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AWO Naval Aircrewman Operator

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Overview

Naval Aircrewman Operators use airborne tactical systems and sensors aboard maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial systems to detect, analyze, classify, track, and attack contacts. They support mission planning, safeguard classified material, handle ordnance, and collect and produce intelligence products for aircrews and theater commanders.

Minimum clearance: Secret, often with SCI exposure

Minimum ASVAB: VE+AR+MK+MC 210 or VE+AR+MK+AS 210

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: milpersman-1306-618-rating-list-2026-04 (source date 2026-04). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Acoustic contact classification using sonobuoys
  • Radar and electro-optical contact tracking
  • Airborne electronic intelligence sensor operation
  • Tactical intelligence production for aircrews and commanders

Civilian Career Paths

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Remote Sensing Technicians

Operating airborne radar and electro-optical/infrared sensors to detect, classify, and track contacts transfers directly to sensor-based geospatial data collection.

How to prepare: Complete an ESRI ArcGIS imagery project using public aerial or thermal imagery, checking data accuracy and integrating it with other geospatial data.

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

DIA Analysis Officer

Producing tactical intelligence for aircrews and theater commanders provides a foundation for DIA's analysis of foreign military capabilities, particularly maritime and air capabilities.

How to prepare: Prepare a public-source maritime capabilities assessment to practice for DIA's writing test and interview. DIA requires U.S. citizenship, a granted security clearance, background screening, drug testing, and any required medical or counterintelligence-scope polygraph examinations.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol I (NEOCS, Jan 2026 edition): NAVAL AIRCREWMEN (OPERATOR) (AWO)

    [1] Rating chapter "SCOPE OF RATING"; cached text line 13314; NAVPERS 18068F Vol I, 2026-01 edition

    Supports: Acoustic contact classification using sonobuoys, Radar and electro-optical contact tracking, Airborne electronic intelligence sensor operation, Tactical intelligence production for aircrews and commanders, Remote Sensing Technicians (O*NET 19-4099.03), DIA Analysis Officer

  2. O*NET: Remote Sensing Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Remote Sensing Technicians (O*NET 19-4099.03)

  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: Analysis Career Field

    [3] Career Specifics, Military Capabilities, Applying to Be an Analyst; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

  4. Defense Intelligence Agency: Hiring Process

    [4] Opening hiring overview and Employment Criteria, Initial Employment; public page retrieved through Jina Reader 2026-09-23

    Supports: DIA Analysis Officer

Defense contractor jobs for AWO

Predecessor codes

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

AWAviation Warfare Systems Operator

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