Air Force · AFSC history

293X3 Ground Radio Operators

AFSC 293X3, Ground Radio Operators, was converted to AFSC 492X1 and retitled Communication Systems Radio Operators during a communications career-field realignment. Personnel and functions did not change.

Codes named in this history

Historical steps

The source names a code the branch later retired, or whose reviewed record is historical. Its story continues on that code's own page.

Documented history

Ground Radio Operators

The record dates creation of AFSC 492X1 in this realignment to 30 April 1986. November 1988 is the survey's publication date, not the conversion date.

Source documents (1)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against reference 2.

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