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12EX Combat Systems Officer (Electronic Warfare)

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Overview

Combat Systems Officers integrate electronic warfare, weapons systems, special operations, and navigation during air operations. They abstract key environmental information and employ airborne systems and weaponry to provide precision for complex missions.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Core Skills

  • Flight test program planning
  • Aircraft and simulator developmental testing
  • Flight test results reporting

Civilian Career Paths

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Aerospace Engineers

Planning, conducting, and reporting flight tests for aircraft, aerospace vehicles, simulators, and related systems transfers directly to aerospace test and evaluation work.

How to prepare: Have an aerospace engineering program assess your transcript against its bachelor's degree requirements to identify whether additional degree-level education is needed. Aerospace engineers typically need a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or a related field, so a mathematics or physical sciences degree may leave a degree-equivalence gap rather than just a few missing courses.

What the civilian work involves
  • Plan or conduct experimental, environmental, operational, or stress tests on models or prototypes of aircraft or aerospace systems or equipment.
  • Write technical reports or other documentation, such as handbooks or bulletins, for use by engineering staff, management, or customers.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

  • Verified 12EX duty evidence describes Experimental Test Combat Systems Officer work, not the recorded electronic warfare title.
  • This navigator/combat systems officer specialty does not establish pilot qualification.
  • National-defense aerospace projects may require a security clearance; some clearance types and levels require U.S. citizenship.
Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: EXPERIMENTAL TEST COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER (12EX)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "EXPERIMENTAL TEST COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER"; normalized cached text lines 1834-1842; family-level section (12E4, 12E3, 12E1)

    Supports: Flight test program planning, Aircraft and simulator developmental testing, Flight test results reporting, Aerospace Engineers (O*NET 17-2011.00)

  2. O*NET: Aerospace Engineers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aerospace Engineers (O*NET 17-2011.00)

  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics: aerospace engineer education and licensure

    [3] How to Become One; Education; Licenses, Certifications, and Registrations; updated2026-08-27, retrieved2026-09-23

    Supports: Aerospace Engineers (O*NET 17-2011.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 12EX

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