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Wikipedia / Air Force Specialty Code

The Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) is an alphanumeric code used by the United States Air Force to identify a specific job. Officer AFSCs consist of four characters and enlisted AFSCs consist of five characters. A letter prefix or suffix may be used with an AFSC when more specific identification of position requirements and individual qualifications is necessary. The AFSC is similar to the military occupational specialty codes (MOS Codes) used by the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps or enlisted ratings and USN officer designators and Naval officer billet classifications (NOBCs) used by the United States Navy and enlisted ratings and USCG officer specialties used by the United States Coast Guard. The United States Space Force equivalent is known as the Space Force Specialty Code (SFSC).

History

After the Air Force separated from the Army in 1947, it retained the Army's system of MOS occupation codes, modifying them in 1950. These were 5-digit codes; for example a maintenance data systems specialist was 39150 and a weather technician was 25170. In October 1993, the Air Force implemented a new system of AFSCs, aligning occupations with the force wide restructuring that was implemented under Merrill McPeak. These reduced officer AFSCs from 216 to 123 and enlisted AFSCs from 203 to 176.

Enlisted AFSCs

The enlisted AFSC consists of five alphanumeric characters:

Career group (numerical)

  1. Operations

  2. Logistics & maintenance

  3. Support

  4. Medical

  5. Professional

  6. Acquisition

  7. Special investigations

  8. Special duty identifiers, typically used for Airmen chosen for specialized jobs

  9. Reporting identifiers, typically used for Airmen in transitive status: trainees, awaiting retraining, prisoner, etc. And occasionally for Airmen chosen for specialized jobs.

  10. Career field (alpha, different for each)

  11. Career field subdivision (numerical, different for each)

  12. Skill level

    1. 1 – Helper (recruits or trainees in technical school)

    2. 3 – Apprentice (technical school graduates applying and expanding their job skills)

    3. 5 – Journeyman (experienced airmen functioning as front-line technicians and initial trainers)

    4. 7 – Craftsman (airmen with many years of experience in the specialty, responsible for supervision and training)

    5. 9 – Superintendent (airmen in the grade of Senior Master Sergeant and above, with at least 14 years of experience, responsible for broad supervision)

    6. 0 – Chief enlisted manager (CEM) (airmen in the grade of Chief Master Sergeant responsible for policy and direction on a broad scale, from the individual squadron to HQ USAF levels)

    Specific AFSC (numeric, specialty within career field subdivision)

For example, in the AFSC 1N371:

  • The career group is 1 (operations)

  • The career field is 1N (intelligence)

  • The career field subdivision is 1N3 (cryptologic linguist)

  • The skill level is 7 (craftsman)

  • The specific AFSC is 1N371 (crypto-linguist)

For some specialties, an alpha prefix is used to denote a special ability, skill, qualification or system designator not restricted to a single AFSC (such as "X" for an aircrew position). Additionally, an alpha suffix (a "shredout") denotes positions associated with particular equipment or functions within a single specialty (an Afrikaans specialist in the Germanic linguist field would have an "E" shredout). Using the above example, the AFSC X1N371E would refer to a Germanic cryptologic linguist who is aircrew qualified and specializes in Afrikaans.

Here is an extended listing of AFSC groups. Most categories have numerous actual AFSCs in them.

Operations

1A – Aircrew operations

1A1X2 – Mobility force aviator

  • 1A1X2A – C-5 flight engineer

  • 1A1X2B – C-5 loadmaster

  • 1A1X2C – C-17 loadmaster

  • 1A1X2D – C-130J loadmaster

  • 1A1X2E – WC-130J loadmaster

  • 1A1X2F – E-3 flight engineer

  • 1A1X2G – KC-46 boom operator

  • 1A1X2H – KC-135 boom operator

  • 1A1X2I – KC-10 boom operator

  • 1A1X2J – KC-10 flight engineer

  • 1A1X2K – E-8 flight engineer

  • 1A1X2L – C-130H flight engineer

  • 1A1X2N – C-130H loadmaster

  • 1A1X2O – EC-130H flight engineer

  • 1A1X2Z – Data mask mobility force aviator

1A1X3 – Special mission aviator

  • 1A1X3A – AC-130J gunner

  • 1A1X3B – CV-22 flight engineer

  • 1A1X3C – UH-1N flight engineer

  • 1A1X3D – HC-130J loadmaster

  • 1A1X3E – MC-130J loadmaster

  • 1A1X3F – HH-60 flight engineer

  • 1A1X3G – MH-139 flight engineer

  • 1A1X3H – C-146 loadmaster

  • 1A1X3Z – SMA data masked

  • 1A1X4 – Multi-Domain Operations Aviator

1A1X8 – Executive mission aviator

  • 1A1X8A – C-32/C-40 flight attendant

  • 1A1X8B – C-32/C-40 communications systems operator

  • 1A1X8C – C-37 flight attendant

  • 1A1X8D – C-37 flight engineer

  • 1A1X8E – CEM executive mission aviator

  • 1A1X8F – C-37 communications systems operator

  • 1A1X8G – E-4 flight engineer

  • 1A1X8H – E-4 flight attendant

  • 1A1X8I – E-4 communications systems operator/technician/controller

  • 1A1X8J – Presidential Airlift Group, flight engineer

  • 1A1X8K – Presidential Airlift Group, flight attendant

  • 1A1X8L – Presidential Airlift Group, communication system operator

  • 1A1X8Z – EMA data mask

1A3X1 – Airborne mission systems specialist

  • 1A3X1A – C-32/C-40

  • 1A3X1D – C-37

  • 1A3X1G – HC-130P/N

  • 1A3X1H – EC-130J

  • 1A3X1I – E-3

  • 1A3X1J – E-4

  • 1A3X1K – E-8

  • 1A3X1L – EC-130H

  • 1A3X1N – RC-135

  • 1A3X1O – RQ-4

  • 1A3X1T – MC-130P

  • 1A890 – SEL airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)

1A8X1 – Airborne cryptologic language analyst

1B – Cyber warfare

  • 1B4X1 – Cyber warfare operations

1C – Command and control systems operations

  • 1C0X2 – Aviation resource management

  • 1C1X1 – Air traffic control

  • 1C3X1 – All-domain command and control operations (C2 OPS)

1C5X1 – Battle management ops

  • 1C5X1D – Weapons director

  • 1C6X1 – Space systems operations

  • 1C7X1 – Airfield management

  • 1C8X3 – Radar, airfield & weather systems (RAWS)

1D – Warfighter Communication

1D7X1 – Information Technology Systems

  • 1D7X1A – Network Operations

  • 1D7X1B – Systems Administration

  • 1D7X1D – Security operations (to be phased out)

  • 1D7X1E – Client systems operations (to be phased out)

  • 1D7X1K – Knowledge operations (to be phased out)

