OVERVIEW
The CH-47 Helicopter Repairer is primarily responsible for the maintenance of the CH-47 Chinook helicopters. With hundreds of Army National Guard missions depending on these helicopters, CH-47 Helicopter Repairers must ensure that all of them are safe and ready to fly.
JOB DUTIES
TRAINING
Job training for a CH-47 Helicopter Repairer requires 10 weeks of Basic Combat Training and 17 weeks of Advanced Individual Training with on-the-job instruction. Part of this time is spent in the classroom, and part takes place in the field.
Advanced Individual Training: 17 weeks at Fort Eustis, VA
Some of the skills you'll learn are:
HELPFUL SKILLS
REQUIRED ASVAB SCORE(S)
Mechanical Maintenance (MM): 104
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WARRANT OFFICER TRACK
151A Aviation Maintenance Technician (nonrated)
FUTURE CIVILIAN CAREERS
The skills you learn will help prepare you for a career as an airframe or powerplant mechanic.
CH-47 HELICOPTER REPAIRER