Air Support Operations Operator
Air Support Operations Operators process immediate requests for close air support, casualty evacuation, medical evacuation, and assault support while integrating aviation with ground forces and other supporting arms. They coordinate missions involving deep air support, electronic warfare, aerial refueling, and air reconnaissance, and they prepare, move, emplace, and operate air support equipment and tactical data systems.
2025-10-01 is the MARADMIN recoding date, not the date COOL removed its entry.
- The manual retains the obsolete identifier because it can still appear in active-duty or reserve personnel records.
- The former FOE credential recommendation is not a retirement finding about the credential. SpaceTEC still offers the exam.
Source extraction notes
MOS 7242 merged into MOS 7240 (Tactical Air Control Operator). The recoding took effect on 2025-10-01. 2025-10-01 is the MARADMIN recoding date, not the date COOL removed its entry. The manual retains the obsolete identifier because it can still appear in active-duty or reserve personnel records. The former FOE credential recommendation is not a retirement finding about the credential. SpaceTEC still offers the exam.
Source documents (2)
Reviewed October 3, 2026 against references 1 and 2.
- NAVMC 1200.1M MOS 7242 entry with obsolete banner
1. Chapter 3, OccFld 72, MOS 7242; printed p. 3-450; banner and heading on PDF p. 868; cached text lines 53422-53466 · cited by the explanation
PDF page 868 (opens in a new tab) Original publication (opens in a new tab) - MARADMIN 248/25
2. Subj; paras 1, 3, 4 · cited by the explanation
Open source document (opens in a new tab)