Sneedro Posted August 9, 2004 Share Posted August 9, 2004 Just out of curiosity, how long do the RTUs last for the various fighter airframes?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest F15Duke Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Eagles will last about 4 and half months. Vipers are six months or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest airwinger Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 How many flights or hours in the Eagle FTU, just curious since the Marine side has 9-12 months for Hornets, this after nearly 2.5 years of flight school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlanePhlyer Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 Hawgs are 6 months...and i'm sure its a very fun six months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacker Posted August 10, 2004 Share Posted August 10, 2004 F-15Es lasts 7 months, and you get circa 69 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rumblefish_2 Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 My orders for Luke show 7 months and 9 days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CameronW Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Buff FTU is 6 months and 100-120 flight hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Slye Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 What bases have F-16 FTU besides Luke and Springfield, OH? Can guard guys go to any F-16 FTU base? Also, is IFF done anywhere else besides Moody? At what point in training do you usually do the fuge and survival school? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flare Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Originally posted by Slye: What bases have F-16 FTU besides Luke and Springfield, OH?There is also a Viper RTU at Kelly Field (Lackland AFB). Can guard guys go to any F-16 FTU base?You can go to any of the 3, but you don't really get to pick...due to the small numbers that Springfield and Kelly put out(sts) you'll still probably go to Luke. Also, is IFF done anywhere else besides Moody?We do IFF here at Sheppard as well, though most(but not all) of the people that go to IFF here go through UPT here. At what point in training do you usually do the fuge and survival school?You'll go to the fuge a week or two after you graduate. As far as survival goes, you'll go whenever they can fit it in your schedule. At the latest, you could go after RTU, but most people go though it before or after IFF and before RTU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Milamber Posted May 4, 2005 Share Posted May 4, 2005 Sorry to resurrect this old thread, but are the A-10 and F-16 schools TDYs? The majority of both go to Arizona right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flare Posted May 5, 2005 Share Posted May 5, 2005 A-10, F-15C & E, and F-16, B-1, B-2(obviously) and B-52 are all a PCS. PIT is a TDY (unless you're at Sheppard...then you're already here!) Don't know about heavies......I believe they are all TDYs though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilEagle Posted May 17, 2005 Share Posted May 17, 2005 I graduated from C model RTU in '02 -- it's a full 6 month program, and getting longer. They are now doing NVG's and 4-ship sorties in the B-course. Even before all that, we were there from Mid Jan-Mid July. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pavesooner Posted May 19, 2005 Share Posted May 19, 2005 9 Month Program for the MH-53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViperOCF Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Seeking updated information regarding the F-16 school after UPT and IFF: 1. Where is it located? Luke AFB and Tucson, or just Luke? If both, what percentage go to each? 2. PCS or TDY? 3. Length? 9 months? Thanks in advance. I've sorted through a lot of outdated material, and I know things change over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sledy Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Seeking updated information regarding the F-16 school after UPT and IFF: 1. Where is it located? Luke AFB and Tucson, or just Luke? If both, what percentage go to each? 2. PCS or TDY? 3. Length? 9 months? Thanks in advance. I've sorted through a lot of outdated material, and I know things change over the years. Luke, Tucson takes just a few, Kelly does one class a year I think, and Springfield is closed now which sucks. Chances are, you'll go to Luke PCS 9 months is about right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Raptor08 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Keep in mind that Luke is losing it's Vipers and transitioning to F-35s in a few years. Holloman is getting rid of their Raptors and picking up 2 of the remaining Viper training sq's so depending on where you are now you may end up going there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slander Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Keep in mind that Luke is losing it's Vipers and transitioning to F-35s in a few years. Holloman is getting rid of their Raptors and picking up 2 of the remaining Viper training sq's so depending on where you are now you may end up going there. Not quite. Two squadrons from Luke are leaving, they haven't decided which ones (block 25 or 42) and that still leaves 2 squadrons of vipers at Luke. B-Course is 9 months plus 4 weeks of SEAD academics for active duty guys. Tuscon mostly takes guard and international guys as far as I know. Kelly does 1 b-course per year, if you get selected for a viper in Jan-April you'll likely go there. If I were you I'd want to come to Luke because it's the only CONUS fighter base near a big city which is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 AD vs. Guard. There's really no difference in the product. Always heard good things about Kelly and Tucson is a cool city/area, so I'm sure it would not suck to go there. Doesn't seem there's anyway you can go wrong, not that you have a choice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
check6 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 so all the same syllabus then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brabus Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Don't know what the syllabus looks like now, but several years ago there were definitely some small differences...neither good or bad. Like I said, no real difference in the product. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripilot Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Does anyone have any info about the F-22 pipeline? What to expect at lead-in, length of B-course, culture, syllabus, advice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarheadBoom Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) Does anyone have any info about the F-22 pipeline? What to expect at lead-in, length of B-course, culture, syllabus, advice? Don't let your inability to breathe distract you from flying the airplane. {sarcasm, for anyone whose detectors are inop} Edited September 23, 2012 by JarheadBoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RescueRandy Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 (edited) HH-60: 6-ish months. TDY to Kirtland enroute to your ops unit. CV-22: Two TDYs enroute to your ops unit. 4-ish months at MCAS New River flying the MV. Then, 6-ish months at Kirtland flying the CV. Edit: Formatting Edited September 23, 2012 by Hella-Copters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny Noonin Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 {sarcasm, for anyone whose detectors are inop} No, that was actually just good advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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