DIPLOMATIC CLEARANCE SPECIALIST

Serves as Diplomatic Clearance SME for 618 AOC operations officers on all international diplomatic overflight and landing clearances in sovereign national airspace. Communicates verbally and in writing with US Embassy Defense Attache Officers and other key personnel within the Command's area of responsibility, in order to secure international diplomatic permissions for AMC, Air National Guard, and Air Force Reserve, and other Command aircraft supporting America's global mission. Provides advice and assistance to Command leadership on branch processes and performance/efficiencies, and serves as the subject matter expert and management's technical assistant for all concerns pertaining to obtaining diplomatic overflight and landing clearances of foreign countries. Maintains quality control of diplomatic clearance requests and aircraft requirements. Maintains a comprehensive working knowledge of applicable publications required to conduct the diplomatic clearance process.