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USCGAVI

Aviation Maintenance Technician

Maintains and repairs Coast Guard aircraft including HH-60 Jayhawks and HC-130s. Performs airframe, propulsion, avionics, and systems maintenance to ensure Coast Guard aircraft are airworthy for SAR and law enforcement missions.

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What they tell you

You'll maintain the helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that conduct Coast Guard search and rescue, law enforcement, and homeland security missions. Coast Guard aviation maintenance means maintaining aircraft that fly into weather conditions other services avoid. The FAA A&P certification pathway is direct and the aviation MRO career is well-established for military aviation maintenance veterans.

What it's actually like

Coast Guard aviation maintenance means working on HH-60 Jayhawks and HC-130s that fly missions in weather that would ground most general aviation aircraft. The maintenance standards are exacting because the aircraft are going out in conditions that test airworthiness in real time. Air Station assignments — Cape Cod, Clearwater, Kodiak, Sitka — each have distinct operational environments. Kodiak, Alaska's weather is a whole orientation experience. The FAA A&P certification pathway and the aviation MRO career are real. Coast Guard aviation maintenance veterans are competitive in the commercial MRO and airline maintenance markets.

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