F-18 Instructor Pilot

Full Job Description

We are seeking experienced F-18 Pilots to provide Contractor Instructor Pilot Services to the Kuwait Air Force and have several openings located at Ahmed Al Jaber Air Base.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide flight, simulator, and academic instruction to pilots in F/A-18 aircraft.
• Conduct familiarization, qualification, upgrade, standardization, flight, and ground instruction in support of a range of courses.
• Maintain aircrew training materials and courseware.
• Assist operations and training staff in development of aircrew instructional material, evaluation criteria, and standardization of processes. Establish training standards and qualifications.
• Assist in building briefings to support continuation training.
• Deploy to other sites in and out of the country to support syllabus training.
• Job requires completion of appropriate KAF F/A-18 requalification training if not current in the aircraft, and graduation from the KAF Instructor under Training syllabus.
• Job requires compliance with NATOPs 3710.7U standards including recurring swim physiology and hypoxia training. Must meet F/A-18 NATOPS/OPNAVINST 3710.7U (section 8.3.2.18) Anthropometric Requirements for duty in an ejection seat aircraft.

Requirements:

• Pilot wings attained through a US Navy, Marine Corps, USAF or other approved undergraduate pilot training program
• US Navy or Marine Corps F/A-18 qualification training or other approved fighter program
• Minimum of 800 hours Pilot-In-Command and/or Instructor Pilot time in the F/A-18 aircraft or other approved fighter aircraft
• Experience flying the F/A-18 aircraft or other approved fighter aircraft
• Active US Secret Security Clearance
• Ability to obtain a work visa

DRG Professional Services partners with industry leaders nationwide to attract exceptional professionals from around the country. Always ensuring our focus is on guiding professionals toward the best possible career decisions, developing relationships over the long term and guaranteeing DRG Professional Services remains top of mind for leading recruitment.

DRG Professional Services is the commercial recruitment division of the Delaware Resource Group - a leading Native American owned defense contractor based in Oklahoma City. This division was formed with the vision of bringing DRG's excellence and experience in workforce solutions to commercial markets globally. Professional Services specializes in Professional Recruitment, Executive Search and customized Workforce Contract/Subcontract solutions; focusing talents and extensive network primarily in the Medical, Financial Services, Information Technology, Aerospace & Defense industries.

The Company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law.