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AIRCRAFT MECHANIC (TITLE 32)

Air National Guard Units

Department of the Air Force

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Salary

$33.51 - $39.10

per hour

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SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves maintaining and repairing military aircraft, including inspections, troubleshooting mechanical systems, and ensuring everything is ready for flight, often in a team setting with the National Guard.

It may require night shifts and working on various types of aircraft checks and repairs.

A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in aircraft mechanics who is reliable, detail-oriented, and comfortable in a military environment.

Key Requirements

  • Enlisted military grade E4-E5 in the National Guard
  • At least 18 months of specialized experience in installing, adjusting, aligning, troubleshooting, and testing aircraft mechanical and pneudraulic systems
  • Skilled in using hand tools, test equipment, gauges, meters, and measuring devices
  • Ability to perform inspections, functional checks, preventive and unscheduled maintenance on aircraft and support equipment
  • Experience coordinating work with other mechanics, scheduling maintenance, and instructing drill status guard members
  • Compliance with safety, fire, security, and housekeeping regulations
  • Availability for night shift work and participation in readiness evaluations and exercises

Full Job Description

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a AIRCRAFT MECHANIC (TITLE 32), Position Description Number D1366000 and is part of the NC ANG, National Guard (145 AMXS/ Position Number 107129034).

POSITION MAY BE SUBJECT TO NIGHT SHIFT WORK.

Military Grades: Enlisted (E4-E5) Minimum Requirements: Experience or training that has provided the candidate with the skill to remove and replace aircraft parts, accessories, and components, and to make adjustments and settings according to established specifications.

Must be skilled in the use of hand tools and test equipment.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: (18 months) Experience or training installing, adjusting, aligning, troubleshooting and functionally testing the various major and minor mechanical and pneudraulic systems on an aircraft during overhaul or modification.

Experience coordinating the work of other mechanics, and scheduling maintenance to ensure completion of critical actions and optimum workflow. Major Duties:

POSITION MAY BE SUBJECT TO NIGHT SHIFT WORK.

As an AIRCRAFT MECHANIC, WG-8852-10, you will perform inspections, functional checks, and preventive maintenance on aircraft to include periodic, phase, hourly, preflight, postflight, calendar, thru-flight, and special inspections such as fuel contamination, emergency equipment, and oil sampling; troubleshoot and perform unscheduled maintenance on assigned and transient aircraft, utilizing various gauges, meters, measuring devices and other related test equipment; perform user and organizational level maintenance on assigned support equipment, including inspection, repair, modification, and corrosion prevention; provide data for aircraft maintenance historical records, complete maintenance data collection, man-hour accounting, and other forms; instruct, direct, and assign maintenance repair tasks to drill status guard members; comply with safety, fire, security, and housekeeping regulations; prepare for and participate in various types of readiness evaluations such as MEI, ORI, IG and UE inspections, mobility and command support exercises.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 2/11/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/11/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: NC-12881000-AF-26-001