  • 1D7X1M - Mission Defense Activities

  • 1D7X1P - Data Operations

  • 1D7X1Q - Enterprise Operations

  • 1D7X1W – Expeditionary communications (XCOMM)

  • 1D7X1Z – Software development operations (to be phased out)

1D7X2 – Radio Frequency Transmissions and Electromagnetic Activities

  • 1D7X2F – Spectrum Operations

  • 1D7X2R – RF Transmissions

  • 1D7X3 – Cable and Antenna

  • 1D7X4 – Data Engineering

  • 1D7X5 – Cybersecurity

    1H0X1 – Aerospace physiology

1N – Intelligence

  • 1N0X1 – All source intelligence analyst

  • 1N092 – Intelligence superintendent

1N1X1 – Geospatial intelligence

  • 1N1X1A – Imagery analyst

  • 1N292 – Cryptologic intelligence superintendent

1N2X1 – Signals intelligence

  • 1N2X1A – Electronic non-communications analyst

  • 1N2X1C – Communications analyst

1N3X1 – Cryptologic language analyst

  • 1N3X1F – Arabic

  • 1N3X1G – Chinese

  • 1N3X1H – Korean

  • 1N3X1I – Russian

  • 1N3X1J – Spanish

  • 1N3X1K – Persian

  • 1N3X1M – Pashto

  • 1N3X1N – Urdu

  • 1N3X1Z – Divested languages

1N4X1 – Cyber intelligence

  • 1N4X1A – Analyst

  • 1N4X2 – Cryptologic analyst & reporter

  • 1N7X1 – Human intelligence specialist

  • 1N8X1 – Targeting analyst

1P – Aircrew flight equipment

1P0X1 – Aircrew flight equipment

  • 1P0X1A – Ejection seat aircraft

  • 1P0X1B – Non-ejection seat aircraft

1S – Safety

  • 1S0X1 – Safety

1T – Special warfare enabler

1U – Aircrew operations (RPA)

1U1X1 – Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot

  • 1U1X1O – RQ-4

  • 1U1X1R – MQ-9

1W – Weather

1W0X1 – Weather

  • 1W0X1A - Weather Forecaster

1Z – Special warfare

Maintenance and logistics

2A – Aerospace maintenance

  • 2A090 – Avionics

2A0X1 – Avionics test station, components, and electronic warfare systems

  • 2A0X1K – A-10/B-2/C-17/CV-22/F-16/AFSOC avionics systems

  • 2A0X1M – B-1/E-8/F-15 avionics systems

  • 2A0X1P – Avionics sensor systems and electronic warfare systems

    2A2X1 – MHU-139 electrical, environmental and avionics technician

  • 2A390 – Fighter/remotely piloted aircraft maintenance

2A3X3 – Tactical aircraft maintenance

  • 2A3X3E – A-10/U-2

  • 2A3X3L – F-15

  • 2A3X3M – F-16

2A3X4 – Fighter aircraft integrated avionics

  • 2A3X4A – A-10/U-2

  • 2A3X4B – F-15

  • 2A3X4C – F-16

2A3X5 – Advanced fighter aircraft integrated avionics

  • 2A3X5A – F-22

  • 2A3X5B – F-35

  • 2A3X5C – MQ-1/MQ-9/RQ-4

2A3X7 – Tactical aircraft maintenance (5th generation)

  • 2A3X7A – F-22

  • 2A3X7B – F-35

2A3X8 – Remotely piloted aircraft maintenance

  • 2A3X8A – MQ-1/MQ-9

  • 2A3X8B – RQ-4

2A5X1 – Airlift/special mission aircraft maintenance

  • 2A5X1A – C-20/C-21/C-22/C-37/C-40/E-4/VC-25

  • 2A5X1B – C-130/C-27J

  • 2A5X1C – C-5

  • 2A5X1D – C-17

2A5X2 – Helicopter/tiltrotor aircraft maintenance

  • 2A5X2B – HH-60

  • 2A5X2D – CV-22

  • 2A5X2E – MHU-139

2A5X4 – Refuel/bomber aircraft maintenance

  • 2A5X4A – Any C-135/E-3/E-8

  • 2A5X4B – KC-10

  • 2A5X4C – KC-46

  • 2A5X4D – B-52

  • 2A5X4E – B-1

  • 2A5X4F – B-2

  • 2A5X4H – B-21

  • 2A690 – Aircraft accessories

2A6X1 – Aerospace propulsion

  • 2A6X1C – TF33, CF6, F103, F108, F117, TFE-731, TF39, PW 2040, F138 jet engines (airlift, special mission, and B-52 aircraft)

  • 2A6X1D – F100, F119, F135 jet engines (F-15, F16, F-22 aircraft)

  • 2A6X1E – F101, F110, F118, TF34 jet engines (A-10, B-1, B-2, F-16, U-2 aircraft)

  • 2A6X1F – F100, F101, F110, F118, F119, F135, TF34 jet engines (A-10, B-1, B-2, F-15, F-16, F-22, F-35, U-2 aircraft)

  • 2A6X1H – Turboprop and turboshaft propulsion (helicopter, propeller, tiltrotor aircraft)

  • 2A6X2 – Aerospace ground equipment (AGE)

  • 2A6X3 – Aircrew egress systems

  • 2A6X4 – Aircraft fuel systems

  • 2A6X5 – Aircraft hydraulic systems

  • 2A6X6 – Aircraft electrical and environmental systems

  • 2A790 – Aircraft fabrication

  • 2A7X1 – Aircraft metals technology

  • 2A7X2 – Nondestructive inspection

  • 2A7X3 – Aircraft structural maintenance

  • 2A7X5 – Low observable aircraft structural maintenance

2A9X4 – Heavy aircraft integrated avionics

  • 2A9X4A – C4ISR mission systems (E-3, E-4, E-7, E-8, EC-130H, RC-135, VC-25)

