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F28A Fixed Wing Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems Organizational Maintenance Technician

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Overview

A Fixed Wing Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems Organizational Maintenance Technician performs organizational-level maintenance on flight equipment utilized on ejection seat aircraft platforms. The maintenance focuses on fixed wing ejection aviation life support systems at the organizational level.

Core Skills

  • Organizational maintenance of ejection-aircraft flight equipment

Civilian Career Paths

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Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Organizational maintenance of flight equipment on ejection-seat aircraft provides a specialized maintenance foundation for broader aircraft servicing work.

How to prepare: Ask the FAA to evaluate your documented military maintenance experience before choosing an Airframe or Powerplant certification route. Certification requires age 18 or older, English proficiency, passing written, oral, and practical tests, and either appropriate practical experience of 18 months for one rating or 30 concurrent months for both, graduation from an FAA-approved Aviation Maintenance Technician School, or completion of the Joint Service Aviation Maintenance Technician Certification Council course.

What the civilian work involves
  • 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.

Notes & Sources

  • FAA mechanic certification is not required by regulation for every airline mechanic job, although air carriers often require it for hiring.
Evidence for this guidance (3 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC F28A

    [1] NEC entry "F28A - Fixed Wing Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems Organizational Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 5397; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Organizational maintenance of ejection-aircraft flight equipment, 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)

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