Air Force AFSC · Aviation

12GX Combat Systems Officer (Generalist)

Current service use not established

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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

Operational planning and policy development
Monitoring and evaluation of operations
Staff coordination and commander advising

Civilian Career Paths

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Management Analysts

Developing plans and policies, evaluating operations, coordinating staff activities, and advising commanders transfer directly to analyzing organizational procedures and recommending improvements.

How to prepare: Build a process-improvement case study using non-sensitive information to show how you evaluated an operation, gathered staff input, and developed recommendations.

What the civilian work involves

Gather and organize information on problems or procedures.
Analyze data gathered and develop solutions or alternative methods of proceeding.
Document findings of study and prepare recommendations for implementation of new systems, procedures, or organizational changes.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: GENERALIST COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER (12GX)
[1] Specialty Summary section "GENERALIST COMBAT SYSTEMS OFFICER"; normalized cached text lines 1939-1945; family-level section (12G4, 12G3)
Supports: Operational planning and policy development, Monitoring and evaluation of operations, Staff coordination and commander advising, Management Analysts (O*NET 13-1111.00)
O*NET: Management Analysts
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Management Analysts (O*NET 13-1111.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 12GX

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