New AF Cyberspace Career Field

Week of November 16, 2009

Air Force officials converted more than 43,000 total force enlisted Airmen from former communications career fields to cyberspace support Nov. 1. The new Air Force specialty is made up of three former career fields: communications-electronics, knowledge operations management, and communications-computer systems-3CXXX. The new cyberspace support career field is broken into 11 new Air Force specialty codes(BULLETED LIST): 3D0X1, knowledge operations management; 3D0X2, cyber systems operations; 3D0X3, cyber surety; 3D0X4, computer systems programming; 3D1X1, client systems; 3D1X2, cyber transport systems; 3D1X3, RF transmission systems; 3D1X4, spectrum operations; 3D1X5, ground radar systems; 3D1X6, airfield systems; and 3D1X7, cable and antenna systems. The new cyberspace support badge should be available at the AAFES Clothing Sales in the coming months and will be mandatory June 1, 2010.

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