Major Steven Gregor

- Leads Special Operations (SOF) aircraft/Special Tactics coordination to execute Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)/A3's apportionment guidance for USSOCOM's force management.
- Coordinates w/ HQ Joint Chief of Staff, HQ USAF, and joint/unified commands for employment of unique Special Operations (SOF) aircraft and personnel
- Establishes and leads AFSOC Air Planning Group & represents AFSOC at USSOCOM Joint Planning Group during crisis and contingency planning
- Oversees AFSOC Contingency Plan requirements; lead for planning and coordination of AFSOC's crisis response packages

- Leads & directs AFSOC Operations Center providing worldwide Command and Control (C2), logistical, intel, WX support for special ops forces supporting HQ level missions

- Coordinates with HQ Joint Chief of Staff, HQ USAF, and joint/unified commands for employment of unique SOF aircraft & personnel

- Lead contingency planner for sensitive compartmented activities supporting SecDef-directed special operations missions

- Combat-ready Senior Duty Officer; deploys no-notice integrating SOF into global operational mission architecture

CHIEF, FLIGHT SAFETY:

- Leads Wing Flight Safety Office of 5 pers; responsible for flight safety/investigationsensures mishap prevention

- Leads flight safety/risk management programs for 4 groups/24 squadrons/39 tenant units/8K+personnel and 80 aircraft

- Flight safety officer for AF's 4th largest base/AFSOC's largest wing; implements DoD/HQ AF policy w/ commanders/directors

- Provided initial investigative response for 2x fatal aviation incidents / took relevant photos / isolated evidence / compiled witness statements etc.

AC-130U NAVIGATOR:
- Executes global special operations missions in support of combat operations

- Provides Close Air Support / armed overwatch / recce to US & coalition Special Operations teams

- Primary AC-130U communicator with Special Operations ground force elements / maintains friendly and enemy sight picture / deconflicts all other aircraft within the air stack.

- Engages enemy targets in adverse weather conditions utilizing the APQ-180 radar, employing the 25, 40, & 105mm weapons

- Plans, integrates and executes AC-130U missions providing tactical support for joint spec ops ground and air warriors

SIMCERT CHIEF:

- Plans & coordinates simulator certification & modification testing of 48 C-130E/H/AMP/J ATDs at 7 training sites

- Oversees quality assurance audits/evaluates contractor compliance for $475M C-130 ATS & $370M JMATS pgms.

- Ensures engineering change proposals maintain and/or enhance fidelity between frontline combat aircraft and Aircraft Training Devices (ATDs)

- Air Mobility Command's only C-130H SIMCERT navigator; ensured FAA Level C fidelity by evaluating 10 ATDs, conducting over 50 evaluations, discovering 8 discrepancies.

- Coordinates with contractor to ensure all device evaluation discrepancies are resolved within contractual timelines

- Instructs navigators in on-time-on-target aerial combat delivery of combat troops, supplies, and heavy equipment.

- Subject Matter Expert on Adverse Weather Aerial Delivery System (AWADS) employment, defensive maneuvers & basic flying procedures

- Mission Commander for multi-aircraft formations; lead planner and execution manager of formation flights containing as few as 2 aircraft, as many as 12 aircraft.

- Creates training programs for NVG airland & airdrop capability, schedules ground/flying training to ensure scheduled upgrade and deployment preparation needs are met for all squadron aircrew personnel.

- Organizes, audits, and maintains all upgrade training folders for all unit aircrew positions.

- Plans & executes a $1.5M training program ensuring readiness & short-notice global employment for 32 combat crews

- Instructor Navigator for the Navigator (now Combat Systems Officer CSO) training unit for the DoD.

- As Flight Commander; Responsible for the training, administration, discipline, and ultimately syllabus completion for up to 40 CSO students per class, while supervising two rated officers

- As Training Mission Commander; plans flight training missions based on student reqs, Wx conditions; leads 6 Instructor Navs; responsible for mission specific training of 12 students on T-43A aircraft, to include mission planning, log creation, and fuel requirements. Inflight training includes nav-aid navigation, dead-reckoning, radar navigation, ATC communication (airmanship), inflight divert planning, and instrument approach and departure procedures.

- Simulator Console Instructor; supervises one Instructor Navigator & two civiliansdirects training for four students in controlled simulator environment. Simulator training includes all inflight training, plus emergency procedures, unfamiliar airfield approaches, low-level radar navigation, and time control techniques.

- Commander's Awareness Program (CAP) Instructor; Unit commander's top-tier instructor corps tasked to focus on students struggling through phases of the training program. The instructors are typically assigned to the struggling student for the remainder of the training phase to ensure focused and continuous instruction, giving that student the best chance to succeed.

A C-130 Mission Navigator focuses on precision aerial delivery of combat troops, supplies, and/or equipment, via airdrop or airland, day or night. The navigator is responsible for mission planning, fuels planning, navigation systems management, radar operation and weather avoidance, enroute time control using speed and/or course manipulation, low level route study (as low as 300 feet above ground level), drop zone alignment, dynamic air release point computation, and aircraft defensive systems operation. Often times, the mission will require more than one aircraft. The more aircraft, the more challenging for the lead navigator to maintain formation integrity with inflight time control decisions.