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SHEET METAL MECHANIC (AIRCRAFT/PAINTER)
Air Mobility Command
$66,346–$77,511/yr
📍 Dover AFB, Delaware
Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below to view Eligibilities being considered and other IMPORTANT information. The primary purpose of this position is to plan, lay out, fabricate, modify, repair, assemble, and install complex aircraft sheet metal parts, items, and assemblies that have combined straight and curved edges of irregular curves and planes; and perform the full range of painting. - Plans and lays out work from blueprints, sketches, drawings, specifications, and work orders in manufacturing aircraft sheet metal structures - Examines aircraft sheet metal structures to locate cracks, breaks, holes, bulges, dents, and loose or missing rivets - Prepares various surfaces of interior and exterior aircraft sheet metal structures by mechanically and chemically removing...
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This position is less than a mile from Dover AFB. The 2026 BAH rate there is $2,277/month for an E-5 with dependents — useful for working out what the salary above is actually worth locally. Nearest VA facility: Pre-Discharge Site at Dover Air Force Base, less than a mile away. 8 other open positions are currently listed within 25 miles. Browse all jobs near Dover AFB.
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