AFOCD, 31 January 2010 Navigation of Electronic AF Officer Classification Directory Cover Page Table of Contents Section I Authorized Prefixes, Officer Section II AFSCs/Identifiers 1XXX Operations AFSCs, Officer 11XX Pilot 12XX Navigator 13XX Space, Missile, and C2 14XX Intelligence 15XX Weather 16XX Operations Support 17XX Non-Rated Operations 2XXX Logistics AFSCs, Officer 21XX Logistics 3XXX Support AFSCs, Officer 31XX Security Forces 32XX Civil Engineering 33XX Communications 35XX Public Affairs 38XX Force Support 4XXX Medical AFSCs, Officer 41XX Health Services 42XX Biomedical Clinicians 43XX Biomedical Specialists 44XX Physician 45XX Surgery 46XX Nurse 47XX Dental 48XX Aerospace Medicine 5XXX Professional AFSCs (Law and Chaplain), Officer 51XX Law 52XX Chaplain 6XXX Acquisition and Financial Management AFSCs, Officer 61XX Scientific/Research 62XX Developmental Engineering 63XX Acquisition 64XX Contracting 65XX Finance 7XXX Special Investigations, Officer 8XXX Special Duty Identifiers (SDI), Officer 9XXX Reporting Identifiers (RI), Officer Section III Special Experience Identifiers, Officer--Introduction Section III-A Special Experience Identifiers, Officer--Activity Codes Section III-B Special Experience Identifiers, Officer--Experience Sets Attachment 1 Change Summary and Conversion Instructions, Officer Attachment 2 Quick Reference Guide, Officer Attachment 3 Classification Structure Chart, Officer Attachment 4 AFSCs Authorized for Use Without Shredouts AFOCD, 31 January 2010 31 January 2010 (Corrected Copy as of 14 January 2010) AIR FORCE OFFICER CLASSIFICATION DIRECTORY (AFOCD) The Official Guide to the Air Force Officer Classification Codes A Specialty for Every Air Force Job and The Qualifications Necessary to Perform Each Job OPR: HQ AFPC/DPSIDC Certified by: HQ AFPC/DPS Supersedes AFOCD 31 January 2010 ____________________________________________________________________________________ AFOCD, 31 January 2010 This Guide established the occupation structure of the Air Force officer force and implements Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 36-21, Utilization and Classification of Air Force Military Personnel. The occupational structure is flexible to permit officer personnel to broadly specialize as necessary to meet changing mission requirements. Refer to AFI 36-2101, Classifying Military Personnel (Officer and Enlisted), for military classification tenets and base level procedures. Specialty descriptions and other identifiers outline essential Air Force managerial, technical, and professional duties. The job structure and specialties provide a planned pattern of officer abilities. Officers must work with commanders and supervisors to develop their capabilities within these specialties. Maintain and dispose of records created as a result of prescribed processes in accordance with the Records Disposition Schedule (RDS) accessed from the web-based Records Information Management System. SUMMARY OF REVISIONS This guide is the official directory for all military officer classification descriptions, codes, and identifiers. Updates to this directory are according to AFI 36-2101, chapter 6. This update contains all changes that have been approved subsequent to 31 January 2010 and provides Change Summary and Conversion Instruction Guides (CS&CIG) or Change Summary Guides (CSG). Each CS&CIG will include a summary of each change, conversions instructions for all AFSC changes, mergers, additions, realignments, and deletions of classification identifiers, and appropriate page changes to the directory. Subsequent Change Summary Guides along with the description changes will be identified by the effective date and its numeric sequence for that particular year. Additionally, minor changes and corrections throughout the publication include correcting spelling or editing errors. When a star () precedes the specialty description title, it denotes a major or significant revision from the previous edition – the reader must read the particular section of the publication in its entirety to determine the extent of the changed material. 1. Using This Directory 1.1. This Directory contains the Change Summary and Conversion Guide, Officer Classification Structure Chart, Authorized Prefixes, Reporting Identifiers, Special Duty Identifiers, Air Force specialty descriptions, List of Officer AFSCs Authorized for Use Without Shredouts, and Officer Special Experience Identifiers. The descriptions and codes identify different types of jobs, and qualifications needed to fill them and succeed in an AFS. These standards help classify and assign officers, develop programs for training and professional development, and structure unit manpower documents. 