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I39A P-3C Automatic Flight Control Systems (AFCS) IMA Technician

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Overview

A P-3C automatic flight control systems IMA technician performs intermediate level maintenance on automatic flight control systems. The technician's work focuses specifically on systems installed in P-3C aircraft.

Civilian Career Paths

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Avionics Technicians

Intermediate-level maintenance of P-3C automatic flight control systems provides directly relevant experience for civilian avionics maintenance.

How to prepare: Compare your documented AFCS maintenance experience with civilian avionics troubleshooting and component-repair tasks to identify gaps for targeted practical training.

What the civilian work involves
  • Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
  • Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.

Notes & Sources

Evidence for this guidance (2 documents)
  1. NAVPERS 18068F Vol II (NEOCS, Jul 2026 edition): NEC I39A

    [1] NEC entry "I39A - P-3C Automatic Flight Control Systems (AFCS) (IMA) Technician"; cached text line 6857; NAVPERS 18068F Vol II, 2026-07 edition

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

  2. O*NET: Avionics Technicians

    [2] O*NET 30.3 occupational data

    Supports: Avionics Technicians (O*NET 49-2091.00)

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