AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEMS

Enlisted Aircraft Fuel Systems

You handle the complex, highly engineered fuel networks that keep aircraft in the fight. Working in high-stakes, confined-space environments, you troubleshoot, repair, and maintain the internal tanks, pumps, and valves. Your specialized expertise ensures our fleet has the extreme endurance required for global operations.

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What you'll do

• Diagnose and repair high-capacity aircraft fuel networks, internal plumbing, fuel cells, and fuel-transfer pumps.
• Operate safely in complex, confined-space environments using specialized breathing and monitoring equipment.
• Troubleshoot electronic fuel-balancing systems to ensure stable aircraft weight distribution during flight.

Training & Education

• Basic Military Training: 7.5 weeks
• Technical Training: 36 Days
• Tech School Location: Sheppard AFB, TX
• Status upon completion: Enlisted Airman with credits earned towards Aviation Maintenance Technology

Key things to consider requirements

• You must meet several requirements before joining the Air Force. These concern your background, overall health and other standards set by the Air Force, Department of Defense and federal law.
• You must be 1742 years of age, a U.S. citizen and obtain a qualifying ASVAB score.
• High School Students may start their application as early as the end of their junior year.
• Applicants who are non-graduates or non-alternate credential holders must obtain an AFQT Test score of 65 or higher on the ASVAB.
• 47 Mechanical (M)
• Knowledge of internal hardware such as valves, lines, gauges and controls
• Completion of appropriate Aircraft Fuel Systems courses
• Normal color vision
• Completion of 7.5 weeks of Basic Military Training
• Must be at least 17, but has not reached age 42 on the date of enlistment

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