2F – Fuels

  • 2F0X1 – Fuels

2G – Logistics plans

  • 2G0X1 – Logistics plans

2M – Missile and space systems maintenance

  • 2M090 – Missile and space systems maintenance superintendent

2M0X1 – Missile and space systems electronic maintenance

  • 2M0X1A – ICBM

  • 2M0X1B – ALCM

  • 2M0X2 – Missile and space systems maintenance

  • 2M0X3 – Missile and space facilities

2P – Precision measurement equipment laboratory

  • 2P0X1 – Precision measurement equipment laboratory

2R – Maintenance management

  • 2R2X1 – Maintenance management

2S – Material management

  • 2S0X1 – Material management

2T – Transportation & vehicle management

  • 2T0X1 – Traffic management

  • 2T1X1 – Ground transportation

  • 2T2X1 – Air transportation

  • 2T390 – Vehicle management

2T3X1 – Mission generation vehicular equipment maintenance

  • 2T3X1A – Firefighting and refueling vehicle & equipment maintenance

  • 2T3X1C – Material handling equipment (MHE)/463L maintenance

  • 2T3X7 – Fleet management and analysis

2W – Munitions & weapons

2W1X1 – Aircraft armament systems

  • 2W1X1C – A-10

  • 2W1X1E – F-15

  • 2W1X1F – F-16

  • 2W1X1J – F-35

  • 2W1X1K – B-52/B-2

  • 2W1X1L – B-1

  • 2W1X1N – F-22

  • 2W1X1Q – MQ-1/MQ-9

  • 2W1X1Z – All other

  • 2W2X1 – Nuclear weapons

Support

3E – Civil engineering

  • 3E090 – Facility systems

  • 3E0X1 – Electrical systems

  • 3E0X2 – Electrical power production

  • 3E1X1 – Heating, ventilation, AC, and refrigeration

  • 3E290 – Heavy repair

  • 3E2X1 – Pavements and construction equipment

  • 3E3X1 – Structural

  • 3E490 – Infrastructure systems

3E4X1 – Water and fuel systems maintenance

3F – Force support

  • 3F0X1 – Human Resources & Administration

  • 3F1X1 – Services

  • 3F2X1 – Education and training

  • 3F3X1 – Manpower

  • 3F4X1 – Equal opportunity

3G – Talent acquisition

  • 3G0X1 – Talent acquisition

3H – Historian

  • 3H0X1 – Historian

3N – Public affairs

  • 3N090 – Public affairs superintendent

  • 3N0X6 – Public affairs

3N1X1 – Regional band

  • 3N1X1A – Clarinet

  • 3N1X1B – Saxophone

  • 3N1X1C – Bassoon

  • 3N1X1D – Oboe

  • 3N1X1E – Flute

  • 3N1X1F – Horn

  • 3N1X1G – Trumpet

  • 3N1X1H – Euphonium

  • 3N1X1J – Trombone

  • 3N1X1K – Tuba

  • 3N1X1L – Percussion

  • 3N1X1M – Piano

  • 3N1X1N – Guitar

  • 3N1X1P – Arranger

  • 3N1X1Q – Jazz trumpet

  • 3N1X1R – Vocalist

  • 3N1X1S – String/electric bass

  • 3N1X1U – Drum set

  • 3N1X1V – Audio engineer

  • 3N1X1Z – Instrumentalist, general (Air National Guard bands)

  • 3N2X1 – Premier band – The United States Air Force Band

  • 3N3X1 – Premier band – The United States Air Force Academy Band

3P – Security forces

3P0X1 – Security forces

Medical

Medical

4A0X1 – Health services management

  • 4A0X1S – Health information technology

  • 4A1X1 – Medical material

  • 4A2X1 – Biomedical equipment

  • 4B0X1 – Bioenvironmental engineering

  • 4C0X1 – Mental health service

  • 4D0X1 – Diet therapy

  • 4E0X1 – Public health

  • 4H0X1 – Respiratory care practitioner

4J0X2 – Physical medicine

  • 4J0X2A – Orthotics

4N0X1 – Aerospace medical service

  • 4N0X1B – Neurodiagnostic medical technician

  • 4N0X1C – Independent duty medical technician

  • 4N0X1D – Allergy/immunization technician

  • 4N0X1F – Flight and operational medical technician

  • 4N0X1G – Aeromedical evacuation technician

  • 4N0X1H – National registry paramedic

4N1X1 – Surgical technologist

  • 4N1X1B – Urology

  • 4N1X1C – Orthopedics

  • 4N1X1D – Otolaryngology

  • 4P0X1 – Pharmacy

4R0X1 – Diagnostic imaging

  • 4R0X1A – Nuclear medicine

  • 4R0X1B – Diagnostic medical sonography

  • 4R0X1C – Magnetic resonance imaging

  • 4T090 – Medical laboratory

  • 4T0X1 – Medical laboratory

  • 4T0X2 – Histopathology

4V0X1 – Ophthalmic

  • 4V0X1S – Ophthalmology

Dental

  • 4Y090 – Dental

4Y0X1 – Dental assistant

Professional

5J – Paralegal

  • 5J0X1 – Paralegal

5R – Religious affairs

  • 5R0X1 – Religious affairs

Acquisition

6C – Contracting

  • 6C0X1 – Contracting

6F – Financial

  • 6F0X1 – Financial management and comptroller

Special Investigations

7S – Special investigations (OSI)

  • 7S0X1 – Special investigations

Special duty identifiers

  • 8A200 – Enlisted aide

  • 8A300 – Protocol

  • 8A400 – Talent management consultant

  • 8B000 – Military training instructor

  • 8B100 – Military Training leader

  • 8B200 – Academy military training NCO

  • 8B300 – Officer accessions instructor

  • 8C000 – Military and family readiness non-commissioned officer (RNCO)

  • 8D100 – Language & culture advisor

  • 8F000 – First sergeant

8G000 – Premier honor guard

  • 8G000B – Pallbearer

  • 8G000C – Color guard

  • 8G000D – Drill team

  • 8G100 – Base honor guard program manager

  • 8H000 – Airmen dorm leader

  • 8I000 – Superintendent, inspector general

  • 8I100 – Inspections coordinator

  • 8I200 – Complaints & resolution coordinator

  • 8K000 – Software development specialist

  • 8L100 – Air advisor basic

  • 8L200 – Air advisor basic, team sergeant

  • 8L300 – Air advisor basic, team leader

  • 8L400 – Air advisor advanced

  • 8L500 – Air advisor advanced, team sergeant

  • 8L600 – Air advisor advanced, team leader

  • 8L700 – Combat aviation advisor

  • 8L800 – Combat aviation advisor team sergeant

  • 8L900 – Combat aviation advisor team leader

  • 8P000 – Courier

  • 8P100 – Defense attaché

  • 8R000 – Enlisted accessions recruiter

  • 8R200 – Second-tier recruiter

8R300 – Third-tier recruiter

  • 8R300A – Flight chief

  • 8R300B – Graduated, flight chief

  • 8R300C – Production superintendent

  • 8R300E – Senior enlisted leader

  • 8S000 – Missile facility manager

  • 8S200 – Combat crew communications

  • 8T000 – Professional military education instructor

  • 8T100 – Enlisted professional military education instructional system designer

  • 8T200 – Development advisor

  • 8U000 – Unit deployment manager

  • 8U100 – Weapons of mass destruction civil support team (WMD-CST)

  • 8W000 – Weapons safety manager – wing level

  • 8Y000 – Pathfinder

Reporting identifiers

  • 9A000 – Enlisted airman/guardian – disqualified for reasons beyond control

  • 9A100 – Enlisted airman/guardian – disqualified for reasons within control

  • 9A200 – Enlisted airman/guardian awaiting discharge, separation, or retirement for reasons within their control

