John Jones

Plans, organizes, coordinated, directs, and implements course development and instruction. Applies military Air Operations Center team experience to develop practical training exercises. Evaluates instructional programs and participates in special projects while maintaining professional and technical expertise within the assigned area.

• Project Manager: Guided 16 personnel in creating Special Instructions for an updated training scenario. Reduced product by 28 pages, completed 50 days ahead of schedule. Awarded 505th Test and Training Group's Team of the 4th Quarter, 2023.
• Scenario Development Team member: revamped antiquated shift change briefing used by five training programs for 845 personnel annually. Updated in accordance with current Air Force instructions and formats. Reduced shift change brief by 10 minutes. Earned 505th Training Squadron Team of the Year, 2023.
• Offensive Operations subject matter expert: Provides lecture and seminar instruction to 143 students annually in multiple positions during exercises to problem solve at the operational level.
• Develops and updates curriculum: Interprets Air Force Doctrine and Instruction to continuously update 35 lectures.
• Programs and schedules 845 training hours per year. Ensures the Combat Air Force receives trained personnel ready for tasking and follow-on training.

Planned and delivered curriculum for 150 middle and high school students. Authored student training reports, briefed school and county administrators, and parents on student progress.

• Differentiated instruction to accommodate diverse learner needs, ensuring all students had equal access to education opportunities.
• Provided one-on-one support for students with learning disabilities, enabling them to excel in their coursework.
• Collaborated with colleagues to develop interdisciplinary curriculum, resulting in enriched learning experiences for students.
• Enhanced learning experiences by incorporating specialized tools and resources tailored to the needs of special education students.
• Participated in ongoing professional development opportunities to remain current on educational trends and research-based strategies for instruction.
• Utilized data-driven instruction to identify areas of need and implement targeted strategies for improvement.
• Promoted a positive learning environment by modeling respect, empathy, and active listening skills during all interactions with students.

Led 300+ personnel conducting multiple operations for the United States Indo-Pacific Command. Provided focused strategic executive leadership and advisement to the Combat Operations Division Chief and other senior leadership.

• Balanced workload for eight teams via constructive scheduling techniques to meet a 24/7 mission tasking.
• Planned, programmed, budgeted $450K annually: secured renovations to a 10,000 square foot operations floor and training for 82 assigned personnel.
• Revised and updated the unit manning document: worked with corporate leadership to add 32 positions, allowing continued 24/7 operations for all assigned missions in the Pacific Command.
• Managed and coordinated various projects such as designing tests and evaluations of mission readiness.
• Briefed Air Operations Center commander and other executive leadership on operational readiness strengths and challenges.
• Oversaw strategic missions in the Pacific: facilitated organization of B-1 bombers with three carrier strike groups; advanced interoperability between long-range Air Force assets and US Naval assets.

Integrated a team of 126 diverse personnel, staffing 9 work centers, developed and conducted training operations. Addressed and resolved training and manpower issues, maintained two full combat mission ready crews available for worldwide tasking.

• Chaired personnel manpower board: matched personnel and skills to duty positions, forecasted positional gaps, and briefed executive leadership on operational readiness.
• Coordinated with Air Combat Command to fill a 57% decrease in supervisory personnel; completed staffing solution in five months.
• Scheduled crews for mission qualification training using live and simulated environments: coordinated with four DoD agencies across the United States
• Project lead: oversaw operations during operational testing and evaluation event for new equipment. Resolved 3,000 deficiencies in three weeks; completed tasks 7 days early.
• Staffed two combat crews for United States Central Command deployment: enabled 85 personnel to conduct 12K hours of aircraft control over 196 days.

Developed and conducted training for 115 personnel covering six duty positions. Served as lead instructor and evaluator. Collaborated with fighter squadrons, scheduling branch, and evaluations branch to streamline qualification process at a one-year assignment.

• Slashed training timeline by 14 days: interpreted Department of Defense and Air Force Instructions to remove redundant information.
• Authored after action reports for executive leadership for training exercises and highlighted training deficiencies using root cause analysis, and provided corrective action.
• Designated Liaison Officer between United States and Republic of Korea personnel in support of bilateral training events; secured upgrade training for 40 US and Korean fighter pilots.
• Project manager for critical command and control radio upgrade: developed and delivered difference training to 105 personnel with no lost missions.

Planned, organized, directed, and implemented course development and instruction of a 493-hour academic and positional training syllabus. Balanced instructor workload while maximizing student learning outcomes.

• Authored 493-hour syllabus: coordinated with Air Combat Command to gain approval; first update in five years.
• Collaborated with 22 training courses to facilitate pre- and post-mission debriefs.
• Authored two Air Force Instruction supplements: aligned evaluation requirements for 3 wings.
• Managed publication change program: coordinated with 3 wing to correct 15 publications; earned "Best Practice" from Air Combat Command.