3 aviation jobs found in Blackstone

The Army National Guard utilizes many forms of sophisticated equipment on and off the field. As a Special Electronic Devices Repairer, you will ensure that vital instruments and tools are meticulously maintained and operational. This includes night vision equipment, electronic distance and azimuth-orienting devices, battlefield illumination devices, nuclear, biological, and chemical warning and measuring devices, and others. Specific duties of the Special Electronic Devices Repairer include: testing instruments, navigational controls, and simulators; reading technical diagrams and manuals; replacing parts; ensuring quality control measures; and troubleshooting and inspecting equipment. Advanced level Special Electronic Devices Repairers are expected to supervise and train other Soldiers in the craft. Helpful Skills • Interest in mathematics, solving problems, and electronic equipment repair • Strong attention to detail Through your training, you will develop the...

Military drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), are used in the field to gather intelligence for tactical operations. As an Unmanned Aircraft Systems Operator in the Army National Guard, you will be responsible for piloting these drones, and using your skills to gather and relay information about enemy forces and battle areas to your crews. Job Duties • Conduct air reconnaissance, surveillance, targeting, and acquisition missions • Plan and analyze flight missions • Perform preflight, in-flight, and post-flight checks and procedures • Launch and recover airframe from runway • Perform maintenance on communications equipment, power sources, light/heavy wheeled vehicles, and crane operations Some of the Skills You’ll Learn • Performing intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance simulation missions • Preparing maps, charts, and intelligence reports • Analyzing aerial photographs • Using computer...

Army National Guard Soldiers use all kinds of devices to test and measure the accuracy of equipment and weapon system components to help diagnose problems. These devices need to be maintained in order to provide accurate readings, and it’s the role of the Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment (TMDE) Maintenance Support Specialist to make sure that happens. As a member of the precision instruments maintenance team, the TMDE Maintenance Support Specialist calibrates and repairs test, measurement, and diagnostic equipment, such as weapon-aiming devices, weather instruments, gyrocompasses, radiation-detecting equipment, and instruments used in aircraft. Job Duties • Adjust and repair weapon-aiming devices, such as range finders, telescopes, and ballistic computers • Repair and calibrate engineering instruments, such as transits, levels, telemeters, and stereoscopes • Repair gyrocompasses, watches, clocks, and timers Some of the Skills You’ll...