Air Force AFSC · Aviation

1C7X1 Airfield Management

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Overview

Airfield Management specialists conduct airport safety inspections, coordinate maintenance, oversee pavements and visual navigational aids, and enforce airfield design criteria. They regulate ground operations and driving, oversee construction, follow flights in the National Airspace System, plan aircraft parking, deter wildlife, respond to emergencies, dispatch first responders, and publish advisories.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: G 50

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: 1C711 helper · 1C731 apprentice · 1C751 journeyman · 1C771 craftsman

Core Skills

Engineering, safety, and air traffic control coordination

Civilian Career Paths

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Airfield Operations Specialists

Managing airfield operations and coordinating with civil engineering, safety, and air traffic control directly supports civilian airport safety operations.

How to prepare: Build a practice civilian airfield inspection checklist using applicable federal regulatory requirements.

What the civilian work involves

Inspect airfield conditions to ensure compliance with federal regulatory requirements.
Implement airfield safety procedures to ensure a safe operating environment for personnel and aircraft operation.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

Microsoft Office software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT (1C7X1)
[1] Specialty Summary section "AIRFIELD MANAGEMENT"; normalized cached text lines 2322-2343; explicit AFSC match for 1C7X1
Supports: Engineering, safety, and air traffic control coordination, Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)
O*NET: Airfield Operations Specialists
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Airfield Operations Specialists (O*NET 53-2022.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 1C7X1

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