'M' for mobility: Air Force introduces new AFSC Published April 26, 2004 By Tech. Sgt. Mark Diamond Air Mobility Command Public Affairs SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. (AFPN) -- The Air Force will introduce new Air Force specialty codes for mobility pilots and navigators May 1.The new codes will replace the airlift "A" and tanker "T" with the new "M," said Col. John Clatanoff, chief of Air Mobility Command’s operations and training division. All airlift and tanker pilots and navigators and their position authorizations will get new codes, Colonel Clatanoff said. The conversion will automatically convert current codes to their new equivalent, he said. The change also creates a separate code for C-130J Hercules pilots. Because of the J model's unique characteristics, the new code will differentiate between C-130J pilots and pilots who fly other C-130 variants, he said.The new designator provides a mobility "generalist" code that fits both airlift- and tanker-rated officers, said officials from AMC’s force-management office. The colonel said this change affords staffs across the Air Force the capability to designate appropriate positions to the new specialty. This gives Air Force Personnel Center officials at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, the flexibility to hire any tanker- or airlift-rated officer. (Courtesy of AMC News Service)