Careers

Career Description

Combat search and rescue operations, supply drops to forward forces or an array of countless other missions around the world, the Air Force relies on more than fighter jets to accomplish its mission. As an Integrated Avionics specialist, you'll play an integral role in keeping our bombers, helicopters and cargo planes ready to go whenever they're needed. You'll specialize in electronics and avionics as you maintain and repair everything from radar and communications systems to flight controls and weapons systems.

Career Tasks

• Perform maintenance on the bombers, cargo aircraft and helicopters
• Isolate malfunctions in avionics systems, radar, integrated test systems built-in-test, recording systems, video display systems and various other systems
• Remove, install, check and repair avionics systems and line-replaceable units
• Perform and supervise alignment, calibration and bore sight of avionics systems using uploaded maintenance and operational software
• Prepare aircraft for low-altitude attack profiles, precision bombing, covert operations and reconnaissance

Relevant Interests & Skills

• Aircraft
• Electronics and Electrical
• Maintenance and Repair

Training

After eight-and-a-half weeks of Basic Military Training, every Airman goes to technical training to learn their career. Here's the basic information about Integrated Avionics technical training:

School locations: Keesler AFB [MS], Sheppard AFB [TX]

Length of course: varies

College degree earned: Avionic Systems Technology

College credits earned: varies