A single required stand-alone four-hour Basic UAS Qualification (BUQ I/II) course is to be taken at Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manager website (https://suasman.sofapps.net/Site/Home). Go to this website, request the access, and complete the course when access is authorized (within a couple of days). If you experience any difficulty, contact Ms. Kim Censabella, HQ AFSOC/A3OU, at kimberly.censabella.1.ctr@us.af.mil or (850) 884-8022.
Once you completed the course, save the course certificate as BUQ_Certificate_Surname.pdf and email it to NPS_UAS_Ops with "BUQ Certificate" in the subject line.
Note, this course is equivalent to the SOCOM-US796 (BUQ I) and SOCOM-US841 (BUQ II) courses that were previously available at Department of Defense Joint Knowledge Online website but have now been rescinded.
For your reference, the content of the BUQ I/II trainings are as follows
- Introduction to Basic Unmanned Aircraft Systems Qualification
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Aerodynamics
- Meteorology
- Crew Resource Management
- VFR Rules Communications
- Navigation
- Airspace Design and Operating Requirements
- Air Traffic Control Procedures, Rules and Regulations
- Mission Preparation
- Emergencies
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Aerodynamics
- Meteorology
- Airspace Design and Operating Requirements
- Mission Preparation
- Air Traffic Control Procedures, Rules and Regulations
- Navigation
- Aeromedical factors
