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Science Officer US Air Force Careers

November 17, 2008 By admin

An Air Force Scientist works to prepare and develop new scientific techniques, methods and concepts, to prepare various types of scientific reports, and serves as an advisor to senior officers or commanders on scientific issues that they have expertise in. You will be called to find solutions and to solve well-defined situations, as well as be asked to brainstorm and think out of the box to find new and novel scientific answers to important problems.

If you have a Masters or Doctorate degree in physical, applied, or technical science, or if you are close to an advanced degree, then the Air Force wants to talk to you. Serving in the Air Force as a Scientist is a competitive and demanding career, but it is also very rewarding. An Air Force Science Officer conducts and managed activities, programs, projects and research endeavors. As an Air Force Scientist you will manage and conduct research designed to solve problems of a scientific nature. Every single one of the Armed forces of the United States has some sort of scientific career related billet or job title. In the Air Force, it is the Air Force Science Officer. Air Force scientists are sometimes chemical scientists or chemists, and chemists are expected to apply their expertise and knowledge of chemicals and different compounds as a materials, propulsion, fuels, biotechnology, or other type of chemist. You will be asked to use mathematical procedures and techniques, to serve as a technical consultant, to prepare various technical solutions and document your work in technical reports, and to be a representative or advisor to technical and scientific boards and research groups. The sky is literally the limit, and depending what your particular scientific niche is, is the type of Air Force Scientific Officer you will be. Some Air Force Science Officers rotate through the Air Force Technical applications Center, and work to help monitor treaty expectations; other Science officers may be called to be instructors at the Air Force Military Academy. The career path of Air Force Science Officer is diverse and varied.

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The Science Officer is committed to finding answers, whether it is in the laboratory or in the classroom. You will work with both the practical and the theory basis of different situations that have a mathematical or scientific solution. The different types of duties that you will have as an Air Force Scientific officer will depend what type of science specialty or background you have.

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  1. Lorenzo Morales says

    May 14, 2012 at 9:59 pm

    My Dad was an E9 with SAC (722-14-0007), traveled around the world, England, Northern Europe, Westover Air Force Base, March Air Force Base, what was it the 9th, 8th, Air Force and so on. As a kid growing up within these nicely built bases I noticed stuff and I noticed that I like creating with my hands. That is why I want to build Navy/Air Force military cities of the future.
    Earth base cities that would support the development of advance human cities would be nice but so would orbital class types.
    In fact a step-up from the moon base designs that are portrayed in the Star Wars Trilogy.
    Of course, not wanting to follow someone else

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