Air Force AFSC · Combat & Infantry

1Z4X1 Special Reconnaissance

Current service use not established

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Overview

Special Reconnaissance specialists deploy deep behind enemy lines to collect and exploit information and develop targets. They use airborne, maritime, and land based platforms to surveil and prepare the battlespace.

Minimum clearance: Top Secret

Minimum ASVAB: G 49

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: 1Z411 helper · 1Z431 apprentice · 1Z451 journeyman · 1Z471 craftsman

Core Skills

Electromagnetic spectrum reconnaissance and surveillance
Intelligence collection using remote-controlled technology
Reconnaissance integration into joint operational planning

Civilian Career Paths

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Remote Sensing Technicians

Collecting and transmitting military intelligence with sensing equipment and remote-controlled technology provides a foundation for civilian remote-sensing data collection.

How to prepare: Build an ESRI ArcGIS project that combines remotely sensed imagery with other geospatial data and documents data-accuracy checks.

What the civilian work involves

Collect geospatial data, using technologies such as aerial photography, light and radio wave detection systems, digital satellites, or thermal energy systems.
Verify integrity and accuracy of data contained in remote sensing image analysis systems.
Integrate remotely sensed data with other geospatial data.

Civilian tools and software (examples)

ESRI ArcGIS software

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)

DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE (1Z4X1)
[1] Specialty Summary section "SPECIAL RECONNAISSANCE"; normalized cached text lines 5593-5620; explicit AFSC match for 1Z4X1
Supports: Electromagnetic spectrum reconnaissance and surveillance, Intelligence collection using remote-controlled technology, Reconnaissance integration into joint operational planning, Remote Sensing Technicians (O*NET 19-4099.03)
O*NET: Remote Sensing Technicians
[2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data
Supports: Remote Sensing Technicians (O*NET 19-4099.03)

Defense contractor jobs for 1Z4X1

Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 1Z4X1. Each history page explains the change.

1W0X2Special Operation Weather

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