  • 9A300 – Enlisted airman/guardian awaiting discharge, separation, or retirement for reasons beyond their control

  • 9A400 – Disqualified airman/guardian, return to duty program

  • 9A500 – Enlisted airman/guardian temporarily ineligible for retraining – disqualified for reasons beyond control

  • 9B000 – Senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff

  • 9B100 – Senior enlisted advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau

  • 9C000 – Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

  • 9C100 – Executive assistant to the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force

  • 9D100 – AF developmental senior enlisted positions

  • 9D200 – Key developmental senior enlisted positions

  • 9E000 – Command Chief Master Sergeant

  • 9E100 – Command chief executive assistant

  • 9E200 – Individual Mobilization Augmentee to Command Chief Master Sergeant

  • 9F000 – First term airmen center (FTAC) NCOIC

  • 9G100 – Group senior enlisted leader

  • 9H000 – Academic faculty instructor

  • 9H100 – White House communications agency technician (WHCA)

  • 9I000 – Futures airmen

  • 9J000 – Prisoner

  • 9L000 – Interpreter/translator

  • 9L100 – Enlisted international affairs manager

  • 9M000 – Military entrance processing command (MEPCOM) senior enlisted advisor

  • 9M200 – International health specialists (IHS)

  • 9M400 – Chief, medical enlisted force (CMEF)

  • 9N000 – Secretary of the Air Force enlisted legislative fellows

  • 9P000 – Patient

  • 9Q000 – Reserve force generation and oversight NCO

  • 9R000 – Civil Air Patrol (CAP) – USAF reserve assistance NCO

  • 9S100 – Scientific applications specialist

  • 9T000 – Basic enlisted airman

  • 9T100 – Officer trainee

  • 9T200 – Precadet assignee

  • 9T400 – AFIT/EWI enlisted student

  • 9T500 – Basic special warfare enlisted airman

  • 9U000 – Enlisted airman/guardian ineligible for local utilization

  • 9U100 – Unallotted enlisted authorization

  • 9V000 – Key developmental joint senior enlisted position

  • 9V100 – Executive assistant to the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  • 9W000 – Combat wounded warrior

  • 9W100 – Reserved for future use

  • 9W200 – Combat wounded warrior with exemptions

  • 9W300 – Non-combat wounded warrior

  • 9W400 – Wounded warrior – limited assignment status (LAS)

  • 9W500 – Reserved for future use

  • 9W600 – Reserved for future use

  • 9W700 – Reserved for future use

  • 9W800 – Wounded warrior – ambassador

  • 9W900 – Wounded warrior – project planner/officer

  • 9Y000 – Air force parachute team (AFPT) instructor

  • 9Z000 – Special warfare mission support (SWMS) career field manager (CFM) on headquarters Air Force staff, Air Force Special Warfare Division

  • 9Z100 – Special warfare mission support (SWMS) senior enlisted leader, Air Force Special Warfare (AFSPECWAR)

  • 9Z200 – Special warfare mission support (SWMS) superintendent, Air Force Special Warfare (AFSPECWAR)

No longer in use

  • 1C0X1 – Airfield management

  • 1C8X1 – Ground radar

  • 1C8X2 – Airfield systems

  • 1N5X1 – Electronic signals intelligence exploitation apprentice

  • 1N6X1 – Electronic systems security assessment apprentice

  • 1D7X1R – RF operations (shred eliminated May 2025)

  • 1D7X1Q – Enterprise operations (shred eliminated May 2025)

  • 1D7X1M – Mission defense activities, then cybersecurity in November 2024 (shred eliminated May 2025 after direct conversion to 1D7X5)

  • 1D7X1P – Data operations (shred eliminated May 2025, became 1D7X4 data engineering)

1U0X1 – Sensor operator

  • 1U0X1N – RQ-4

  • 1U0X1Q – MQ-1

  • 1U0X1R – MQ-9

  • 1U0X1T – MC-12

  • 1U0X1U – AC-130U

  • 1U0X1V – AC-130J

  • 1U0X1W – AC-130W

  • 1U0X1Y – CAA

  • 2A5X3 – Mobility air forces electronic warfare systems

  • 2R0X1 – Maintenance management analysis (merged with 2R1X1 in 2024)

  • 2R1X1 – Maintenance management production (merged with 2R0X1 in 2024)

3C – Communications (deactivated on 1 November 2009 and replaced by 3DXXX)

  • 3C0X1 – Communications – computer systems operations

  • 3C2X1 – Communications – computer systems control

3D – Cyberspace support (activated on 1 November 2009, merging 2EXXX, 3AXXX, and 3CXXX; deactivated on 1 November 2021 and replaced by 1D7XX)

3D1X2 – Cyber transport systems

  • 3D1X2R – Data links

  • 3D1X3 – RF transmission systems

  • 3D1X4 – Spectrum operations

  • 3D1X7 – Cable and antenna systems

  • 3D190 – Cyberspace support superintendent (merged with 3D090 in 2015)

  • 3D100 – Chief enlisted manager

  • 3N0X2 – Broadcast journalist (merged with 3N0X6 effective 1 October 2020)

  • 3N0X5 – Photojournalist (merged with 3N0X6 effective 1 October 2020)

  • 4M0X1 – Aerospace and operational physiology (renamed 1H0X1)

  • 8M000 – Postal service

Officer AFSCs

The officer AFSC consists of four alphanumeric characters:

Career group (numerical)

  • 1 (operations)

  • 2 (logistics)

  • 3 (support)

  • 4 (medical)

  • 5 (professional services)

  • 6 (acquisition)

  • 7 (special investigations)

  • 8 (special duty identifier)

  • 9 (reporting identifier)

  • Utilization field (numerical, different for each)

  • Functional area (alpha, different for each)

Qualification level

  • 0 – Qualified commander (when used in conjunction with "C" in the 3rd position)

  • 1 – Entry (any AFSC)

  • 2 – Intermediate (is only used for pilots, bomber navigators, missile launch officers, and cyberspace officers)

  • 3 – Qualified (any AFSC)

  • 4 – Staff (relates only to the level of functional responsibility and is restricted to positions above wing level; it does not denote additional specialty qualifications)

For example, in the AFSC 11M4:

  • The career group is 11 (pilot)

  • The functional area is M (mobility)

  • The qualification level is 4 (staff)

For example, in the AFSC T63A3:

  • The career group is 63 (acquisition manager)

  • The functional area is A (all 63 officers are "A")

  • The qualification level is 3 (fully qualified)

  • The prefix "T" designates a formal training instructor (other prefixes are available for other specialty positions)

For example, in the AFSC 45A1:

  • The career group is 4 (medical)

  • The utilization field is 5 (surgery)

  • The functional area is A (anesthesiology)

  • The qualification level is 1 (entry; in this case, denoting a medical resident undergoing graduate medical education in anesthesiology)

As with enlisted AFSCs, prefixes and suffixes may be applied to make the AFSC more specific.

