During the past months the EAF have been participating to several online wars.
Some of the EAF members devoted time and energies in order to support this participation, and in order to allow to the EAF to climb in the different wars ladder. Moreover they supported the other EAF members, in order to allow we all enjoy flying together the wars also, as it was for the EAF since the beginning.
Therefore the EAF headquarters decided to set up a new function, named OPERATIONS OFFICER
This function is not a different rank. In fact the Operations Officer, as in real life during the WW2, keeps the rank he has within his own unit. As a staff function, he reports to the wing Commander, but at the same time they work for all EAF squadrons (similar to how T/O’s function works).
The EAF Operations Officers duties are:
- Supporting EAF pilots participating to the different wars the EAF decide to join.
- Make sure they are “accepted” within the EAF Squadron in the war they join. If necessary they notify the people who appear as EAF CO within the war to do that.
- Collect and provide strategies useful for the Wings and the Squadrons participating to wars.
- Coordinating the war operations of their own wing, and in some cases for all of EAF.
- Coordinating the EAF war operations together with the other EAF Operation Officers.
- Posting strategies and comments in the EAF War Room.
- Monitoring the war forums they participate (i.e. IOW, CAD, CW, etc.) reporting to the EAF all important news and facts.
- Acting as the EAF liaison officer with the other friendly and enemy squadrons participating to the same war. In case something wrong would happen, they should act as moderators, and if necessary report to their W/C or G.C.
The assignment of an EAF member to the Operation Officer Staff will be to recognize his strategic attitudes and capabilities. As within the EAF we have 3 wings, we can have 3 Operation Officers. They will also have moderator rights in the War Room.
I’m happy to announce our first Operation Officer, for 51° Stormo, is F/O Jimmino.
Jimmino has done a good job contributing to EAF war tactics. For this reason he his now assigned as Operations Officer at 51° Stormo (Wing).
Moreover he did also a terrific good job as he become the moderator of the Red side within the CW. For this reason, and the additional responsibilities he got, he is now promoted to the rank of Flt/Lt.
Operations Officer for 132 Wing and 141 Wing will be decided at a later point. If you have a suggestion about it talk to your S/L or someone else in HQ and we’ll discuss it in HQ.
S! And congratulations Jimmino! 
