Gallery: Action Shots From The Aerospace Maintenance Competition 2026

Competitors remove and replace a fuel nozzle on a Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine.

Maintenance competitors underway at the Gore leading edge and panel sealing event.

A professional team competing at the American Airlines logo light harness troubleshooting event.

One of the student teams competing at the American Airlines logo light harness troubleshooting event.

Gulfstream Aerospace and 8Tree provided this new event—a fastener flushness inspection.

A list of the 29 events and a map of where they are, along with the list of companies with hiring resources.

A PPG transparency timed and judged event.

A military team competitor underway at the Click-Loc challenge.

Samantha Tijerina and her father Marco are the first father-daughter pair to competete against each other. She’s on a school team and he’s on an airline team. They announced the start of one of the competitions on Tuesday.

Southwest Airlines and RH Aero Systems’ antiskid system troubleshooting and repair test.

The seat repair challenge sponsored by Alaska Airlines.

Competitors at the United Airlines fuel tank entry event.

A group of Aviation Institute of Maintenance students at MRO Americas’ 30^th anniversary.

The Barfield air data test underway.

American Airlines also sponsored this auxiliary power unit burner can event.

A U.S. Army team at the Competition.