The Air Force requires the highest score of any branch of the service for admission. High school seniors or graduates must have a minimum 31 overall ASVAB score, and GED holders must have a minimum of 50 overall ASVAB score.
Officers are not required to take the ASVAB test. However, they must take the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test, which is similar to the SAT before admission.
The ASVAB test consists of several different subject areas, or subtests. They are:
general science (GS)
arithmetic reasoning (AR)
word knowledge (WK)
paragraph comprehension (PC)
mathematics knowledge (MK)
electronics information (EI)
auto and shop information (AS)
mechanical comprehension (MC)
General - Verbal expression (WK plus PC) and arithmetic reasoning (AR)
Mechanical - Mechanical comprehension (MC), general science (GS) and two times auto and shop information (AS)
Administrative - Numerical operations* (NO), coding speed* (CS) and verbal expression (WK plus PC)
Electrical - Arithmetic reasoning (AR), mathematics knowledge (MK), electronics information (EI) and general science (GS)