Air Force AFSC · Intelligence
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An Airborne Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Operator collects information about enemy strength, movements, and activity. The operator uses classified techniques and equipment to provide intelligence to command for mission planning and execution.
Minimum clearance: Top Secret
ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-18
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: 1A812 helper · 1A832 apprentice · 1A852 journeyman · 1A872 craftsman
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Processing, analyzing, and disseminating airborne sensor intelligence and providing ISR threat warnings transfer to DIA's foreign military capabilities analysis.
How to prepare: Practice for DIA's writing test by drafting an unclassified assessment of foreign military capabilities using public sources. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a granted security clearance, background and drug screening, and any required medical or counterintelligence polygraph examinations.
[1] Specialty Summary section "AIRBORNE INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE"; normalized cached text lines 1606-1631; explicit AFSC match for 1A8X2
Supports: In-mission sensor processing and follow-on analysis, ISR threat warning and cross-unit coordination, DIA Analysis Officer
[2] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23
Supports: DIA Analysis Officer
[3] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23
Supports: DIA Analysis Officer
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