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6252 Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic, AV-8/TAV-8

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Overview

A Fixed-Wing Aircraft Airframe Mechanic specializing in the AV-8 and TAV-8 inspects, services, maintains, and repairs aircraft airframe structures and composite materials. The mechanic also works on hydraulic, pneumatic, and landing gear systems.

Minimum ASVAB: MM 95

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: navmc-1200-1l-fy26 (source date 2025-03). Policy applicability has not been established.

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Core Skills

  • Aircraft composite material inspection and repair
  • Aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic system maintenance
  • Landing gear inspection and repair

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

AV-8/TAV-8 airframe, composite, hydraulic, pneumatic, and landing gear maintenance directly overlaps civilian aircraft component inspection and repair.

How to prepare: Gather military maintenance experience records for FAA review toward the Airframe rating. That rating requires 18 months of appropriate practical experience or an approved training route, age 18 or older, English proficiency, and written, oral, and practical tests; pursuing both Airframe and Powerplant ratings through experience requires 30 months of concurrent duties appropriate to both, which the documented airframe duties do not establish.

What the civilian work involves
  • Examine and inspect aircraft components, including landing gear, hydraulic systems, and deicers to locate cracks, breaks, leaks, or other problems.
  • Read and interpret maintenance manuals, service bulletins, and other specifications to determine the feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components.
  • Conduct routine and special inspections as required by regulations.

Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

Military airframe structure and composite repair experience transfers to aircraft assembly inspection, adjustment, and rework.

How to prepare: Practice reading aircraft production blueprints and assembly specifications to bridge from maintenance work to manufacturing layouts and assembly sequences.

What the civilian work involves
  • Read blueprints, illustrations, or specifications to determine layouts, sequences of operations, or identities or relationships of parts.
  • Inspect or test installed units, parts, systems, or assemblies for fit, alignment, performance, defects, or compliance with standards, using measuring instruments or test equipment.
  • Adjust, repair, rework, or replace parts or assemblies to ensure proper operation.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (4 documents)
  1. NAVMC 1200.1L (FY26, in force): MOS 6252

    [1] MOS 6252 section "a. Summary"; cached text line 51237; NAVMC 1200.1L signed 2025-03-07, in force until 2026-10-01

    Supports: Aircraft composite material inspection and repair, Aircraft hydraulic and pneumatic system maintenance, Landing gear inspection and repair, Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians (O*NET 49-3011.00), Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers (O*NET 51-2011.00)

  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. O*NET: Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers

    [4] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers (O*NET 51-2011.00)

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Predecessor codes

Historical codes with documented links to 6252. Each history page explains the change.

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