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21AX Aircraft Maintenance Officer

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Overview

Aircraft Maintenance Officers direct maintenance operations and implement inspections to keep aircraft in working order. They also deliver combat support and perform airdrops around the world.

Core Skills

  • Aircraft maintenance production and resource oversight
  • Aircraft maintenance and modification program management
  • Unit capability assessment for senior leadership

Civilian Career Paths

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Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor

Directing aircraft maintenance production, managing maintenance programs and resources, and leading sustainment personnel transfer directly to maintenance supervision.

How to prepare: Compare your production oversight experience with an aircraft maintenance supervisor posting, then confirm with the employer the role's aircraft-specific technical experience, FAA certification, and return-to-service authority expectations.

What the civilian work involves
  • Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
  • Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Project

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. DAFOCD, 30 Apr 26: AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (21AX)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE"; normalized cached text lines 4831-4853; family-level section (21A4, 21A3, 21A1)

    Supports: Aircraft maintenance production and resource oversight, Aircraft maintenance and modification program management, Unit capability assessment for senior leadership, Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

  2. O*NET: First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor (O*NET 49-1011.00)

Defense contractor jobs for 21AX

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