AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE MANAGER
Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command
Posted: February 19, 2026 (0 days ago)
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Air National Guard Units
Department of the Air Force
Location
Salary
$38.46 - $44.86
per hour
Type
Full-Time
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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).
This job involves repairing, inspecting, and maintaining survival gear like parachutes, helmets, and chemical defense equipment for aircraft crews in the Air National Guard, along with training pilots on how to use it safely.
It also includes investigating equipment issues after accidents and ensuring everything meets high standards for missions.
A good fit would be someone with hands-on experience in aviation gear maintenance who is reliable, detail-oriented, and ready to serve in the military while working as a technician.
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 INDEFINITE EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.
This National Guard position is for a AIRCRAFT SURVIVAL FLIGHT EQUIPMENT REPAIRER TITLE 32 INDEFINITE, Position Description Number D1867000 and is part of the 157th Operations Group, New Hampshire Air National Guard.
This vacancy is to gather applications that may or may not result in a referral or selection. Compatible military grade and assignment required prior to the effective date of placement.
This is a Title 32 INDEFINITE excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership in the military grade/rank listed in the announcement.
If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter PRIOR to applying for this position.
Military Grades: E-3 to E-5 Selectee(s) must be within the military grade(s) listed in this job announcement prior to the effective date of placement into the technician position.
Applicant(s) who are over grade must clearly state, in their resumes, their intentions to willingly take a reduction in grade.
Compatible Military Assignments: 1P0X1 GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience or training which demonstrates knowledge of materials and equipment used in the line of work (helmets, torso harness assemblies, parachutes, survival equipment).
Ability to understand written instructions and to use reference materials and manuals.
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have experience or training which demonstrates knowledge of aviation life support equipment. Experience reading and interpreting military manuals.
Experience in supply procedures and property accountability. Experience collecting information and presenting it to various sized groups.
Experience in planning a functional shop maintenance program is essential. Work involved in the inspection, maintenance, and adjustment of aircrew life support equipment.
Workers are required to maintain appropriate accountability documentation of life support equipment. Work also involves continuation training to aircrews in the use of aircrew life support equipment.
It is not necessary for applicants to possess the MOS/AFSC listed as compatible to the position in order to apply, however applicant must meet the qualifications for the position.
It is applicant's responsibility to acquire a compatible MOS/AFSC within 1 year of appointment.
Coordinate with your unit's training representative to determine whether or not you can qualify for a specific MOS/AFSC and/or receive training within the 1 year timeframe before accepting the position.
Major Duties:
The position provides diagnostic, analytical, calibration, investigative research, troubleshooting, in-depth inspections, quality control inspections, certification, testing, evaluation, and maintenance or overhaul of all Aircrew Flight Equipment and aircrew chemical defense equipment.
Provides formal academic classroom and technical instruction to all pilots/aircrew on all initial and continuation instruction to ensure aircrew survival ability under peacetime or combat operations.
Responds and participates as an Air Force aircraft mishap board representative in investigating flight support equipment failures/malfunctions associated with mishaps.
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