Summary
Operates, evaluates, and manages airborne signals intelligence information systems and operations activities and related intelligence and analysis activities on ground processing systems.
Performs identification, acquisition, recording, translating, analyzing, and reporting of assigned voice communications. Provides signals intelligence threat warning support and interfaces with other units.
Performs and assists in mission planning. Maintains assigned aviation publications and currency items and is knowledgeable on DoD/Intelligence Community and Air Force Intelligence regulations. Participates in theater and tactical level ISR coordination networks.
Transcribes, processes, analyzes, and disseminates ISR information obtained from onboard sensors during mission activities and conducts follow-on analysis of assigned communications as required.
Technical School
Days: 224
Locations: Goodfellow AFB, Texas, JBSA Lackland, Texas, Presidio Of Monterey, California
Other Names
None
Bonus
4-Year Bonus: None
6-Year Bonus: $10,000
Badge
Enlisted Aircrew Badge
Intelligence Badge
Duty Identifier
AISR Duty Identifier
Clearance
Top Secret
Open Aptitude Category
General
AFSC Entry Requirements
Demographics
Males: 1268
Females: 314
Total: 1582
Community College of the Air Force Degree
Intelligence Studies and Technology
CCAF Degree Plan
AFSC YouTube Videos
AFSC Reddit Posts
Duties and Responsibilities
Performs and assists in mission planning. Provides mission planning inputs to maximize mission success. Prepares and distributes operational intelligence information to crew. Coordinates mission profile requirements and priorities.
Prepares mission data files and technical aids. Review status of mission aircraft, targets, and air tasking order information. Monitors employment of other assigned air assets and operations.
Processes, exploits, analyzes, and disseminates signal intelligence information in an airborne environment. Operates airborne signals intelligence systems and executes mission within standard requirements.
Performs frequency search missions over specified portions of the radio spectrum with sophisticated computerized radio spectrum with sophisticated computerized radio receiver suites. Tunes and records data as needed.
Monitors, complies, and examines signals intelligence information. Translates, evaluates, and locates assigned communications. Records and correlates data from displays and in-flight intelligence data and database flies to perform preliminary analysis.
Identifies and analyzes traffic for reportable significance. Improves analytical methods and procedures and maximizes operational effectiveness.
Compiles operational data for mission reports. Ensures accuracy, completeness, format, and compliance with current directives and mission system performance engineering, preventive maintenance programs, and aircrew procedures.
Provides threat warning and actionable intelligence to customers as required. Achieves and maintains situational awareness of impending/ongoing air, ground, and maritime combat operations. Employs intelligence information systems to satisfy air, ground, and maritime force intelligence and threat warning requirements.
Provides threat warning information to aircrews and other agencies. Coordinates with airborne, ground, and maritime agencies to distribute and relay operational threat and identification data. Transmits identification and other mission information.
Knowledgeable of U.S. and allied operations such as interception, interdiction, Close Air Support (CAS), Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR), Combat Air Patrol (CAP), reconnaissance, Offensive or Defensive Counter Air (OCA/DCA), Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses (SEAD), and Special Operations Forces (SOF). See MDS specific doctrine mission statements.
Coordinates and exchanges identification information. Coordinates with aerospace rescue and recovery services and operations. Maintains liaison with reporting agencies required for mission execution.
Performs aircrew duties. Demonstrates and maintains proficiency in emergency equipment use and procedures, and egress. Performs pre-flight, in-flight, and post-flight inspections. Operates aircraft systems and equipment, such as electrical, interphone, doors, and exits.
Performs preventive maintenance on mission equipment. Ensures equipment and resources are externally clean, functional, and free from safety hazard.
Reports malfunctions and observations. Supervises loading and off-loading of classified material and personal aircrew gear. Applies restraint devices, such as cargo straps and nets, to prevent shifting during flight. Ensures access to escape exits.
Maintains technical aids, logs, and records. Compiles and maintains operation records and statistics. Ensures logs, forms, and correspondence are properly completed, annotated, and distributed. Monitors and maintains working aids, and analytical references.
