A single required stand-alone four-hour Basic UAS Qualification (BUQ I/II) course is to be taken via the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Manager website (SUASMAN Login). 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@nps.edu 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II) courses that were previously available at Department of Defense Joint Knowledge Online website but have now been rescinded.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
