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F29A Fixed Wing Non-Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems Organizational Maintenance Technician

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A Navy Enlisted Classification: a skill designation sailors hold in addition to their rating.

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Overview

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

Civilian Career Paths

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Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians

Organizational-level maintenance of flight equipment on non-ejection aircraft provides a specialized maintenance foundation for broader aircraft service 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, either qualifying experience of 18 months for one rating or 30 months concurrently for both or completion of an accepted training route, and knowledge, oral, and practical tests.

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

  • Verified duties establish flight-equipment maintenance, not broader airframe, engine, or avionics maintenance experience.
  • 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 F29A

    [1] NEC entry "F29A - Fixed Wing Non-Ejection Aviation Life Support Systems Organizational Maintenance Technician"; cached text line 5419; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: 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)

Defense contractor jobs for F29A

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