to the Defence Chatbot Leading combat in the air This is your team Rico Nick Look along Air Battle Manager Technical Service With an MQ-9 Reaper This is what we give you 5 items We train you As an Air Battle Management Officer, you watch over the safety of the airspace. Your main task is to guide aircraft to their destination. When you grow, you take charge of a team. You direct this team and are also responsible for everything that happens on the work floor. During your career there are many opportunities to gain experience abroad, to work for a while on the AWACS (radar aircraft), or to grow further within the Air Force. Application process This is you **Maybe you are in doubt.** **We are not.** We see not only who you are now, but also who you can become. What you cannot do today, you will learn tomorrow. With good education, training, guidance and a team that stands behind you. Take the step How do I prepare? Don't worry, we believe in you. At Defence you get everything you need to grow: good education, training, coaching and a team that stands behind you. Doesn't work out? Then we will help you further. Together we will look at where you do fit in within Defence. More information? Do you have any more questions about this vacancy? We are happy to help you further. Also interesting for you