Air Force AFSC · Intelligence
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Targeting Analysts develop and implement tactical strike solutions for potential threats. They analyze terrain and structures to provide commanders with precise strike recommendations and battle damage assessments.
Minimum clearance: Top Secret
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: 1N811 helper · 1N831 apprentice · 1N851 journeyman · 1N871 craftsman
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Target development, effects estimation and combat assessment provide directly relevant experience for DIA's military capabilities analysis specialty.
How to prepare: Draft a public-source analysis of foreign military capabilities to prepare for DIA's writing test. DIA hiring requires U.S. citizenship, a granted security clearance, background and drug screening, and any required polygraph or medical examinations.
[1] Specialty Summary section "TARGETING ANALYST"; normalized cached text lines 4448-4469; explicit AFSC match for 1N8X1
Supports: Operational effects estimation and combat assessment, Intelligence support for multi-domain mission planning, 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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