Air Operations Planner (Secret required)

Job Description: Air Operations Planner SME

Clearance: U.S Department of Defense (DoD) Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.

Requirement: Immediate hire, Full time, Full benefits.

Work week: 8 hrs/day

Work Location:

• Must be able to work on-site in Suffolk, Virginia.
• Must possess or be able to obtain a valid U.S. Passport.
• Must be willing and able to travel (up to 25% of the time).

Salary: $105

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of professional and/or military leadership experience, or a Master’s degree with at least 1 year of experience in a similar role.
• Senior Service School graduate.
• Joint Forces Staff College or PMEII graduate.

Job Summary: The SME will be responsible for transforming strategic objectives into actionable plans while working closely with a wide range of stakeholders, including Combatant Commands, Allied and Partner Nations, Component-level air planning organizations, and adversary air forces.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 year of experience as a commissioned officer or U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) civilian equivalent.
• Proven experience in Air Force or Joint Air Operations Planning, preferably at the operational or strategic level, including experience in adversary air operations and OPFOR tactics.
• Experience working with Combatant Commands, Air Component Commands, or equivalent-level organizations.
• Strong understanding of both adversary and allied air capabilities, doctrine, and campaign planning, including OPFOR tactics and counter-air operations.
• Experience developing training exercises, simulations, and operational scenarios, particularly in multi-national and joint-force environments.
• Ability to develop and execute adversary air plans and create realistic, challenging training environments that simulate complex operational threats.

Job Summary:

• Lead the exercise planning, targeting, force allocation, and execution timelines, ensuring synchronization across all participants.
• Analyze operational environments, emerging threats, and adversary capabilities to inform mission planning and decision-making.
• Develop and refine adversary air campaign plans, opposing force (OPFOR) tactics, and detailed exercise scenarios, including the integration of adversary air operations.
• Facilitate coordination and collaboration with Combatant Commands, Allied and Partner Nations, air syndicates, and adversary air planners to develop exercise training objectives and campaign scenarios.
• Construct and maintain accurate Orders of Battle (OB) for adversary, allied/partner, and U.S. air forces, ensuring realism in exercises and operations.
• Integrate and synchronize air operations across joint and coalition components within the Joint Operations Planning Process (JOPP).
• Serve as the Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for planning functions related to air operations exercises, campaign simulations, and adversary air planning.
• Provide expert advice on adversary air capabilities, air superiority operations, and effective counter tactics to shape training objectives and exercise outcomes..

Please contact me to discuss the position and with an agreement on your compensation am prepared to send you an offer letter.

I look forward to working with you.

Sincerely,

Benito Loyola

CAPT USN (ret.)

President

Loyola Enterprises Inc.

2984 S. Lynnhaven Road, Suite 101

Virginia Beach, VA. 23452

Office 757-498-6118 x101

Cell 757-718-0699

Fax 757-498-6110

Loyola is a certified Service Disabled Veteran and Minority Owned Small Disadvantaged Business SDVOSB, VOSB, MOSB and SDB

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $105,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Travel reimbursement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Application Question(s):

• Are you a Joint Forces Staff College or PMEII graduate?
• Were you a Commissioned Officer?
• Do you have experience in Air Force or Joint Air Operations Planning, preferably at the operational or strategic level, including experience in adversary air operations and OPFOR tactics and counter-air operations?
• Have you developed and executed adversary air plans for training environments that simulate complex operational threats.

Security clearance:

• Secret (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $105,000