Operations

  • 10C0 – Operations commander

11 – Pilot

11BX – Bomber pilot

  • 11BXA – B-1

  • 11BXB – B-2

  • 11BXC – B-52

  • 11BXD – B-21

  • 11BXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 11BXY – General

  • 11BXZ – Other

11EX – Experimental test pilot

  • 11EXA – Airlift/tanker/bomber

  • 11EXB – Fighter

  • 11EXC – Helicopter/VSTOL

  • 11EXD – Airlift

  • 11EXE – Tanker

  • 11EXF – Bomber

  • 11EXG – RPA

  • 11EXQ – Mission support (T-38, etc.)

  • 11EXY – General

  • 11EXZ – Other

11FX – Fighter pilot

  • 11FXB – A-10

  • 11FXF – F-15

  • 11FXG – F-15E

  • 11FXH – F-16

  • 11FXJ – F-22

  • 11FXN – F-35

  • 11FXQ – IFF (AT-38/T-38C)

  • 11FXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 11FXY – General

  • 11FXZ – Other

  • 11GX – Generalist pilot

11HX – Rescue pilot

  • 11HXC – UH-1N

  • 11HXE – HH-60

  • 11HXF – CSAR-X

  • 11HXG – MH-139

  • 11HXJ – HC-130J

  • 11HXP – HC-130P/N

  • 11HXW – Combat search and rescue, general

  • 11HXY – General

  • 11HXZ – Other

11KX – Trainer pilot

  • 11KXA – T-1

  • 11KXD – T-38

  • 11KXF – T-6

  • 11KXH – T-44/TC-12

  • 11KXJ – SUPT-H

  • 11KXM – AETC air mobility fundamentals course instructor

  • 11KXQ – T-7

  • 11KXY – General

  • 11KXZ – Other

11MX – Mobility pilot

  • 11MXA – C-5

  • 11MXB – C-130E/H

  • 11MXC – C-130J

  • 11MXD – C-27J (JCA)

  • 11MXE – VC-25

  • 11MXF – KC-135

  • 11MXG – KC-10

  • 11MXJ – C-12

  • 11MXK – C-17

  • 11MXL – C-20/C-37

  • 11MXM – C-21

  • 11MXN – C-26

  • 11MXP – C-32

  • 11MXQ – C-40

  • 11MXR – KC-46

  • 11MXS – Airlift, general

  • 11MXT – Tanker, general

  • 11MXU – Air mobility liaison officer

  • 11MXV – Inter-theater airlift, general

  • 11MXW – Intra-theater airlift, general

  • 11MXY – General

  • 11MXZ – Other

11RX – Reconnaissance/surveillance/electronic warfare pilot

  • 11RXA – E-3

  • 11RXB – E-4

  • 11RXC – EC-130

  • 11RXE – WC-130

  • 11RXG – RC-135

  • 11RXH – WC/OC-135

  • 11RXJ – TR-1/U-2

  • 11RXL – E-8

  • 11RXM – MC-12

  • 11RXN – RC-26B

  • 11RXS – E-7

  • 11RXY – General

  • 11RXZ – Other

11SX – Special operations pilot

  • 11SXC – AC-130H

  • 11SXD – AC-130U

  • 11SXE – MC-130P

  • 11SXF – MC-130E

  • 11SXG – MC-130H

  • 11SXI – CAA (fixed wing)

  • 11SXJ – CV-22

  • 11SXM – Air commando (NSAv, DM)

  • 11SXN – AC-130W

  • 11SXP – MC-130J

  • 11SXQ – AC-130J

  • 11SXS – EC-130J

  • 11SXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 11SXX – U-28

  • 11SXY – General

  • 11SXZ – Other

11TX – Student pilot

  • 11TXA – T-1

  • 11TXD – T-38

  • 11TXF – T-6

  • 11TXG – T-7

  • 11TXH – T-96

  • 11TXJ – TH-1

  • 11TXZ – Other

11UX – Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot

  • 11UXA – MQ-1

  • 11UXB – MQ-9

  • 11UXC – RQ-4

  • 11UXE – RQ-170

  • 11UXS – Special operations

  • 11UXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

11UXY – General

  • 11UXZ – Other

12 – Combat system officer

12BX – Bomber combat systems officer

  • 12BXC – B-1 WSO

  • 12BXD – B-52 EWO

  • 12BXE – B-52 WSO

  • 12BXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 12BXW – EWO, general

  • 12BXY – General

  • 12BXZ – Other

12EX – Experimental test combat systems officer

  • 12EXA – Airlift/tanker/bomber

  • 12EXB – Fighter

  • 12EXD – Airlift

  • 12EXE – Tanker

  • 12EXF – Bomber

  • 12EXG – RPA

  • 12EXW – EWO, general

  • 12EXY – General

  • 12EXZ – Other

12FX – Fighter weapon systems officer

  • 12FXF – F-15E WSO

  • 12FXG – F-15E EWO

  • 12FXQ – T-7

  • 12FXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 12FXV – EA-18G

  • 12FXW – EWO, general

  • 12FXY – General

  • 12FXZ – Other

12GX – Generalist combat systems officer

  • 12GXW – EWO

12HX – Rescue combat systems officer

  • 12HXJ – HC-130J

  • 12HXP – HC-130

  • 12HXY – General

  • 12HXZ – Other

12KX – Trainer combat systems officer

  • 12KXA – SUNT, navigator general

  • 12KXB – SUNT, EWO

  • 12KXC – SUNT, WSO

  • 12KXD – Instructor, undergraduate CSO training

  • 12KXY – General

  • 12KXZ – Other

12MX – Mobility combat systems officer

  • 12MXB – C-130E/H

  • 12MXE – VC-25

  • 12MXF – KC-135

  • 12MXS – Airlift, general

  • 12MXT – Tanker, general

  • 12MXU – Air mobility liaison officer (AMLO)

  • 12MXV – Inter-theater airlift, general

  • 12MXW – Intra-theater airlift, general

  • 12MXY – General

  • 12MXZ – Other

12RX – Reconnaissance/surveillance/electronic warfare combat systems officer

  • 12RXA – E-3

  • 12RXB – E-4

  • 12RXC – EC-130 EWO

  • 12RXD – EC-130

  • 12RXF – WC-130

  • 12RXH – RC-135 EWO

  • 12RXJ – RC-135

  • 12RXK – WC/OC-135

  • 12RXL – E-8

  • 12RXN – RC-26B

  • 12RXS – E-7 EWO

  • 12RXW – EWO, general

  • 12RXY – General

  • 12RXZ – Other

12SX – Special operations combat systems officer

  • 12SXA – AC-130H EWO

  • 12SXB – AC-130H FCO

  • 12SXC – AC-130H

  • 12SXD – AC-130U EWO

  • 12SXE – AC-130U FCO

  • 12SXF – AC-130U

  • 12SXG – MC-130P

  • 12SXH – MC-130E EWO

  • 12SXJ – MC-130E

  • 12SXK – MC-130H EWO

  • 12SXL – MC-130H

  • 12SXM – Air commando (CAA, NSAv, DM)