1.2. AFI 36-2101, Classifying Military Personnel (Officer and Enlisted), provides procedures to change the officer classification structure and guidance to award and withdraw officer classification codes. Personnel systems and manpower procedures are in AFCSM 36-699, volume 1, Military Personnel Flight (MPF) Management and Military Personnel Data System (MilPDS) User Guidelines, and AFI 38-201, Determining Manpower Requirements, respectively. ii AFOCD, 31 January 2010 AFOCD Table of Contents Section I Authorized Prefixes, Officer Section II AFSCs/Identifiers 1XXX Operations AFSCs, Officer 2XXX Logistics AFSCs, Officer 3XXX Support AFSCs, Officer 4XXX Medical AFSCs, Officer 5XXX Professional AFSCs (Law and Chaplain), Officer 6XXX Acquisition and Financial Management AFSCs (Scientific Research & Dev, Dev Eng, Acquisition, Contracting and Finance), Officer 7XXX Special Investigations, Officer 8XXX Special Duty Identifiers (SDI), Officer 9XXX Reporting Identifiers (RI), Officer Section III Special Experience Identifiers, Officer--Introduction Section III-A Special Experience Identifiers, Officer--Activity Codes Section III-B Special Experience Identifiers, Officer--Experience Sets Attachment 1 Change Summary and Conversion Instructions, Officer Attachment 2 Quick Reference Guide, Officer Attachment 3 Classification Structure Chart, Officer Attachment 4 AFSCs Authorized for Use Without Shredouts iii AFOCD, 31 January 2010 Section I AUTHORIZED PREFIXES (Changed 31 Jan 10) Prefix Title Explanation A Operational Warfare Prefix A identifies positions on manning documents and officers serving in, or Instructor qualified to serve in, positions requiring knowledge of the characteristics, operation, integration, and effects of fighter, bomber, airlift, rescue, reconnaissance, information operations, space, and weapons on the operational level of warfare, and the ability to instruct in this discipline. The operational warfare instructor plans, organizes, and instructs in all areas pertaining to the development and execution of an Air Campaign. This includes the integration and execution of all capabilities and forces on the operational level of warfare. Operational warfare instructors will normally be assigned as cell and team chiefs in operational Air Operations Centers. Cell and Team Chiefs of the following areas are authorized attendance to the C2WAC: Strategy, Plans, Ops, ISR, Air Mobility, JGAT, Ops Assessment, MAAP, ATO Production, C2 Plans, Off Ops, Def Ops, TMO, Tgt/BDA, ACF, ISR Ops, IW, Space, Comm, Rescue, Legal, Logistics, SOLE. Affix to the Duty AFSC (entry, intermediate, qualified, or staff) upon assignment of officers to these positions and retain only so long as they are incumbents. Award and affix to the awarded AFSC (primary, second, or third) in which qualification is demonstrated. Retain so long as the officer remains qualified. Officers must possess the following prerequisite for award of this prefix: Completion of the Command and Control Warrior Advanced Course (C2WAC) (PDS code CON). Use only with the following awarded AFSCs: 11XX, 12XX, 13BX, 13DX, 13L1/L3A/J, 13MX, 13SX, 14NX, 16GX, 21AX, 21MX, 21RX, 33SX, 51JX. B Squadron Operations/ Prefix B identifies positions on manning documents and officers serving in, or Operations Support qualified to serve in, positions as Squadron (Sq) Operations Officer or senior Sq Officer Operations Support Officer in operational Sqs assigned to operations groups at the wing level. NOTE: This prefix is not authorized for use in operations groups at any level, or in Squadrons that report directly to organizations above wing level (e.g. FOA, DRU, NAF, and MAJCOM). It is authorized for use in operations Squadrons or in operations support Squadrons that report to an operations group aligned directly under a numbered Air Force ([NAF)]. Also, it is authorized in Weather Squadrons that are assigned to an Air Operations Group aligned under a NAF, and in Intel Squadrons assigned to independent Intel Groups aligned directly under Air Intelligence Agency. 1 AFOCD, 31 January 2010 Prefix Title Explanation B Squadron Operations/ This prefix is restricted to Maj or Lt Col authorizations on manpower documents. Operations Support Officer Affix to the Duty AFSC (entry, intermediate, or qualified) upon assignment of (Continued) officers to these positions and retained only so long as they are incumbents. Award and affix to the awarded AFSC (primary, second, or third) if the officer demonstrates qualification as a Squadron Operations Officer or Squadron Operations Support Officer. Retain the prefix as long as the officer remains qualified. Use prefix B with only the following AFSCs: 11X3 12X3 13X3 14N3 15W3 33S3 62E3 C Commander Prefix C identifies positions on manning documents and officers serving in, or qualified to serve in, positions of command below group level, such as