Finding your Air Force Job (AFSC)
To join the Air Force as an enlisted member, you must get a decent score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test.
In fact, the Air Force requires the highest score of any branch of the service for admission.
Jobs in the Air Force are called Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC). To find what jobs you qualify for, the Air Force breaks down your ASVAB subtest scores into groups known as qualification areas. Those subtests are general science (GS), arithmetic reasoning (AR), word knowledge (WK), paragraph comprehension (PC), mathematics knowledge (MK), electronics Information (EI), auto and shop information (AS), and mechanical comprehension (MC).
High school seniors or graduates must have a minimum 31 overall ASVAB score, and GED holders must have a minimum of 50 overall ASVAB score.
Officers are not required to take the ASVAB test. However, they must take the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, which is similar to the SAT before admission.
Air Force Qualification Areas and the ASVAB
The four qualification areas are:
| Qualification Area | ASVAB Subtests |
| G -- general | Verbal expression (WK plus PC) and arithmetic reasoning (AR) |
| M -- mechanical | Mechanical comprehension (MC), general science (GS) and two times auto and shop information (AS) |
| A -- administrative | Numerical operations* (NO), coding speed* (CS) and verbal expression (WK plus PC) |
| E -- electrical | Arithmetic reasoning (AR), mathematics knowledge (MK), electronics information (EI) and general science (GS) |
Air Force Qualification Areas and Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC)
See the table below for Air Force jobs and the corresponding qualification area minimum scores.
| AFSC | AFSC Title | Qualification Area Minimum Scores |
| 1A0X1 | In-flight refueling | G55 |
| 1A1X1 | Flight engineer | G57 |
| 1A2X1 | Aircraft loadmaster | G57 |
| 1A3X1 | Airborne communication systems | E70 |
| 1A6X1 | Flight attendant | A28 |
| 1A8X1 | Airborne cryptologic language analyst | G72 |
| 1A8X2 | Airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operator | G72 |
| 1A9X1 | Special missions aviation | M60 & G57 |
| 1B4X1 | Cyber warfare operations | G64 |
| 1C0X2 | Aviation resource management | A41 |
| 1C1X1 | Air traffic control | G55 |
| 1C2X1 | Combat control | M55 & G55 |
| 1C3X1 | Command and control operations | A55 & G67 |
| 1C4X1 | Tactical air control party (TACP) | G49 |
| 1C5X1 | Command and control battle management operations | G55 |
| 1C6X1 | Space systems operations | E70 |
| 1C7X1 | Airfield management | M40 & G50 |
| 1C8X3 | Radar airfield and weather systems (RAWS) | E70 |
| 1N0X1 | Intelligence applications | A64 |
| 1N1X1 | Geospatial intelligence analyst | G66 |
| 1N2X1 | Signals intelligence analyst | G72 |
| 1N3X1 | Cryptologic language analyst | G72 |
| 1N4X1 | Fusion analyst | G62 |
| 1N7X1 | Human intelligence specialist | G72 |
| 1P0X1 | Aircrew flight equipment | M40 |
| 1S0X1 | Safety | G55 |
| 1T0X1 | Survival evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) | G55 |
| 1T2X1 | Pararescue | G44 |
| 1U0X1 | Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) sensor operator | G64 or E54 |
| 1U1X1 | Remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) pilot | G64 & E54 |
| 1W0X1 | Weather | G66 & E50 |
| 1W0X2 | Special operations weather | G66 & E50 |
| 2A0X1 | Avionics test station and component | E70 |
| 2A2X1 | Special operations forces/personnel recovery (SOF/PR) integrated communication/navigation/mission systems | E70 |
| 2A2X2 | Special operations forces/personnel recovery (SOF/PR) integrated instrument and flight control systems | E70 |
| 2A2X3 | Special operations forces/personnel recovery (SOF/PR) integrated electronic warfare systems | E70 |
| 2A3X3 | Tactical aircraft maintenance | M47 |
| 2A3X4 | Flight aircraft integrated avionics | E70 |
| 2A3X5 | Advanced fighter aircraft integrated avionics | E70 |
| 2A3X7 | Tactical aircraft maintenance (5th generation) | M47 |
| 2A3X8 | Remotely piloted aircraft maintenance | M47 |
| 2A5X1 | Airlift/special mission aircraft maintenance | M47 |
| 2A5X2 | Helicopter/tiltrotor aircraft maintenance | M56 |
| 2A5X3 | Mobility air forces electronic warfare systems | E70 |
| 2A5X4 | Refuel/bomber aircraft maintenance | M47 |
| 2A6X1 | Aerospace propulsion (jet engines, turboprop and turboshaft) | M56 |
| 2A6X2 | Aerospace ground equipment | M47 & E28 |
| 2A6X3 | Aircrew egress systems | M56 |
