Air Force · AFSC history

8L500 Air Advisor (CF) Advanced, Team Sergeant

8L500 was retitled from “Air Advisor (CF) Advanced, Team Sergeant” to “Air Advisor Advanced, Team Sergeant,” without changing the code. Its specialty summary, duties and responsibilities, and qualifications were also revised.

Codes named in this history

Other history records

These source identifiers have archive pages. Their availability does not establish current service use or retirement.

Documented history

Air Advisor (CF) Advanced, Team Sergeant

The change guide is dated 31 October 2020, but the directory's Summary of Revisions gives 30 April 2020 as the scheduled implementation date. No effective date is stated specifically for 8L500, so the conflicting dates leave the exact effective date unclear.

  • The notice does not spell out the revised duties or qualification requirements.
Source extraction notes

CS&CIG source assertion (N/A): SDI 8L500 is retitled. The specialty description is revised to update specialty summary, duties and responsibilities and specialty qualifications. Conversion instructions: MPS: 4, 5 AFPC: 4, 5, 9 Manpower: 4, 5, 10 The identifier is unchanged; a self-successor records the source-stated occupational retitle.

Source documents (2)

Reviewed September 23, 2026 against references 2 and 3.

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