  • 12SXN – AC-130W

  • 12SXO – AC-130W FCO

  • 12SXP – MC-130J

  • 12SXQ – AC-130J CSO

  • 12SXR – AC-130J WSO

  • 12SXS – EC-130J

  • 12SXU – Air liaison officer

  • 12SXW – EWO, general

  • 12SXX – U-28

  • 12SXY – General

  • 12SXZ – Other

12UX – Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA)

  • 12UXA – MQ-1

  • 12UXB – MQ-9

  • 12UXC – RQ-4

  • 12UXE – RQ-170

  • 12UXS – Special operations

  • 12UXU – Air liaison officer

  • 12UXY – General

  • 12UXZ – Other

13 – Space, nuclear and missile operations, & command and control

13BX – Air battle manager

  • 13BXB – AWACS

  • 13BXC – Air defense

  • 13BXD – Mobile air control

  • 13BXE – Flight test

  • 13BXK – JSTARS

  • 13BXM – Trainer (UABMT)

  • 13BXS – E-7

  • 13BXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 13BXY – General

  • 13BXZ – Other

  • 13HX – Aerospace physiologist

  • 13MX – Airfield operations

  • 13NX – Nuclear and missile operations

  • 13OX – Multi-domain warfare officer

13SX – Space operations

  • 13SXA – Orbital warfare

  • 13SXB – Space electronic warfare

  • 13SXD – Space battle management

  • 13SXE – Space access and sustainment

  • 13ZX – Rated multi-domain warfare officer

14F – Information operations

  • 14FX – Information operations

14N – Intelligence

15A – Operations analysis and data science

15W – Weather and environmental sciences

15WX – Weather and environmental sciences

  • 15WXA – Advanced weather activities

16 – Operations support

16FX – Foreign area officer (FAO)

  • 16FXC – SOUTHCOM

  • 16FXD – INDOPACOM

  • 16FXF – CENTCOM

  • 16FXG – AFRICOM

  • 16FXH – EUCOM

  • 16FXL – Generalist

  • 16GX – Air force operations staff officer

16KX – Software development officer (SDO)

  • 16KXD – Product designer

  • 16KXE – Software engineer

  • 16KXM – Product manager

  • 16KXS – Data scientist

    16PX – Political-military affairs strategist (PAS)

  • 16RX – Planning and programming

16ZX – Rated foreign area officer (FAO)

  • 16ZXC – SOUTHCOM

  • 16ZXD – INDOPACOM

  • 16ZXF – CENTCOM

  • 16ZXG – AFRICOM

  • 16ZXH – EUCOM

  • 16ZXL – Generalist (applies only to billets)

17 – Cyberspace warfare operations

  • 17CX – Cyberspace warfare operations commander

17DX – Warfighter communications operations

  • 17DXA – Network operations

  • 17DXB – Expeditionary communications operations

  • 17DXT – Technical track

  • 17DXY – General

17SX – Cyberspace effects operations

  • 17SXA – Offensive cyberspace operator

  • 17SXB – Defensive cyberspace operator

  • 17SXT – Technical track

17WX – Warfighter communications & IT systems operations

  • 17WXC – Cybersecurity specialist

  • 17WXD – Data operations specialist

  • 17WXI – Information technology specialist

17YX – Cyber effects & warfare

  • 17YXA – Cyber warfare analyst

  • 17YXC – Cyber capability developer

  • 17YXD – Cyber threat defense analyst

  • 17YXO – Cyber attack operator

  • 17YXI – Cyber threat defense integrator

18 – Remotely piloted aircraft pilot

18AX – Attack remotely piloted aircraft pilot

  • 18AXA – MQ-1

  • 18AXB – MQ-9

  • 18AXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 18AXY – General

  • 18AXZ – Other

18EX – Experimental test remotely piloted aircraft pilot

  • 18EXA – Attack

  • 18EXB – Reconnaissance

  • 18EXC – Special operations

  • 18EXY – General

  • 18EXZ – Other

  • 18GX – Generalist remotely piloted aircraft pilot

18RX – Reconnaissance remotely piloted aircraft pilot

  • 18RXC – RQ-4

  • 18RXE – RQ-170

  • 18RXY – General

  • 18RXZ – Other

18SX – Special operations remotely piloted aircraft pilot

  • 18SXA – MQ-1

  • 18SXB – MQ-9

  • 18SXU – Air liaison officer (ALO)

