An airman training in one of the Air Force's toughest intelligence jobs recently set a course record for, well, intelligence.
Airman First Class Ty Bishop, 21, a signals intelligence, or SIGINT, analyst in the Arkansas Air National Guard, finished the grueling training school for the job in July with a 100% academic average. School officials at the Apprentice Electronic Signals Intelligence Analyst Course confirmed to Task & Purpose that Bishop's 100 percent average across the school's 16 tests and progress checks was unprecedented since the course was overhauled in 2019.
"Getting a 100% on the curriculum is highly commendable, requiring a mastery of the subject matter through dedicated focus and an exceptionally keen attention to detail," said Capt. Dennis Tyukayev, the flight commander at the 316th Training Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, where the course is taught. SIGINT teams collect and analyze radio, radar and other emitted signals, and the course is heavy on electromagnetic spectrum and radar theory.
The SIGINT course is one of the Air Force's most difficult training programs. According to the service's recruiting website, a recruit must score a 72 on the...
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