Posted on Feb 2, 2022
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SFC Retention Operations Nco
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TACP has their own selection with a pretty low pass rate and their own very long pipeline as well.
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CPT Lawrence Cable
CPT Lawrence Cable
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I was going to say if he wanted to go Special Ops, his changes at Ranger or SF are better than trying to get TACP in the Air Force.
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CPT Lawrence Cable I was thinking the same exact thing
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MSgt Kevin Davis
MSgt Kevin Davis
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Not necessarily. We have plenty of cross service individuals come through. I am instructor and retired TACP at Phase 2 JTAC portion here at Nellis AFB. The pipeline is 2 years long and requires TACP initial course, Army Airborne, AF Survival Course, Phase 1 Camp Bullis TX, Phase 2 Nellis AFB NV.
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Lt Col Jim Coe
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Here's a web site that describes TACP. https://www.airforce.com/careers/detail/tactical-air-control-party-specialist-tacp

-First, you would have to enter the Air Force as a prior service recruit. Not always easy.
-Air Force Recruiter can possibly get your headed for TACP specialist AFSC. You'll need to pass physical and score high on aptitude test.
-You will probably attend AF Basic Training, then you will have over a year of very challenging training to become a TACP specialist. It's equivalent to Army Ranger school in terms of physical and mental demands. It includes things like radio maintenance and lots of survival training.
-You'll need to learn to think in three-dimensional space so you can visualize and control different types of aircraft supporting the ground unit you're with. You will work with ground attack aircraft (A10, F35, F16, FA18) and some transport aircraft (OV22, C130, C17). You'll build an understanding for what we used to call the air-land battle.

It's a very challenging and well respected career field in the Air Force. TACP are in high demand and there are few of them, so you'll probably spend as much time deployed as Army Special Forces.
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MSgt Texas Game Warden
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You will have to get a Green to Blue transfer approved and then go through half a dozen schools before becoming a qualified TACP.
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