  • 18SXY – General

  • 18SXZ – Other

19 – Air Force special warfare

19ZX – Special warfare

Logistics

  • 20C0 – Logistics commander

  • 21AX – Aircraft maintenance

21MX – Munitions and missile maintenance

  • 21MXA – Conventional

  • 21MXI – ICBM

  • 21MXN – Nuclear

  • 21RX – Logistics readiness

Support

32EX – Civil engineer

  • 32EXA – Architect/architectural engineer

  • 32EXB – Readiness & emergency management engineer

  • 32EXB – Civil engineer

  • 32EXE – Electrical engineer

  • 32EXF – Mechanical engineer

  • 32EXG – General engineer

  • 32EXH – Explosive ordnance disposal engineer

  • 32EXI – Industrial engineer

  • 32EXJ – Environmental engineer

  • 35BX – Band

  • 35PX – Public affairs

38FX – Force support

  • 38FXA – Analyst

  • 38FXQ – Section commander

Medical

  • 40C0 – Medical commander

41XX – Health Services Utilization Field

41AX – Health services administrator

  • 41AXA – Health facilities architect/engineer/construction manager

42XX – Biomedical Clinician Utilization Field

42BX – Physical therapist

42GX – Physician assistant

  • 42GXA – Orthopedics

  • 42GXB – Otolaryngology

  • 42GXC – General surgery

  • 42GXE – Emergency medicine

  • 42GXN – Psychiatry

  • 42GXP – Aeromedical

  • 42NX – Audiologist

42PX – Clinical psychologist

  • 42PXA – Clinical neuropsychologist

  • 42PXB – Clinical health psychologist

  • 42PXC – Child & adolescent psychologist

  • 42PXD – Aviation psychologist

  • 42PXE – Operational psychologist

  • 42PXF – Investigative psychologist

  • 42SX – Clinical social worker

  • 42TX – Occupational therapist

  • 43BX – Biomedical scientist

43XX – Biomedical Specialists Utilization Field

43EX – Bioenvironmental engineer

  • 43EXA – General

  • 43EXB – Industrial hygiene

  • 43EXD – Environmental engineering and science

  • 43EXG – Health physics

  • 43EXM – Medical physics

  • 43EXR – Radiation

43HX – Public health officer

43PX – Pharmacist

  • 43PXA – Clinical pharmacy

43TX – Biomedical laboratory

  • 43TXA – Biomedical laboratory science

  • 43TXB – Microbiology

  • 43TXC – Clinical chemistry

  • 43TXD – Environmental and industrial hygiene chemistry

  • 43TXE – Blood bank

  • 43TXF – Toxicologist

  • 43TXH – Hematology

44XX – Physician Utilization Field

44DX – Pathologist

  • 44DXA – Hematology

  • 44DXB – Cytology

  • 44DXC – Gynecology

  • 44DXD – Forensic

  • 44DXE – Neuropathology

  • 44DXF – Pediatric

  • 44DXG – Transfusion medicine

  • 44DXK – Dermatology

44EX – Emergency services physician

  • 44EXA – Emergency medicine specialist

  • 44EXE – Emergency medicine services physician

44FX – Family physician

44KX – Pediatrician

  • 44KXA – Adolescent medicine

  • 44KXB – Cardiology

  • 44KXC – Developmental pediatrics

  • 44KXD – Endocrinology

  • 44KXE – Neonatology

  • 44KXF – Gastroenterology

  • 44KXG – Hematology

  • 44KXH – Neurology

  • 44KXJ – Pulmonology

  • 44KXK – Infectious diseases

  • 44KXM – Nephrology

  • 44KXN – Child abuse

  • 44KXP – Sleep medicine

44MX – Internal medicine physician

  • 44MXA – Hematology/oncology

  • 44MXB – Cardiology

  • 44MXC – Endocrinology

  • 44MXD – Gastroenterology

  • 44MXE – Hematology

  • 44MXF – Rheumatology

  • 44MXG – Pulmonary diseases

  • 44MXH – Infectious diseases

  • 44MXJ – Nephrology

  • 44MXK – Geriatrics/palliative care medicine

  • 44MXL – Sleep medicine

44NX – Neurologist

  • 44NXA – Sleep medicine

  • 44NXB – Pain management

  • 44OX – Physician (reserved for positions requiring a physician without specific specialty training).

44PX – Psychiatrist

  • 44PXA – Child psychiatry

  • 44PXB – Forensic psychiatry

  • 44PXC – Addictions psychiatry

  • 44PXD – Psychosomatic psychiatry

  • 44PXE – Neuropsychiatry

  • 44PXF – Sleep pathology

44RX – Radiologist

  • 44RXA – Neuroradiology

  • 44RXB – Special procedures

  • 44RXC – Pediatric

  • 44RXD – Nuclear medicine

  • 44RXE – Musculoskeletal

  • 44RXF – Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

  • 44RXG – Body imaging

  • 44RXH – Cardiothoracic imaging

  • 44RXJ – Women's imaging

44SX – Dermatologist

44YX – Critical care medicine physician

  • 44YXA – Anesthesia

  • 44YXE – Emergency medicine

  • 44YXK – Pediatrics

  • 44YXM – Internal medicine

  • 44YXN – Neurology

  • 44YXS – Surgery

  • 44ZX – Allergist and immunologist

45XX – Surgery Utilization Field

45AX – Anesthesiologist

  • 45AXA – Cardiothoracic

  • 45AXB – Pain management

45BX – Orthopedic surgeon

  • 45BXA – Hand surgery

  • 45BXA – Pediatrics

  • 45BXA – Sports medicine

  • 45BXA – Spine surgery

  • 45BXA – Oncology

  • 45BXA – Replacement arthroplasty

  • 45BXA – Traumatology

45EX – Ophthalmologist

  • 45EXA – Oculoplastics

  • 45EXB – Comea/external disease

  • 45EXC – Glaucoma

  • 45EXD – Neuro-ophthalmology

  • 45EXE – Pathology

  • 45EXF – Strabismus/pediatrics

  • 45EXG – Vitreous/retina

45GX – Gynecologic surgery and obstetrics

  • 45GXA – Endocrinology

  • 45GXB – Oncology

  • 45GXD – Maternal–fetal medicine

  • 45GXE – Urogynecology/pelvic reconstructive surgery

  • 45GXF – Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery (MIGS)

45NX – Otolaryngologist – head and neck surgeon

  • 45NXA – Otology/neurotology

  • 45NXB – Head & neck surgical oncology

  • 45NXC – Pediatric otolaryngology

  • 45NXD – Facial plastic surgery

  • 45NXE – Rhinology & cranial base surgery

  • 45NXF – Laryngology

  • 45NXG – Sleep surgeon

  • 45PX – Physical medicine physician

45SX – Surgeon

  • 45SXA – Thoracic

  • 45SXB – Colon and rectal

  • 45SXC – Cardiac

  • 45SXD – Pediatric

  • 45SXE – Peripheral vascular

  • 45SXF – Neurological

  • 45SXG – Plastic

  • 45SXH – Oncology

  • 45SXK – Trauma/critical care

45UX – Urologist

  • 45UXA – Pediatrics

  • 45UXB – Oncology

  • 45UXD – Endourology/robotics

  • 45UXE – Female urology/reconstruction

46XX – Nurse Utilization Field

  • 46AX – Nurse administrator

  • 46FX – Flight nurse

46NX – Clinical nurse

  • 46NXD – Staff development

  • 46NXE – Critical care

  • 46NXF – Neonatal intensive care

  • 46NXG – Obstetrical

  • 46NXJ – Emergency/trauma

  • 46NXR – Post-anesthesia care unit

  • 46PX – Mental health nurse

  • 46SX – Operating room nurse

46YX – Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN)

