7S - Special Investigations (OSI) (1)

The Special Investigations Career Field encompasses functions involved in performing the criminal, economic crime, environmental crime, computer crime, counterintelligence, force protection, and personnel suitability investigative mission as well as the conduct of the technical services and special inquiries mission within the Air Force. It includes the conduct of investigations of major criminal violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and other Federal, state, local and international laws. These include serious crimes against persons, economic crime and fraud (with emphasis on the procurement and disposal of government property), computer crime (intrusions and hacking), environmental crime, espionage, sabotage, terrorism, and subversion. Additionally AFOSI Special Agents perform Protective Service Operations, conduct (for the Defense Security Service) personnel security (suitability) investigations, conduct Psychophysiological Detection of Deception (polygraph) examinations, and may be called upon to investigate other matters deemed “special inquiries.”

Excluded from this career field are functions of air intelligence to prevent strategic, tactical, or technological surprise and to support planning and conducting air operations. These functions are included in the Intelligence Career Field. The following is a complete listing of AFSCs for the Special Investigations Career Field.