| 2A6X4 | Aircraft fuel systems | M47 |
| 2A6X5 | Aircraft hydraulic systems | M56 |
| 2A6X6 | Aircraft electrical and environmental systems | M41 & E61 |
| 2A7X1 | Aircraft metals technology | M47 |
| 2A7X2 | Nondestructive inspection | M42 |
| 2A7X3 | Aircraft structural maintenance | M47 |
| 2A7X5 | Low observable aircraft structural maintenance | M47 |
| 2A8X1 | Mobility air forces integrated communication/navigation mission system | E70 |
| 2A8X2 | Mobility air forces integrated instrument and flight control systems | E70 |
| 2A9X1 | Bomber/special integrated communication/navigation/mission systems | E70 |
| 2A9X2 | Bomber/special integrated instrument and flight control systems | E70 |
| 2A9X3 | Bomber/special electronic warfare and radar surveillance integrated avionics | E70 |
| 2F0X1 | Fuels | M47 & G38 |
| 2G0X1 | Logistics plans | A56 |
| 2M0X1 | Missile and space systems electronics maintenance | E70 |
| 2M0X2 | Missile and space systems maintenance | M47 |
| 2M0X3 | Missile and space facilities | E70 |
| 2P0X1 | Precision measurement equipment laboratory | E70 |
| 2R0X1 | Maintenance management analysis | G55 |
| 2R1X1 | Maintenance management production | G44 |
| 2S0X1 | Material management | A41 or G44 |
| 2T0X1 | Traffic management | A35 |
| 2T1X1 | Ground transportation | M40 |
| 2T2X1 | Air transportation | M47 & A28 |
| 2T3X1 | Mission generation vehicular equipment maintenance | M47 |
| 2T3X7 | Fleet management and analysis | A41 |
| 2W0X1 | Munitions system | M60 or G57 |
| 2W1X1 | Aircraft armament systems | M60 or E45 |
| 2W2X1 | Nuclear weapons | M60 |
| 3D0X1 | Knowledge operations management | G64 |
| 3D0X2 | Cyber systems operations | G64 |
| 3D0X3 | Cybersecurity | G64 |
| 3D0X4 | Computer systems programming | G64 |
| 3D1X1 | Client systems | E60 |
| 3D1X2 | Cyber transport systems data link | E70 |
| 3D1X3 | RF transmission systems | E70 |
| 3D1X4 | Spectrum operations | E60 |
| 3D1X7 | Cable and antenna systems | M55 or E55 |
| 3E0X1 | Electrical systems | M35 & E35 |
| 3E0X2 | Electrical power production | M56 & E40 |
| 3E1X1 | Heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration | M47 or E28 |
| 3E2X1 | Pavements and construction equipment | M40 |
| 3E3X1 | Structural | M47 |
| 3E4X1 | Water and fuel systems maintenance | M47 & E28 |
| 3E4X3 | Pest management | G38 |
| 3E5X1 | Engineering | G49 |
| 3E6X1 | Operations management | G44 |
| 3E7X1 | Fire protection | G38 |
| 3E8X1 | Explosive ordnance disposal | M60 & G64 |
| 3E9X1 | Emergency management | G62 |
| 3F0X1 | Personnel | A41 |
| 3F1X1 | Services | G24 |
| 3F2X1 | Education and training | G59 |
| 3F3X1 | Manpower | G66 |
| 3F4X1 | Equal opportunity | A41 or G44 |
| 3F5X1 | Administration | A47 |
| 3H0X1 | Historian | G72 |
| 3N0X2 | Broadcast journalist | G72 |
| 3N0X5 | Photojournalist | G72 |
| 3N1X1 | Regional band | A21 or G24 |
| 3N2X1 | Premier band | A21 or G24 |
| 3P0X1 | Security forces | G33 |
| 3P0X1A | Military working dog handler | G33 |
| 3P0X1B | Combat arms | M35 |
| 4A0X1 | Health services management | G44 |
| 4A1X1 | Medical materiel | G44 |
| 4A2X1 | Biomedical equipment | E70 & M60 |
| 4B0X1 | Bioenvironmental engineering | G49 |
| 4C0X1 | Mental health service | G55 |
| 4D0X1 | Diet therapy | G44 |
| 4E031 | Public health | G44 |
| 4H031 | Cardiopulmonary laboratory | G44 |
| 4J0X2 | Physical medicine orthotic | G49 |
| 4M0X1 | Aerospace and operational physiology | G44 |
| 4N0X1 | Aerospace medical services | G50 |
| 4N1X1 | Surgical services | G44 |
| 4P0X1 | Pharmacy | G44 |
| 4R0X1 | Diagnostic imaging | G44 |
| 4T0X1 | Medical laboratory | G62 |
| 4T0X2 | Histopathology | G44 |
| 4V0X1 | Ophthalmic/ophthalmology | G55 |
| 4Y0X1 | Dental assistant/hygienist | G44 |
| 4Y0X2 | Dental laboratory | G66 |
| 5J0X1 | Paralegal | G51 |
| 5R0X1 | Chaplain assistant | A35 or G44 |
| 6C0X1 | Contracting | G72 |
| 6F0X1 | Financial management and comptroller | G57 |
| 7S0X1 | Special investigation | G44 |
| 8B200 | Academy military training NCO | G49 |
| 8D100 | Language and culture adviser | G60 |
| 8H000 | Airmen dorm leader | G47 |
| 8M000 | Postal | A28 |
| 8P000 | Define attaché | G44 |
| 8R200 | Second-tier recruiter | G24 |
| 8R300 | Third-tier recruiter | G24 |
| 8S000 | Missile facility manager | M40 |
| 8U000 | Unit deployment manager | A56 |
| 9L000 | Interpreter/translator | G72 |
| 9S100 | Scientific applications specialist | M88 & E85 |
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