Air Force AFSC · Aviation
2A7X5 Low Observable Aircraft Structural Maintenance
Current service use not established
This code is listed in the directory. Inclusion alone does not confirm current service use.
Overview
A Low Observable Aircraft Structural Maintenance specialist designs, fabricates, and modifies unique metals and bonded materials that create an aircraft's stealth effect. The specialist applies these materials and repairs structural damage to preserve the aircraft's low observable capabilities.
Skill levels: 2A715 helper · 2A735 apprentice · 2A755 journeyman · 2A775 craftsman
Notes & Sources
- Low Observable Aircraft Structural Maintenance (2A7X5) is a retired identifier: it is listed as an awarded specialty in the AFECD 30 Apr 19 change guide and carries a skill ladder in the 30 Apr 23 edition, but neither the code nor its ladder appears in the 30 Apr 25 or later editions or in the current entry-requirement attachment.
- Low-observable structural work in the in-force directory is an explicit part of Aircraft Structural Maintenance (2A7X3), including LO coatings and radar absorbent material duties and F-22/F-35/B-2/B-21 special-access requirements; the old code alone does not establish current duties.
Evidence for this guidance (1 document)
- AFECD 30 Apr 19 change guide row for 2A7X5; DAFECD 30 Apr 26 Aircraft Structural Maintenance (2A7X3) low-observable scope
[1] AFECD 30 Apr 19 embedded Attachment 1 CS&CIG row 2A7X5 (Low Observable Aircraft Structural Maintenance); DAFECD 30 Apr 26 AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL MAINTENANCE section "(Changed 30 Apr 24)", normalized lines 7116-7130
Supports: Specialty definition
Source review recorded September 24, 2026.
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