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271X0 Airport Air Operations

AFSC 271X0, Airport Air Operations, was split into AFSC 271X1, Airfield Management, and AFSC 271X2, the Operations Management career ladder.

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271X2 Title not stated in source

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271X1 stated by the source. No directory or archive record matches.

Documented history

Airport Air Operations

The split occurred in April 1977; the exact day is not given.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 1 and 2.

Airfield Management Specialty, AFSC 271X1.
1. Internet Archive full-text OCR lines 329-364; adjudicated excerpt in audit · source dated April 1, 1987 · cited by the explanation
Printed page 2 (archive page 8) (opens in a new tab)
2.Quoted official passage · 271X0 · docs/legacy-data/usaf-osr-lineage-audit.md:61; Internet Archive full-text OCR lines 329-364; adjudicated excerpt in audit · cited by the explanation
Printed page 2 (archive page 8) (opens in a new tab)
3.Airfield Management Specialty, AFSC 271X1. · event transcription · docs/legacy-data/usaf-osr-lineage.jsonl:25; Internet Archive full-text OCR lines 329-364; adjudicated excerpt in audit
Printed page 2 (archive page 8) (opens in a new tab)

Historical information is drawn from the sources linked above. Classification dates are not personal service dates. Spot an error? Let us know.