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2A3X7 Tactical Aircraft Maintenance (5th Generation)

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Overview

A 5th Generation Tactical Aircraft Maintenance specialist crews the F-22 and F-35. The specialist launches and recovers aircraft, performs inspections and servicing including hot pit refuels, troubleshoots structures, engines, and hydraulic systems, and supervises flightline maintenance functions.

Minimum clearance: Secret

Minimum ASVAB: M 47

ASVAB policy: Not policy-reviewed · coverage unknown · as of 2026-10-13

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: 2A317 helper · 2A337 apprentice · 2A357 journeyman · 2A377 craftsman

Core Skills

  • Aircraft maintenance forms and records
  • Aircraft repair and reclamation operations
  • Aircraft maintenance quality assurance
  • Aircraft support equipment maintenance

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.

Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Aircraft maintenance, repair and reclamation, quality assurance, and maintenance recordkeeping transfer directly to civilian aircraft maintenance work.

How to prepare: Gather military maintenance experience records for FAA review to determine your route to Airframe and Powerplant certification. Certification requires age 18 or older, English proficiency, passing knowledge, oral, and practical tests, and either qualifying experience of 18 months for one rating or 30 months concurrently for both, graduation from an FAA-approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School, or completion of the Joint Service Aviation Maintenance Technician Certification Council training course.

What the civilian work involves
  • Inspect completed work to certify that maintenance meets standards and that aircraft are ready for operation.
  • Read and interpret maintenance manuals, service bulletins, and other specifications to determine the feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.
  • Maintain repair logs, documenting all preventive and corrective aircraft maintenance.
Civilian tools and software (examples)
  • Access Software AIRPAX

Training & Development

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Getting Started

  • ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    Develop tested knowledge of foreign object prevention, including housekeeping, tool accountability, and material handling in aircraft maintenance environments.

    Eligibility and preparation: No mandatory prior credential, education, training, or experience is required for the exam.

    For: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Notes & Sources

  • An FAA mechanic certificate is not required by regulation for every airline mechanic job, but air carriers often require it for hiring.
Evidence for this guidance (6 documents)
  1. DAFECD, 30 Apr 26: TACTICAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE (2A3X7)

    [1] Specialty Summary section "TACTICAL AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE"; normalized cached text lines 6213-6222; explicit AFSC match for 2A3X7

    Supports: Aircraft maintenance forms and records, Aircraft repair and reclamation operations, Aircraft maintenance quality assurance, Aircraft support equipment maintenance, Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00)

  2. O*NET: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00)

  3. FAA: Become an Aviation Mechanic

    [3] Requirements and mechanic experience requirements

    Supports: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00)

  4. COOL credential mapping: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

    [4] 2A3X7 cached COOL credential feed

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

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

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

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

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

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

    Supports: ASTM NCATT Foreign Object Elimination (FOE)

Defense contractor jobs for 2A3X7

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