US Air Force Security Forces

The Security forces of the air force ( Air Force Security Forces or AFSC ) are a military unit of police force of the air force of the the United States.

Formerly, this unit was called police force of the air ( Air organizes ) then security service ( Security organizes ).

Its members also follow 13 weeks a special training on the air base of Lackland within the 343rd Training squadron (squadron of formation), known like l'" school of the forces of sécurité".

Missions

The members of the security forces of air force (FSAA) ensure the protection of all the personnel of the air force, the installations, as well as of the sensitive materials like the hunters, bomber S, nuclear bombs, Missile S, etc

They are involved with all shapes of terrestrial combat, including the Topographie, the service of the collective weapons, the handling of the grenade S, weapons anti-tank, etc

The FSAA are also responsible for and the application maintenance of law and order of the payments by the soldiers under their jurisdiction (access control, controls road traffic on air bases, security of the scenes of crime, etc

Many these missions are delegated to specialized civil companies, in particular with regard to the access control to the entry of air bases, even at agencies of state, in particular for the application of the laws as well as the Enquête S.

The security forces of the air force are more and more often deployed outside the national territory, in support of the operations of the Army for missions of police force, as it was the case with the Prison of Abu Ghraib.

The members of the FSAA were also deployed like crew of the vehicles of the Air Force , in order to ensure the safety of certain convoys and the protection of certain axes of motion the profit of the Army during the Guerre in Iraq.

The members of the FSAA are recognizable on air bases with the port of their blue Béret harms. Indeed the security forces are one of the six specialities of the air force giving the right to the port of the beret at the conclusion of the formation.

Advance and specializations

The members of these uintés can, during their career, to change unit to join, in particular, the Phoenix Raven , unit charged to make safe the tracks airport in the zones of combat or very dangerous.

The security forces also lay out of small very specialized teams of protection mission leaders of against sniping. This personnel follows a demanding formation (the closed precision engagement race or CPEC ) within the training center of the US Army of Robinson Camp.

The members of the FSAA can also follow technical courses of formation to develop their career such as Transmission S, systems of automatic control, agent of maintenance for weapons of small gauge, dog handler, operator HEAP, etc

The training of operator HEAP is intended for the majority of the soldiers of the row. This formation aims at allowing the implementation and the maintenance of the systems of vision and thermal detection as well as their components. Once formed, the operator is capable to ensure the monitoring of the bases, like installations of countryside. They use system of microwaves, or with thermal detection, even also of the systems of remote monitoring and/or Vidéosurveillance. One of the systems used within the Air Force is the Wide-Area Infrared Surveillance Thermal To color or WISTI (thermal and infra-red Surveillance device with broad field). WISTII can detect an enemy presence thanks to the heat released by the human body

Another of the specialities of the members of the FSAA is the speciality 3P0X1B (code of specialization of use within the US Air Force ). This personnel is in load of the teaching of the handling of the weapons of small gauge to the personnel present on military bases, as well as theirs controls and their maintenance and maintenance currents.

The dog handlers (or Military Working Dog - MWD ) make also parties of the units of the FSAA. They can be employed for the search of Explosif S or Stupéfiant S in the enclosure of air bases. The dog handlers can often be detached for tasks of maintenance of law and order or for missions of short duration such as the protection of the president of the United States.

In addition, small numbers of the member of the FSAA can be allowed within other course of speciality, like the formation " attack by air" Army, or the formation parachutist, or formation To arrange.

Of course, the members of the security forces can also follow courses of specialization in vehicle driving or investigations and investigations delivered by the Air Force Office off Special Investigations . They can also learn the handling various weapons such as the lance-grenade M203, the Mitrailleuse S M-40 or M-249 SAW

The majority of air bases lay out d'" teams of reaction rapide" ( Emergency Services TEAM or IS ) which is appreciably structured the manners of teams SWAT. Air bases sheltering of the nuclear warheads lay out, as for them of " tactical forces of réaction" ( Tactical Response Force ) which remlplacent the IS , while having a broader range of missions in order to ensure the protection of the nuclear loads.

See too

Related article

  • List of the police services and the armies in the United States of America
  • military Police force
  • Air Force Office off Special Investigations

External bond

  • Official site
  • Association of the police force of the air force
  • nonofficial Site of the security forces of the air force
  • the Community of the security forces of the air force

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