SubscribeAir Force Specialty Codes (AFSC)
The U.S. Air Force uses the Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC) system to indicate the military job performed by each servicemember. Different AFSCs are used for various career fields and the scheme varies for officers and enlisted personnel.
Enlisted AFSCs
Generally speaking, all enlisted (airman and non-commissioned officer) personnel have a 5-character AFSC. The first digit represents a general career area:
- 1: Operations
- 2: Logistics
- 3: Support
- 4: Medical
- 5: Professional
- 6: Acquisitions
- 7: Special Investigations
- 8: Special Duty Identifiers
- 9: Reporting Identifiers
The second and third characters identify a career group and career field. The fourth character represents the individual’s skill level:
- 1: Helper
- 3: Apprentice
- 5: Journeyman
- 7: Craftsman
- 9: Superintendent
- 0: Chief Enlisted Manager
The final character represents the specific duty of the airman. For example, an airman with an AFSC of 1N378 has the following characterstics:
- 1: Operations Career Area
- N: Intelligence Career Group
- 3: Cryptologic Linguist Career Field
- 7: Craftsman Skill Level
- 8: Polynesian Language
For more details, view our lists of enlisted AFSCs:
- Operations Enlisted AFSCs
- Logistics Enlisted AFSCs
- Support Enlisted AFSCs
- Medical Enlisted AFSCs
- Other Enlisted AFSCs
Officer AFSCs
Officer AFSCs follow a slightly different system. Each is only four characters and is constructed as follows:
- First Character: Career Group (same as enlisted)
- Second Character: Utilization Field
- Third Character: Functional Area
- Fourth Character: Qualification Level
For more information on Officer AFSCs, see our listings:
June 11th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
What would an Air Force code of C2255E denote for someone who served during the ’70′s?
May 17th, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Curious to know how many enlisted people in the Air Force (including Guard and Reserve) actually fly?
Can you break it doen by job description?
What overall percentage is this?
June 29th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
I’ve been out of the USAF for quite awhile now, and I was just curious:
What current AFSC’s have taken place of the old 702X0 clerk AFSC.
Is there any reference available which shows old AFSC’s and their new equivalents?
October 25th, 2010 at 9:22 am
I dont know about clerks but if you did finance or something like that its 6FOX1
December 28th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
Is there a CFETP for a 33CO or 33SX officer?
August 13th, 2011 at 9:53 pm
WHERE CAN I FIND A LIST OF AFC’S PRE-1993? WAS THERE SUCH AND AFSC AS 16358?
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT I HAD AT SOME TIME SEEN AN AFSC THAT HAD AN EVEN NUMBER AND ONLY ONE SKILL LEVEL INSTEAD OF THE 3, 5, AND 7 LEVEL. HAS AGE SKEWD MY MEMORY?
August 17th, 2011 at 11:18 am
I have a list of 36 different codes from May of 1986 that the Air Force wanted me to re-enlist for (even tho I was enlisted in the USMC). they are 5 digit codes, six are 6 digit and one is 8 digit ending in A/B.
All are in the format of 111X1, where can I go to find out what jobs these codes represented?
August 29th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
I was a 30474 / 29150 / and 27250
You should put the old codes in a so we can look them up. I am trying to find out what my Father did for the AF because I am writing his Obituary.
For half the time the AF was in existence the codes were always the same.
While your new codes are neat and everyone is getting pro badges on their uniforms – they are not OPSEC friendly – now interrogations will be a breeze.
Terry – Old Air Force “and don’t call me Airman”.
October 29th, 2011 at 4:44 pm
retired in july 91 with a afsc of 49170, which ue to be 29170, what is it now, looks like 3dox2?