PERSONNEL LIST -- FLIGHT BRANCH

The Grandmasters

January 2338

Notes: 

**Captain Argent is not officially assigned to the 13th but flies with them as time permits.

For the purposes of fiction (for the time being), only the 425th Wing will show almost a complete population of personnel. Authors can assume each Wing has the same personnel compliment.

There is a maximum of 10 (ten) pilots per Squadron. The exception is the 13th where Captain Argent hangs his wings if he flies any sorties.

Each Pilot flies with a Tactical Officer who is listed below the Pilot. Blair flies with any Tac Officer who's available and Argent flies solo. Argent also maintains his own personal plane, the Iron Phoenix.

Each plane has three ground techs (who perform maintenance on their assigned plane) assigned to it. For the sake of the FPL, only one ground tech is actually shown as being assigned. Unless the story calls for it, the rest of the techs will be nameless and faceless.

All 13th Squadron Ground Techs work under the Chief 13th Squadron Ground Techs. The 13th, 18th, 24th and 73rd Chief Ground Techs work under the 425th Wing Senior Ground Tech. Each Wing will have a similar structure.

All Flight Yeomans work under the Director, Flight Ops Yeoman, SPO Eudora Cadeau. Each Wing has a Yeoman (425th Wing) who supervises each of the Squadron Yeomans (13th, 18th, 24th and 73rd Squadrons). Each Wing will have a similar structure.

The last major player in the Flight Division are the Traffic Control Officers. All TCOs are supervised by the Senior Fllight TCO who is normally one of the Wing TCOs. Each Wing has 10 TCOs who are supervised by the Senior Wing TCO. There is a minimum of two TCOs per watch with one in the control tower and one to supervise the hangar deck traffic.

The Flight Surgeon and staff are actually part of the Medical Branch but as they have offices on the Hangar Deck, the are listed with the Flight Branch.

Flight Division -- The Grandmasters

425th Wing (The Knights)

13th Squadron (The Black Knights)

18th Squadron (The Silver Knights)

24th Squadron (The Blue Knights)

73rd Squadron (The Gold Knights)

206th Wing (The Bishops)

503rd Wing (The Rooks)

The Flight Division is run by the Director, Flight Operations (DFO) with the Assistant Director (ADFO) as one of the Wing Commanders. The DFO has his own Yeoman who serves as the Chief Yeoman for the Division. Each Wing Commander has one Yeoman for the Wing who is the Senior Yeoman for the Wing and each Squadron has one yeoman for the Squadron.

There are three Wings with four Squadrons in each Wing. Each of the Wings is known by a Chess Piece (Knight, Bishop, Rooks) and each Squadron has a color (Black, Silver, Blue and Gold). For example, the 425th Wing's 18th Squadron is known as The Silver Knights.

Each Squadron has ten pilots, ten mission specialists and thirty ground techs assigned. While there are spare planes, mission readiness requires 10 planes with pilots and Tac Officers per squadron to be available to launch at all times.

The ground technicians do the maintenance of the fighter crafts. The most senior of all Ground Techs is the Division's Senior Ground Technician, Flight Ops (who is one of the Senior Wing Techs). Each Division has a Senior Wing Tech who supervisors the Squadron Chief Technicians. Each Squadron Chief Tech supervises the Ground Techs in each Squadron.

The last major player in the Flight Division are the Traffic Control Officers. All TCOs are supervised by the Senior Fllight TCO who is normally one of the Wing TCOs. Each Wing has 10 TCOs who are supervised by the Senior Wing TCO. There is a minimum of two TCOs per watch with one in the control tower and one to supervise the hangar deck traffic.
 

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