eCrow Newsletter
June 15, 2016
 

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CHAPTER NEWS: Meet the New Graduates from the U.S. Air Force Electronic Warfare International Officers' Course (EWIOC)

Please join us in welcoming the newest members to the Association of Old Crows; twelve international officer graduates, from First Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, representing operators, engineers, analysts, and logisticians from EW communities in Germany, Turkey, and Italy. This is 2016's second graduating class of students from the U.S. Air Force Electronic Warfare International Officers' Course (EWIOC). Administered by the 479th Operations Support Squadron, NAS Pensacola, FL, training is conducted by the Special Courses and Training branch (SPECTRA) of the USAF EW training center of excellence. 

EWIOC is a six-week Department of State directed, Department of Defense supported, U.S. Security Cooperation Education and Training Program with the goal of effectively advancing U.S. security interests and building defense partnerships for the future. EWIOC trains foreign officers and senior NCOs in the fundamentals of electronic warfare, basic air defense systems, EW support operations and EW integration and management, primarily from a USAF perspective. EWIOC provides training that augments the capabilities of participant nations' military forces to support combined operations and interoperability with U.S. forces. Additionally, EWIOC facilitates the development of valuable professional and personal relationships that have provided U.S. access to, and influence in, the international EW community, a critical facet of warfare that is often underappreciated, yet essential for success on the battlefield.