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Performs crew chief duties and maintenance on F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft. Launches, recovers, and maintains F-16 airframe, propulsion, and systems to ensure mission readiness.
“You'll crew chief the F-16 — one of the most widely operated and combat-proven fighters in the world. Crew chiefs own their jet and the pride that comes with launching a fighter you just worked on is genuinely distinctive. Luke AFB, Misawa, Kunsan, Aviano — F-16 bases span the globe. The A&P pathway and airline MRO careers are direct transitions from this experience.”
F-16 crew chief is a 12-hour-shift-on-the-flight-line career in which the jet develops opinions about your schedule regularly. The platform is mature and well-supported but aging. Luke AFB in Arizona is the training base and the summer heat is part of the experience. Overseas F-16 assignments — Misawa, Kunsan, Aviano, Spangdahlem — are either adventure or hardship depending on your family situation. The A&P certification pathway is real. The annual leave you planned will be moved by the flying schedule approximately twice.
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Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Strong matchAvionics Technicians
Related fieldElectrical and Electronics Engineering Technologists and Technicians
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