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Yeah I'm commissioned/ an O3, so I'm interpreting what you're saying as it hinders my chances, since it's a lateral career move at best and not an upward one. Plus I've been told the AF wants young 2LTs, not old CPTs. I was at Rucker during the '14 to '16 timeframe.

I'm currently being told by the folks that work for the Air Force's interservice transfer office that I would likely be able to transfer as a rotary guy, but that transfers were only for qualified pilots and thus I would not be allowed to go fixed wing. I seem to remember some people mentioning either in this forum or elsewhere online that they were able to go from active army rotary to active air force FW, even after the FWQ course was dropped. If I were to transfer, fixed would be only what I am interested in. I'd prefer to stay active, but wouldn't object to guard; I just worry getting released from my ADSO as a 15A with over 3 years left to go guard is more of a longshot than going active.

Yes, though the Army is primarily concerned about warrant officer retention. Hence why all the bonuses are always for warrants and commissioned are never eligible. Their approach to address any commissioned shortage is upping the promotion rates (my YG was 99.6%) or taking transfers from other Army branches. An aviation officer is just an aviation officer to them, not a pilot. This is why there's been a bunch UH-60 LTs used to fill CH47 platoon leader spots. A 15A or 15B is interchangeable with any other 15A or 15B as far as the Army is concerned. How much time remaining on your ADSO do you have and how hard was it to get a DD368 signed by your chain of command?

Commissioned Army guy here considering interservice transfer to AF. AH-64 pilot. I have browsed through all the forms and regulations of both services and have found most information out there to be limited, especially regarding an Army rotary wing pilot transferring to become an AF fixed wing pilot. It looks likes there's quite a few guys in this thread that have some experience with the process, so I was wondering: 1) found one mention in an AFI stating the maximum allowed time for previous active duty commissioned service for an incoming UPT student is 5 years (I am currently at 4 years). I read that a couple people in here have either gotten a waiver for this or know someone who did. Can anyone shed light on what the specifics of this process are? 2) I've also read that a few people had or know of someone who got a conditional release for interservice transfer while still having several years remaining on an Army ADSO. I will be 30 by the time my ADSO expires. I wanted to know more about what had to be done (memo's, connections needed, who did you have to speak to?) about transferring before the 1 year out mark, and does anyone know the specifics of getting an age waiver for UPT? Once again I've read that a lot of people have gotten age waivers, but it seems easier said than done. 3) I have recently heard rumors that the AF is planning to go to congress to streamline the interservice transfer process due to their pilot shortage being the most severe. The result would be that the owning service of a pilot wanting to transfer into the AF would not longer have a say in the process. Has anyone else heard about this? I was hoping this would increase the odds of me leaving the Army before my 1 year out mark on my ADSO. I've also reached out to an AF Helo/CSAR assignment officer (though I would prefer a fixed wing AF slot), an officer accessions representative, as well as a regular AF recruiter, but have not received any responses.