Hundreds of Army missions depend on aircraft for transport, patrol and flight training. It's up to the members of the aircraft repair team to ensure that all Army aircraft remain safe and ready to fly. As an integral member of this team, the Apache Attack Helicopter Systems Repairer is primarily responsible for supervising and performing maintenance on Apache Attack Helicopters.

Some of your duties as an Apache Attack Helicopter Systems Repairer may include:

• Operates and performs unit level maintenance on automatic test equipment and repairs electronic equipment, printed circuit boards and modules
• Prepares appropriate maintenance forms and records
• Troubleshoots and repairs malfunctions within automatic test equipment at the unit repair level
• Repairs automatic test equipment and subassemblies by adjusting, aligning, repairing and/or replacing defective components at unit level maintenance
• Conducts performance testing, alignment and repair on optical targeting components

Job training for an Apache Attack Helicopter Systems Repairer requires nine weeks of Basic Training, where you'll learn basic Soldiering skills, and 39 weeks of Advanced Individual Training, including inspection and repair of aircraft electronic and equipment. Part of this time is spent in the classroom and part in the field. Some of the skills you'll learn are:

• Reading technical diagrams and manuals in order to locate, isolate, and repair complex electronic equipment.
• Replacing equipment parts such as resistors, switches and circuit boards.

Helpful attributes include:

• An interest in mathematics and electronics
• An interest in work involving aircraft
• An ability to use hand and power tools

Advanced level Apache Attack Helicopter System Repairer provides guidance, supervises and trains other Soldiers within the same discipline. As an advanced level Attack Helicopter Repairer, you may be involved in:

• Perform direct and general support level maintenance on electronic test facility
• Troubleshoot automatic test equipment at direct and general support maintenance level and repairing automatic test equipment at direct support maintenance level
• Request and maintain authorized bench stock of repair parts, supplies and technical publications.

The skills you learn as an Apache Attack Helicopter Systems Repairer will help prepare you for a future with aircraft manufacturers, commercial airlines and government agencies as an electrical and electronics repairers or avionics technicians.