Your role

By joining the Air Force as Mission, you’ll be part of a highly skilled team, with a keen focus on the skies and making key decisions in challenging environments. You’ll be trained to become a world-class leader, manager and decision maker, operating some of the most advanced aircraft and aviation systems in the world.

Mission is made up of the below 5 roles. Your duties will depend on which role you’re chosen for:

Air Battle Manager: Command and control the airspace above airfields and battlefields using your quick thinking and decision-making skills to direct aircraft from the ground or the air.

Air Mobility Officer: Operate advanced airborne surveillance and logistical systems during air battles, keeping critical assets refuelled and providing essential support to air mobility operations.

Air Traffic Controller: Take command of the skies in an exciting career similar to a civilian Air Traffic Controller role but with challenging extra dimensions unique to battlefield aerial environments.

Maritime Patrol and Response Officer: Operate some of the world’s most advanced airborne electronic systems, working in maritime patrol and response, or critical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.

Weapon Systems Officer: Operate sophisticated airborne electronic and weapon systems from some of the world’s fastest fighter aircraft, or manage air combat or electronic warfare missions.

Mission is part of the Officer Aviation career specialisation, which is a group of air and ground-based aviation roles that sit within 2 pathways: Mission and Pilot. You find out which career pathway and role you’ve been chosen for as your application progresses, which is based on a combination of your job preference, performance and position availability.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Generous superannuation

Good work/life balance

Career progression and development

Supportive team environment

Free medical and dental

Job security

Travel opportunities

Salary

Upon completion of initial military and employment training, you will enjoy a salary package starting from $89,445.

Location

Following training, you may be posted to one of the major Air Force bases around Australia, such as RAAF Base Amberley, Williamtown, or Edinburgh.

Apply Now

Apply today and we’ll get in contact with you shortly.

For this role, you must be at least 17 at the time of enlistment, an Australian Citizen, and have completed Year 12 with passes in English and three other academic subjects. If you are not an Australian Citizen you may still be eligible to join the ADF if you meet certain criteria, please visit the ADF Careers Eligibility Page for more details.

Visit the link below for the full position description and detailed application requirements.

Officer Aviation - ADF Careers