Air Force AFSC · Intelligence
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A Signals Intelligence Analyst uses sophisticated equipment to extract, analyze, and identify foreign activity and communications from electromagnetic emissions. The analyst produces combat, strategic, and tactical intelligence reports and alerts commanders to unusual activity or critical situations.
Minimum clearance: TS/SCI
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: 1N211 helper · 1N231 apprentice · 1N251 journeyman · 1N271 craftsman
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Analyzing and reporting electromagnetic emissions provides a foundation for DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities.
How to prepare: Prepare a public-source assessment of foreign military capabilities as practice for DIA's writing test and interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, background vetting and a security clearance before hiring is finalized, with a counterintelligence polygraph if required.
[1] Specialty Summary section "SIGNALS INTELLIGENCE"; normalized cached text lines 3939-3959; explicit AFSC match for 1N2X1
Supports: Electromagnetic emission acquisition and processing, Electronic equipment operation for signal exploitation, 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
Historical codes with documented links to 1N2X1. Each history page explains the change.
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