¶ Welcome to the Special Operations Department
Welcome to our wiki! Here you can check some useful pages that may be from your interest.
¶ What we do
Special Operations is an inherent part of IVAO, it is important that it can be seamlessly integrated into civil air traffic whilst at the same time continuing to be able to perform it’s specialist tasks.
The aim and spirit of the Special Operations Department is to establish a global network standard for orderly and mature execution of Special Operations with the extra emphasis, within reason, on the as real as it gets principle.
¶ Who we are
Our team is formed by the Special Operations Director and Assistant Director who lead a group of six advisors and three trainers.
Meet our teamIf you want to collaborate becoming a Special Operations Department Staff, do not hesitate to take a look to our staff vacancies.
¶ Other useful links
Check out our website
Take a look to the Special Operations Regulations before flying!
Join the Special Operations Discord Server
Visit a list of the upcoming events
Information regarding Special Operations Groups
Go over our tours page, where you can check all tours that are currently open to fly!
¶ Frequently Asked Questions
Do you still have more questions? Check our frequently asked questions
¶ Get in touch
Contact If you have questions regarding Special Operations which are not anserwed in our FAQ´s, you can find the responsibilities for questions on our Contact page.
If you want to speak with one of the members of our staff team, send an email to specops@ivao.aero.
You have here a list available of all the divisions and its region.
¶ Glossary
Here you can find typical abreviations used for aviation, especially but not limited for special operations.
We are trying to extend the glossar continously.
¶ SO Regulations Update
As we are developing our Department, we also want to inform you of ongoing changes at the SO Regulations and the effective dates of these. Besides that, we will highlight the changes to make it easier to read and understand.
Special Operations Regulation Update