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2A3X5 Advanced Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics

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Overview

An Advanced Fighter Aircraft Integrated Avionics Maintainer maintains F-22, F-35, MQ-1, MQ-9, and RQ-4 aircraft. The maintainer troubleshoots, inspects, repairs, and modifies these aircraft to prepare them for missions.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: E 65

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-19

Program scope has not been reviewed.

Policy applicability and coverage of the program's score routes have not been reviewed. Shown-route arithmetic is not an eligibility decision.

Source: dafecd-atch4-2025-10-31 (source date 2025-10). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Skill levels: 2A315 helper · 2A335 apprentice · 2A355 journeyman · 2A375 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Aircraft electrical and environmental system repair
  • Avionics support equipment maintenance and operation
  • Aircraft servicing and ground handling

Civilian Career Paths

Career associations are editorial assessments of the cited evidence, not an official crosswalk unless the evidence explicitly says so. O*NET supplies civilian occupation information, not proof of a military match. Related experience does not confer civilian qualifications. Tasks and tools below describe civilian work, not military training.

Avionics Technicians

Organizational-level troubleshooting, inspection, installation, and repair of F-22 and F-35 avionics and electrical systems transfer directly to civilian avionics maintenance.

How to prepare: Use the ASTM NCATT AET exam content to identify knowledge gaps and build a targeted study plan for civilian aircraft electronics work.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
  • Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
  • Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

    Demonstrate aircraft electronics knowledge for the civilian avionics maintenance path.

    Eligibility and preparation: No mandatory education, experience, or prior certification.

    For: Avionics Technicians

  • ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    Develop aircraft maintenance practices in tool accountability, housekeeping, and material handling.

    Eligibility and preparation: No mandatory prior credential, education, or experience; AET is not required.

    For: Avionics Technicians

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (6 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: ADVANCED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT INTEGRATED AVIONICS (2A3X5)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "ADVANCED FIGHTER AIRCRAFT INTEGRATED AVIONICS"; normalized cached text lines 6119-6141; explicit AFSC match for 2A3X5

    Supports: Aircraft electrical and environmental system repair, Avionics support equipment maintenance and operation, Aircraft servicing and ground handling, Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

  2. O*NET: Avionics Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

  3. SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: ASTM NCATT certification information, exam list, and FAQ

    [3] Background; Exams Offered (Aircraft Electronics Technician, AET Endorsements, Other ASTM NCATT exams); Frequently Asked Questions; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00), ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

  4. COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

    [4] 2A3X5 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

    [6]COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE) · 2A3X5 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

  5. SpaceTEC Partners, Inc.: Qualifications for ASTM NCATT Certifications

    [5] Sole qualifications statement on page; retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET)

  6. ASTM NCATT FOE Elements of Basic Awareness Study Guide (PDF, copyright 2022 ASTM International NCATT)

    [7] Scope (sec. 1) and Significance and Use (sec. 3); retrieved 2026-09-23

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

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Predecessor codes

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2A3X2Integrated Avionics Systems (Attack/Special)

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