  • 46YXA – Women's health care nurse practitioner

  • 46YXB – Pediatric nurse practitioner

  • 46YXC – Acute care nurse practitioner

  • 46YXF – Aeromedical nurse practitioner

  • 46YXG – Certified nurse midwife

  • 46YXH – Family nurse practitioner

  • 46YXM – Certified registered nurse anesthetist

  • 46YXP – Adult psychiatric & mental health nurse practitioner

47XX – Dental Utilization Field

47GX – Dentist

  • 47GXA – Comprehensive

  • 47GXB – Advanced clinical

  • 47GXC – General clinical

  • 47GXD – Public health

  • 47GXE – Dental materials science

  • 47GXF – Oral and maxillofacial radiology

  • 47GXG – Temporomandibular disorders

  • 47GXH – Hospital dentistry

  • 47HX – Periodontist

  • 47KX – Pediatric dentist

47PX – Prosthodontist

  • 47PXA – Maxillofacial prosthetics

  • 47PXB – Area dental laboratory

  • 47PXC – Dental materials

47SX – Oral and maxillofacial surgeon

  • 47SXA – Temporomandibular joint

  • 47SXB – Facial esthetics

  • 47SXC – Maxillofacial reconstruction

48XX – Aerospace Medicine Utilization Field

48AX – Aerospace medicine physician specialist

  • 48AXX – Space medical operations experienced

48GX – General medical officer (GMO), flight surgeon

  • 48GXX – Space medical operations experienced

  • 48OX – Aeromedical physician

48RX – Residency trained flight surgeon

  • 48RXE – Board eligible in emergency medicine

  • 48RXF – Board eligible in family medicine

  • 48RXK – Board eligible in pediatric medicine

  • 48RXM – Board eligible in internal medicine

  • 48RXX – Space medical operations experienced

    48VX – Pilot-physician

Professional

Acquisition

  • 60C0 – Senior material leader – upper echelon

61CX – Chemist/nuclear chemist

  • 61CXN – Nuclear

61DX – Physicist/nuclear engineer

  • 61DXN – Nuclear

62EX – Developmental engineer

  • 62EXA – Aeronautical

  • 62EXB – Astronautical

  • 62EXC – Computer systems

  • 62EXE – Electrical/electronic

  • 62EXF – Flight test

  • 62EXG – Project

  • 62EXH – Mechanical

  • 62EXI – Systems/industrial/human factors

  • 62S0 – Materiel leader

  • 63AX – Acquisition manager

  • 63G0 – Senior materiel leader – lower echelon

  • 63S0 – Materiel leader

  • 64PX – Contracting

  • 65FX – Financial management

  • 65WX – Cost analysis

Special investigations

  • 71SX – Special investigator

Special duty identifiers

  • 80C0 – Commander, cadet squadron, USAF academy

  • 81C0 – Instructor, officer training school

  • 81D0 – Air Force reserve officer training corps detachment commander and professor of aerospace studies

  • 81L0 – Education and training leader

  • 81T0 – Instructor

  • 82A0 – Academic program manager

  • 83R0 – Recruiting service

  • 84H0 – Historian

  • 85G0 – USAF Honor Guard

  • 86M0 – Operations management

  • 86P0 – Command and control

  • 87G0 – Wing inspector general

  • 87I0 – Director, wing inspections

  • 87Q0 – Director, complaints resolution

  • 88A0 – Aide-de-camp

  • 88B0 – Protocol officer

  • 88C0 – Sexual assault response coordinator

  • 88I0 – Innovation officer

  • 88M0 – United States Air Force medical pinnacle position

  • 88Y0 – Pathfinder officer

  • 89A0 – Air advisor (basic)

  • 89B0 – Air advisor (basic) team leader

  • 89C0 – Air advisor (basic) mission commander

  • 89D0 – Air advisor (advanced)

  • 89E0 – Air advisor (advanced) team leader

  • 89F0 – Air advisor (advanced) mission commander

  • 89G0 – Combat aviation advisor

  • 89H0 – Combat aviation advisor team leader

  • 89I0 – Combat aviation advisor mission commander

  • 89W0 – Weapons of mass destruction civil support team (WMD-CST)

Reporting identifiers

  • 90G0 – General officer

  • 91C0 – Commander

  • 91E0 – Wing commander equivalent

  • 91W0 – Wing commander

  • 92F0 – Foreign area officer (FAO) trainee

  • 92J0 – Non-designated lawyer

  • 92J1 – AFROTC educational delay law student

  • 92J2 – Funded legal education program law student

  • 92J3 – Excess leave law student

  • 92M0 – Health Professions Scholarship Program (HPSP) medical student

  • 92M1 – Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS) student

  • 92M2 – HPSP biomedical science student

  • 92P0 – Physician assistant student

  • 92R0 – Chaplain candidate

  • 92S0 – Student officer authorization

  • 92T0 – Pilot trainee

  • 92T1 – Combat systems officer trainee

  • 92T2 – Air battle manager trainee

  • 92T3 – Remotely piloted aircraft pilot trainee

  • 92W0 – Combat wounded warrior

  • 92W1 – Reserved for future use

  • 92W2 – Combat wounded warrior with exemptions

  • 92W3 – Non-combat wounded warrior

  • 92W4 – Wounded warrior – limited assignment status (LAS)

  • 92W5 – Wounded warrior – retired/discharged

  • 92W6 – Reserved for future use

  • 92W7 – Reserved for future use

  • 92W8 – Wounded warrior – ambassador

  • 92W9 – Wounded warrior – project planner/officer

  • 93P0 – Patient

  • 94N0 – Nuclear weapons custodian

  • 95A0 – Non-EAD USAFR academy liaison officer (ALO) or civil air patrol reserve assistance program (CAPRAP) officer

  • 96A0 – Disqualified officer, reasons beyond their control

  • 96B0 – Disqualified officer, reasons within their control

  • 96D0 – Officer not available in awarded AFSC for cause

  • 96U0 – Unclassified officer

  • 96V0 – Un-allotted

  • 97E0 – Executive officer

  • 99A0 – Unspecified AFSC

  • 99G0 – Gold bar diversity recruiter

Additional information

During the course of their Air Force careers, Airmen sometimes switch jobs and receive multiple AFSCs to denote training in multiple specialties. A Primary AFSC (PAFSC) is the designation for the specialty in which the individual possesses the highest skill level and is, therefore, the AFSC that he or she is best qualified to perform. The Duty AFSC (DAFSC) reflects the actual manpower position the Airman is assigned to. The Control AFSC (CAFSC) is a management tool to make assignments, assist in determining training requirements, and consider individuals for promotion. Often an enlisted Airman's PAFSC will reflect a higher skill level than his or her CAFSC since the CAFSC skill level is tied to rank while the PAFSC skill level is tied to performance and education.

Usually, the PAFSC, DAFSC, and CAFSC will be the same. However, situations such as retraining, special duties, or Air Force-level changes necessitate these distinctions. Additionally, Airmen that have retrained into multiple specialties will have several Secondary AFSCs (2AFSC, 3AFSC, etc.). Air Force officers are limited to 3 AFSCs in MilPDS while Enlisted may have 4 AFSCs on record.

Special Experience Identifiers (SEIs) are established to identify special experience and training. The Air Force Enlisted Classification Directory (AFECD) and Air Force Officer Classification Directory (AFOCD) Section III contains the complete list of authorized SEIs and includes designation criteria and authorized AFSC combinations. (AFMAN 36–2100)

Enlisted personnel may wear the master badge as a Master Sergeant or above with 5 years in the specialty from award of the 7-skill level. Officers wear the master badge after 15 years in the specialty.

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