Dandemonium

Thanks. I enlisted because there are no colleges around my area that offer aerospace engineering or AFROTC. The closest one is about 1 hour 10 minutes from my house and is just a cross-town college. I decided I might as well just enlist and do my best that way since I also am tired of my current life style here living in the city (I'm a rural person). What major did you take in college?

I'm going in on an open general contract. I'm hoping that whatever job I get I'll be able to study aeronautics at embry riddle while applying for all the commissioning programs every year. (btw I didn't qualify for ATC)

Thanks for posting. What were the requirements to get into USAFA at that time? Did you have to pass the SAT with a certain score? Honestly if I do go through with enlisting I'd definitely be applying to USAFA if I get the the required SAT score. I'd be very happy to go to the Air Force academy and be an AD pilot for 10 years then switch to national guard like you have done. Except I think it's much harder now to get accepted to USAFA as a security forces person especially since they are deployed 6 months out of the year.

Thanks everyone for responding, its helping a lot. What AFS were you as enlisted?

Why ANG over enlisting in the active duty air force?

I just recently graduated high school and I don't know if I should enlist in the Air Force or go to college. What would give me the better chance of eventually becoming a pilot for the Air Force? I was wondering in how much time would I be able to get a 4 year degree? My recruiter says its possible to do it within 4 years but I have trouble seeing that happen with deployment and all. I know that many Air Force bases offer Embry-Riddle courses (most online) and I'd be most interested in getting an Aeronautics degree from that school. If I go to college it would be for a Police Science BS degree. My AF recruiter wants to put me in as a Security Forces Apprentice and I heard that they deploy for 6 months out of the year. From what I read on the internet I see that most people that go for a Pilot slot are in the mechanical or electronics field in the Air Force; would a SecFor guy even have a chance against them? Also, would I be allowed/have the time to get a Private Pilots license while in the Air Force when stationed at home? Thanks.