AF MX school

BravoHotel

BravoHotel

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I do not usually poke my head in here. Hello. I signed up to be a C-130 crew chief in the ANG. I'll be going to Sheppard AFB in either June or September, awaiting date confirmation. Looking down the road, how do you turn this into the necessary experience to get your A&P?
 
30 months experience qualifies you to take test for A&P. Not sure how the ANG works but I've heard military can get signed off for if they have the training while enlisted.
 
There is a program that is administered by the ccaf ( community college of the Air Force) that outlines the steps to get your A&P. Give it a google search and you should find a plethera of information.

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I was a C-130 Crew Chief in the AF stationed at Hurlburt Field. Right before I got out when I had the necessary experience I met with an examiner to get my 'tickets' to take the tests. After I got out I went to Bakers School of Aeronautics in Nashville for a one week prep course and passed my tests at the end of the week. Only issue you might have being Guard is the 30 months must be full time.
 
Second what Tony says. Towards end of my enlistment I took my training records to the FSDO, the guy there looked up my MOS on a giant master copy and it tells them what you are eligible for. For example may just be eligible for airframe only or powerplant only, though I've heard people can sort of sweet talk their way into both depending upon the federale.

Don't remember eligibility req's for the months but as said it may be a hang up if only part time.

Also went and did the week long crunch study course and passed written tests then went and did O&P exams. Only thing I didn't like is it was completely geared towards recips/GA/radials. I mean I spent more time reading up on doping fabric wings than I did turbine engines. Apparently for the FAA it's still 1920.
 
Thankyou Gentlemen for the insight. I think the Aerospace MX tech school will be a good start, working for my unit will give me the wide body turbine experience, I plan on doing a stint as a CFI and I bet I could help out the the MX department as a paid internship or something to get the recip experience, or if I find my self at a dropzone, and help with the MX there. We shall see.
 
We had a guy at the flight school I learned to fly at who was a C-130 crew cheif in the ANG and he had to work for the mx shop on the field for almost a year after he got out to finish all his requirments before the FAA would let him take the test for his A&P.
 
Have fun at Sheppard . I was there 4 years ago and it sucked. You going TDY or pipeline? If TDY its not as bad but pipeline sucked!
 
You'll do 2 courses at Sheppard. 1st is a Heavies Fundamentals (Fundies) course which is very broad. Mostly general aviation theory and principles. A lot of Air Force specific terminology on what to "properly" call things. The second course is your C-130 specific course. You'll learn all your basic 3 level tasks and flight line servicing. You'll learn all your flight deck panels, hydraulic systems and servicing, very basic Allison T-56 Turboprop fundamentals and servicing, cargo compartment configurations, aircraft marshaling, wheel and brake changes, and a ton of other things. The school house is pretty nice and has a lot of trainers inside. When you go to LRAFB you'll do a 2 week OJT on the flight line. You'll refuel/defuel, marshal running aircraft, and mostly just hang out till your ready to get home.

Many of our ANG crew chiefs have gotten their A&P but most fill full time technician slots within the unit. One of the biggest things you'll be missing out on being a crew chief is we don't do any sheet metal work and you'll come out of school with very basic knowledge of the engine. Most people have said to try to work with your engine and sheet metal shops to help out with those specific areas on the A&P exams.

You'll receive a lot of college credit from the CCAF and there is a program with Embry Riddle that allows you to get a degree in Aviation MX with only about 60 hours after completion of your CCAF Associates. I'm not familiar enough with the CCAF to A&P program to comment on it.

Hope this was helpful. Good luck.
 
Now that I am done with the course. I feel like I now know enough to get me in trouble. I start seasoning training with my unit later next week.
 
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