I’m a high school senior right now. I’m going to University of California- Irvine next year and I plan to major in either aerospace or mechanical engineer. I have a real fascination for aircrafts especially military aircrafts, and I want to pursue a career in it. I originally wanted to join the ROTC so I can get some management experience but I don’t think the army is offering anything that I want to do. I’ve also looked at the AFROTC and I’ve seen similar careers but I don’t know if they are what I’m looking for. Do I have to join a military branch to work on military planes?
Thanks
try the AIR FORCE
I do not want to do desk work, I like working with my hands and problem solving, I like being outside, I hate cold weather, I dont want to go home smelling like grease or oil although I do enjoy mechanics. Please tell me your point of view on the job you suggest
If I dont make a career out of the military I did want to be an officer
I was looking into Airborn linguist, Helicopter Maintenance, Security Forces, Airborne Battle Management, aerospace Propulsion
If you don’t want to smell like grease and oil and you don’t like the cold, I don’t suggest maintenance. If you like being outside, then I would suggest Security Forces, but as it was said above, there is a chance that you could be stationed in one of the northern bases. Being an airborne linguist is a very difficult job to qualify for, and the training has a 70% washout rate. Not to mention once you do make it through, you would be sitting at a desk most of the time. Airborne Battle Management (My job) isn’t as difficult, but once training is over you’ll be doing a desk job on the days you don’t fly.
Hope this helps.
I go in to the usaf feb 9th of this year as open mech and im a bit worried i have heard good and bad things about it
what i am asking is that i have a score of M51 in the section overal 52 G55 i really need the AF to work out for me and i was wondering the chances of getting one of these jobs i want to work on air craft nothing else none of those other things in MECH it has to be on air craft
Tacical Aircraft Maintenance
Aerospace Maintenance
Helicopter Maintenance
aerospace Propulsion
Aircraft Fuel Systems
Aircraft Metals Technology
Nondestructive Inspection
Aircraft Structural Maintenance
Here are some links that could help you get the info you are looking for:
http://www.military.com/MilitaryCareers/Content/0,14556,MPDC_Options_Commissioning_AirForce,00.html
http://www.af.mil/
Hey there, I’m a junior in high school and I’m currently studying in the field of Engineering and I’ve been trying to explore all the types of Engineering careers. So far I’ve been leaning towards Architectural Engineering but I wanted to see about aerospace Engineering. I know it deals with aircraft’s and space technology but what exactly do they do? I’ve always been a fan of space and aircraft’s and such but I wanted to see if this career is what builds rockets or missiles or if it simply deals with airplanes and helicopters. Any information about this would be very helpful. Thank you.
Good question!
I recently graduated with a BS in aerospace engineering. The coursework is very similar to that of mechanical engineering, but includes classes that focus on aerospace structures, stability and control, propulsion, aircraft and spacecraft design, etc.
Realistically, aerospace engineers can work on just about any type of engineering project, but they are especially well suited for work on cars, engines, airplanes, missiles, satellites, ships, etc. In my case, I now work as a systems engineer on satellite ground stations. My work has no direct connection to the aerospace discipline but I am still very able to perform my duties.
Hope that helps! I know I found the major to be very enjoyable even if it is a lot of work!
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Viking aerospace and Summit County locals, the Heli Boys, teamed up to test their unmanned helicopter over the Dillon Reservoir.
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I’m a high school senior right now. I’m going to University of California- Irvine next year and I plan to major in either aerospace or mechanical engineer. I have a real fascination for aircrafts especially military aircrafts, and I want to pursue a career in it. I originally wanted to join the ROTC so I can get some management experience but I don’t think the army is offering anything that I want to do. I’ve also looked at the AFROTC and I’ve seen similar careers but I don’t know if they are what I’m looking for. Do I have to join a military branch to work on military planes?
Thanks
Actually, more and more, national guard and reserve aircraft are beginning to be "farmed out" because it is harder to find qualified people to fill those skills. I was surprised to learn that.
My father was an aeronautical engineer, a mechanical engineer by degree. He worked on designs for World War 2 fighter planes, then after the war on military and civilian jets including the Convair 880, and he has worked on missile and rocket designs, and although I do not know what he did he also worked on nuclear reactors, on a tail-less helicopter for a Japanese company (probably was never built), hyperbaric chambers, helicopter attack ships for the Navy, I really do not know all that he did. He had a Q-Clearance, which is above the level of top secret clearance, but I really never heard him discuss anything he did at work, just that he was working at certain places by generic name (like Hanford Works, but nothing specific about what he did other than he worked there). I know that while he worked at Moses Lake Washington he was down in some silo pits, but also I learned later from news information, there was atomic research going on out there as well.
A mechanical engineer can do almost anything, I presume. That’s what my father did until he retired. The "aerospace" classification includes mechanical engineers!
Information Infrastructure Institute (iCUBE)
Aerospace Robotics Laboratory
Department of aerospace Engineering
(Prof. Soon-Jo Chung)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (Prof. Arun K. Somani)
Iowa State University
Koray Celik, Soon-Jo Chung, and Arun Somani, “MVCSLAM: Mono-Vision Corner SLAM for Autonomous Micro-Helicopters in GPS Denied Environments,” Proc. of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, HI, August 2008, AIAA-2008-6670.
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