AM - Aviation Structural Mechanic
Few people can say they work on every inch of a fighter jet. As an Aviation Structural Mechanic, you’re one of them. Keep a close eye on every system and piece of equipment in every kind of Navy aircraft from helicopters to the new F-35C Lightning II. Perform daily inspections and immediate repairs on everything from the landing gears to the ejection system. Skills like this can carry through to the civilian world as well, with opportunities at every aviation organization—even NASA.
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Job Description
Aviation Structural Mechanics (AM) maintain aircraft airframe and structural components, flight surfaces and controls, hydraulic and pneumatic control and actuating systems and mechanisms, landing gear systems, and other utility systems; fabricate and repair metallic and nonmetallic materials; supervise operation of airframe work centers; maintain aircraft metallic and non-metallic structures including fuselages, fixed and moveable flight surfaces, tail booms, doors, panels, decks, empennages, and seats (except ejection seats), flight controls and related mechanisms, hydraulic power storage and distribution systems including main (primary and secondary), auxiliary (utility), and emergency systems, hydraulic actuating subsystems, landing gear systems including wheels and tires, brakes, and emergency systems, pneumatic power, storage and distribution systems, hoists and winches, wing and tail fold systems, launch and arresting gear systems, hydraulic component repair and test; perform aircraft daily, special, hourly, and conditional inspections.
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