Performs ground intelligence duties. Reviews signal intelligence information from airborne missions and correlates additional intelligence data to further refine analytic assessments.
Works with other analysts to evaluate information and provide refined analysis as required. Injects new information back into mission planning and preparations processes.
Performs office duties as assigned. Duties can include functions such as operations, analysis, mission planning, tactics, training, standardization and evaluations, scheduling, deployment operations, or other administrative, aviation or ISR management functions.
Specialty Qualifications
Mandatory Knowledge of:
- Proficiency in a designated language, ISR operations and cryptologic support and theater elements.
- Joint service relationships and operational concepts organization of national intelligence structure.
- Tasking strategies.
- Radio communications operations theory.
- Communications techniques.
- Operation of acquisition, recording, and processing equipment.
- Communications networks.
- Formats, terminology, and theory of traffic analysis.
- Organization of designated military forces.
- Geography, reporting principles, procedures, and format.
- Procedures for processing and distributing intelligence data.
- Functions and operations of electronic equipment.
- Basic computer operations, and methods for handling, distributing, and safeguarding information, and aircraft emergency and procedures.
For entry into this specialty, completion of high school or general educational development equivalency is mandatory. Also, completion of courses in foreign languages, mathematics, typing, and computers is desirable.
Training-
For award of AFSC 1A831X, completion of the Aircrew Fundamentals Course, the designated airborne cryptologic linguist course and designated survival schools are mandatory.
Experience-
The following experience is mandatory for award of the AFSC indicated:
- 1A851X. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1A831X. Completion of IQT with valid Form 8. Completion of B-CDP.
- 1A871X. Qualification in and possession of AFSC 1A851X. Valid Form 8. Completion of I-CDP.
The following are mandatory as indicated:
For entry into this specialty:
- No record or history of temporomandibular joint disorder or pain.
- A minimum score of 62 on the Predictive Success Model.
- For DLI by-pass ONLY: Demonstrated proficiency in an AF mission language with a current (within the last 12 months) L2/R2 or better on the DLPT and a security screening review will be considered by AF Career Field Manager.
- Ability to type at a rate of 25 words per minute.
- See attachment 4 for additional entry requirements.
- Physical qualification for aircrew duty according to DAFMAN 48-123, Medical Examinations and Standards, Class III medical standards and height requirements.
- Qualification for aviation service according to AFI 11-402, Aviation and Parachutist Service, Aeronautical Ratings and Aviation Badges.
- Annual demonstrated proficiency in the CAFSC assigned AF language with an L2/R2 or better on the DLPT. Note: Language proficiency is a highly perishable skill, and a remediation process is detailed in the CFETP to ensure return on significant language training investment.
- Specialty requires routine access to Tier 5 (T5) information, systems, or similar classified environments.
- Completion of a current T5 Investigation IAW DoDM 5200.02, AFMAN 16-1405, Air Force Personnel Security Program.
- Must successfully complete a polygraph examination to meet customer mission access eligibility requirements.
- Must maintain local network access IAW AFI 17-130, Cybersecurity Program Management and AFMAN 17-1301, Computer Security.
- Must maintain eligibility to deploy and mobilize worldwide. Airmen coded who are unable to maintain deployment eligibility or worldwide clearance in excess of 12 months will be considered for retrain or separated.
Civilian Career Options
High Salary: $107,210
Low Salary: $43,570
- Broadcast Technicians: $43,570
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- Cartographers and Photogrammetrists: $68,380
- General and Operations Managers: $103,650
- Intelligence Analysts: $86,940
- Interpreters and Translators: $52,330
- Operations Research Analysts: $86,200
- Remote Sensing Scientists and Technologists: $107,210
- Remote Sensing Technicians: $52,460
- Surveying and Mapping Technicians: $46,200
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Shreadouts
- 1A8X1F - Arabic
- 1A8X1G - Chinese
- 1A8X1H - Korean
- 1A8X1I - Russian
- 1A8X1J - Spanish
- 1A8X1K - Persian
- 1A8X1M - Pashto
- 1A8X1Z - Divested Languages