Air Force Occupational and Aeronautical Badges

Acquisition & Financial Management

At the basic level, this badge is awarded after graduating from technical school. At the senior level, it's awarded to officers who have reached 7 years in the specialty, and to enlisted personnel at the "craftsman" skill level. The master badge is awarded to enlisted personnel who have at least five years' experience at the craftsman level, and to officers after 15 years in the specialty. 

It's awarded in the following Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC): 

Officers: (61, 62) Scientific/Research, Development Engineering Officers: (63) Acquisition Officers; (64) Contracting Officers; (65) Financial Management Officers

Enlisted: (6C) Contracting; (6F) Financial Management

Air Battle Manager

This badge is awarded to officers and enlisted members trained and qualified for airborne command and control, air surveillance, electronic warfare, and airborne weapons capabilities in aircraft.

Officers: (13B) Air Battle Management Officers

Enlisted: (1A5X1, 1A4X1) Air Battle Management

Air Traffic Control

 This badge is awarded to enlisted personnel and officers after completing air traffic control technical training. 

Officers: (13C) Air Traffic Control Operations Officers

Enlisted: (1C1) Air Traffic Control Operations

Astronaut

This badge is given only to officers who have completed training in the NASA Astronaut Program. There is no enlisted equivalent.

Band

This badge is given to Air Force members serving in the U.S. Air Force Band. 

Officers: (35B) Band

Enlisted: (3N1) Band

Civil Engineering

Air Force members in the Civil Engineer (CE) career area, who provide combat engineering support for deployed Air Force units and weapons systems, receive this badge.

Officers: (32) Civil Engineer Officers

Enlisted: (3E) Civil Engineer, except EOD

Biomedical Sciences Corps

This field, comprised entirely of commissioned officers, includes specialties in the Air Force Medical Corps, including physical therapists, optometrists, podiatrists, psychologists, clinical dietitians, and others. All in the Biomedical Science Corps are eligible for this badge. 

Officers: (42)(43) Biomedical Services Officers (BSC)

Enlisted: None

Buddhist Chaplain

This badge, given to Buddhist clergy in the Air Force, is based on the dharma chakra emblem. There is no enlisted equivalent.

Officers: (52) Chaplain

Christian Chaplain

This badge, which displays a Christian cross, is given to ordained Christian clergy in the Air Force. There is no enlisted equivalent. 

Officers: (52) Chaplain

Command and Control

This badge is given to enlisted airmen who complete training in the command and control systems operations career field, This may include, among other duties, aerospace surveillance, aerospace vehicle detection including missile warnings systems. This is given to enlisted personnel only, there is no equivalent for officers. 

Enlisted: (1C) Command & Control Systems Operations

Enlisted Aircrew

This badge is given to those in the enlisted aircrew operations career field. As the name suggests, it's enlisted personnel only; there is no officer equivalent. 

Enlisted: Enlisted Aircrew Members

Dental Corps

 With the modified caduceus symbol — it has a "D" on the front—​ which denotes a medical profession, this badge is given to dentists in the Air Force. It's for officers only; there is no enlisted equivalent. 

Officers: (47) Dental Corps (DC)

Enlisted Medical

This badge is given to enlisted medical personnel in the Air Force. There is no officer equivalent to this badge.

Medical Corps

Like its related badges, the medical corps badge features the classic caduceus. This is for physicians and medical personnel at the officer level. 

Officers: (40)(44)(45)(48) Physician (MC)

EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal)

This badge is given to enlisted personnel who handle the disposal of explosive ordnance. It's an enlisted-only field.  

Enlisted: 3E8X1, Explosive Ordinance Disposal

Flight Nurse

Flight nurses treat patients during aeromedical evacuation and airlift flights. This badge is given to graduates of an accredited nursing program who have completed an Air Force flight nurse course. The nursing corps is an officer-only career field. 

Flight Surgeon

This badge is given to medical doctors in the Air Force who are certified as flight surgeons. There is no enlisted equivalent; this is an officer-only career field. 

Force Protection

This badge is given to Air Force personnel in the security forces (SF) career field. 

Officers: (31) Security Forces Officers

Enlisted: (3P) Security Forces Officers); (7S) Special Investigations

Historian

Air Force historian personnel research, write, edit, and organize historical data and maintain historical files and repositories. This is an enlisted field only; there is no officer equivalent to this badge.

