WELCOME FROM THE SCHOOL REGISTRAR
Welcome to the "Lone Star Gunfighters"! Here you will find some basic information to assist you in making your in processing experience go smoothly. You will find that there may be different instructions depending upon if you are in a PCS status (B course) or in a TDY status (TX, Senior Officer or IP course). Regardless of what status you are (PCS/TDY), your Course Manager or I will contact you at least two weeks prior to your class start date. If you have not been contacted by then, please contact the Student Registrar at DSN 945-6106 or Commercial (210) 925-6106.
Security clearance requirements: (All students MUST comply with the Security Requirements Section or course entry will not be allowed)
1. Students MUST work closely with their losing Unit Security Assistant (SA) or Information Protection Office (IPO) to ensure processing is completed within the time constraints listed below. Non-compliance with security requirements shall be cause for denial/cancellation of student training.
2. Students MUST be Special Access Program (SAP)-eligible (IAW DODM 5205.07, Volume 2, Enclosure 3) and have a Tier 5 (T5) investigation with Top Secret (TS) eligibility within 4 years, 6 months of FTU Course Start Date (CSD).
- For students with a current TS that is within 6 months of expiration at FTU Course Start Date (CSD), the periodic re-investigation (T5R) MUST be completed and CE date reflected in DISS no later than 60 days before FTU CSD.
- Losing units MUST ensure the T5/T5R clearance date (or in-scope CE date) is included on FTU assignment orders.
3. Losing units MUST ensure ANY Security Executive Agent Directive (SEAD) 3 reporting requirements (i.e. Foreign Contacts, Foreign Travel, Marriage/Cohabitation, etc.) are appropriately updated in/through DISS.
- All students MUST be aware that mitigation/adjudication requirements could potentially cause delays in security clearance processing at the FTU.
- Any open derogatory reports shall be communicated by the losing SA/IPO to the gaining Advanced Programs Office (APO), Government SAP Security Officer (GSSO), and Information Protection Office (IPO).
4. The 149th Fighter Wing, Advanced Programs Office (APO), Government SAP Security Officer (GSSO) and/or Personnel Security (PerSec) Specialist will reach out to students for specific actions required to obtain SAP access for the FTU. For any questions regarding this guidance, contact the 149 FW APO at DSN (945) 210-925-5925/5931.
ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE COMMITMENT (ADSC)
Inbound students are advised to coordinate with their home unit to be briefed on their active duty service commitment (ADSC) prior to entering training. Before the student departs, the losing unit will prepare an AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) Acknowledgement Statement. Please ensure you bring a copy of your AF Form 63.
BILLETING
Students are responsible for making their own billeting reservations. Billeting will be provided by the Gateway Inn on Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, 1750 Femoyer, San Antonio, Texas 78236, DSN 473-2556 or Commercial (210) 671-2556. Contact with billeting must be made to confirm reservation and to provide travel card information prior to arrival. When making billeting reservations, ensure they know you are an F-16 FTU student. You should not be placed in the DLI quarters!
To be eligible for TLF, your orders must state that you are accompanied with dependents. For more information, go to Department of Defense Lodging.
NOTE - There is also a possibility that you may be billeted off-base in contract quarters; therefore, a rental car may be needed. Authorization for a rental car or POV with vicinity mileage is an individual unit policy and must be coordinated with home station MPF and so stated on TDY orders for proper reimbursement.
REPORTING INSTRUCTIONS
All students are to report on class start date at 0730 in the main briefing room, for a welcome brief.
F16C0B00PL - Initial Qualification
Students are in a PCS status and are to report to the student registrar's office the next duty day upon arrival on station.
- inprocessing will be initiated prior to class start date
- Active Duty students must also in process the base therefore will need to initiate a separate inprocessing through the Lackland FSS prior to class start date
F16C0TX0PL - Re-qualification
F16C0SOCPL - Specialized Qualification
F16C0I00PL - Instructor Pilot Qualification
Students are in a TDY status and must arrive one day prior to class start date in order to check into billeting
- inprocessing will be initiated on class start date
WELCOME BRIEF / INPROCESSING
Welcome brief for all courses will take place on your class start date at 0730 in the main briefing room.
All students must bring/accomplished the following requirements prior to class start date:
- Copy of orders.
- AF Form 63, Active Duty Service Commitment (ADSC) Acknowledgement Statement
- Current DoD Information Assurance Awareness
- Personal Flying Equipment
In addition to the items listed above, B course students need to bring the following:
- UPT Gradebook
- IFF Gradebook
ORDERS
Orders must state "variations in itinerary authorized".
TRANSPORTATION
Authorization for a rental car or POV with vicinity mileage is an individual unit policy and must be coordinated with home station MPF and so stated on TDY orders for proper reimbursement.
If authorized, your home unit must fund rental vehicles/POV travel.