Air Force AFSC · Aviation

1A1X2 Mobility Force Aviator

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Overview

Mobility Force Aviators ensure aircraft are properly loaded, inspected, and equipped for missions. They command aircrews through each step of the flight process, from briefing to landing.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: M 60

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 1A112 helper · 1A132 apprentice · 1A152 journeyman · 1A172 craftsman

Core Skills

Cargo placement and restraint planning
Aircraft weight and balance calculations
Cargo documentation and loading restriction checks
In-flight aircraft systems monitoring

Civilian Career Paths

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Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors

Experience creating aircraft load plans, computing weight and balance, directing cargo restraint, and supervising loading and offloading closely matches aircraft cargo supervision.

How to prepare: Practice building a civilian cargo load plan using a target operator's loading procedures, including cargo orientation, center-of-gravity calculations, and securing arrangements.

What the civilian work involves

Determine the quantity and orientation of cargo, and compute an aircraft's center of gravity.
Direct ground crews in the loading, unloading, securing, or staging of aircraft cargo or baggage.
Distribute cargo to maximize use of space.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Cargo tracking system software
Microsoft Excel

Notes & Sources

Mobility Force Aviator duties vary by aircraft and assigned crew position; the cargo-supervision path is strongest for members with documented loading, restraint, and weight-and-balance experience.

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: MOBILITY FORCE AVIATOR (1A1X2)
[1] Specialty Summary section "MOBILITY FORCE AVIATOR"; normalized cached text lines 882-913; explicit AFSC match for 1A1X2
Supports: Cargo placement and restraint planning, Aircraft weight and balance calculations, Cargo documentation and loading restriction checks, In-flight aircraft systems monitoring, Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (O*NET 53-1041.00)
O*NET: Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (O*NET 53-1041.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 1A1X2

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