Enlisted: (3H) Historian

Intelligence

This badge is given to those serving in the Air Force intelligence career field, which includes personnel who collect, produce and distribute data that have strategic, tactical, or technical value for security and intelligence purposes. 

Officers: (14) Intelligence Officers

Enlisted: (1N) Intelligence

Logistics Plans

Air Force personnel in the logistics plans career field receive this badge. Those in the field will manage, administer and operate logistics plans systems and activities. 

Officers: (25) Logistics Plans & Programs Officers

Enlisted: (2G) Logistics Plans

Maintenance

This badge is given to several jobs in the maintenance career field, which has a variety of responsibilities. 

Officers: (21) Aircraft Maintenance & Munitions Officers

Enlisted: (2A, 2P, 2W) Manned Aerospace Maintenance, Precision Measurement, Munitions, and Weapons; (2E) Comm-Electronic Systems; (2R) Maintenance Management Systems

Jewish Chaplain

This badge is for Jewish rabbis in the Air Force. It's an officer-level field with no enlisted equivalent. 

Officers: (52) Chaplain

Judge Advocate

The judge advocate is a licensed practicing attorney, and the JAG corps serves as the judicial arm of the Air Force. There is no enlisted equivalent for this badge. 

Officers: (51) Judge Advocate Officers

Medical Service Corps

The Air Force medical service corps is slightly different from the medical corps, in that they oversee and manage health services. There's no enlisted equivalent for this badge. 

Officers: (41) Health Services Administration Officers (MSC)

Manpower & Personnel

The mission support career field in the Air Force does work similar to a human resources staffer at a civilian company. 

Officer: (36) Mission Support & Personnel Officers; (38) Manpower Officers

Enlisted: (3S) Mission Support; (3U) Manpower

Meteorologist

This badge is for Air Force personnel in the weather career field, which is involved in collecting, analyzing, and disseminating weather information, including forecasts of weather conditions in the atmosphere and space.

Officer: (15) Weather Officers

Enlisted: (1W) Weather

Missile

This badge is given to Air Force personnel in the missile and space systems maintenance career field. 

Officers: (13X4) Space & Missile Staff Officer; (22) Space & Missile Maintenance Officers

Enlisted: (2M) Space & Missile Systems Maintenance

Missile with Ops Designator

Like the missile badge, this is also given to Air Force personnel in the missile and space systems maintenance career field, but is an officer-only designation. There is no enlisted equivalent. 

Officers: (13SXC) Missile Operations Officers

Muslim Chaplain

This badge is given to Muslim clerics in the Air Force. There is no enlisted equivalent. 

Officers: (52) Chaplain

Nurse Corps

This badge is for members of the Air Force in the nurse corps. 

Officers: (46) Nurse Corps (NC)

Parachutist

Officers: Officers qualified for parachutist duty.

Enlisted: Enlisted members qualified for parachutist duty

Security Police

The security forces (SF) career field performs force protection duties.

Officers: (31) Security Forces Officers

Enlisted: (3P) Security Forces Officers

Operations Support

Air Force personnel in this field engage in and conduct safety programs and safety activities. 

Officers: S-Prefix (Safety Officers), (16) Operations Support Officers

Enlisted: (1S, 1T) Safety, Survival Training, Aircrew Life Support, Pararescue

Paralegal

This badge is given to those who perform paraprofessional and legal research career fields.

Officers: S-Prefix (Safety Officers), (16) Operations Support Officers

Enlisted: (1S, 1T) Safety, Survival Training, Aircrew Life Support, Pararescue

Public Affairs

This badge is for officers and enlisted personnel in the public affairs field in the Air Force. 

Officers: (35P) Public Affairs Officers

Enlisted: (3N) Public Affairs

Supply/Fuels

The supply career field covers the managing, administration, and operation of supply systems and activities.

Officers: (23) Supply Officers

Enlisted: (2S, 2F) Supply, Fuels

Transportation

This badge is for Air Force personnel in the transportation and vehicle maintenance career field.

Officers: (24) Transportation Officers

Enlisted: (2T) Transportation & Vehicle Maintenance

Pilot

Officers: Rated officers certified as pilots

Enlisted: None