Professional Formation Skydiving Instructor Services

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) is seeking a Professional Formation Skydiving (FS) Instructor to provide advanced instruction, coaching, performance analysis, and competition support to the U.S. Air Force Parachute Team (Wings of Blue) Competition Formation Skydiving Teams. The instructor will be responsible for developing and maintaining an annual formation skydiving training plan, providing real-time freefall coaching, and conducting structured post-jump video debriefs and performance analysis. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of ten years of competitive formation skydiving experience, 5,000 competition jumps, and demonstrated experience coaching advanced FS teams. Some key aspects of the job include: • Developing and maintaining an annual formation skydiving training plan • Providing real-time freefall coaching during training operations • Conducting structured post-jump video debriefs and performance analysis • Developing competition strategy, dive engineering, and sequencing • Providing on-site support at Government-designated competitions • Delivering remote coaching support and video review