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Thanks for the info. Has anyone on this board ever applied too or even flew with the 920th RQW down in FL? I know the reserve hiring process is a different beast, but I'm not even sure that unit hires off the street.
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Where did you get this gouge? I've been monitoring the rescue wings from a distance, but all I've seen is AK is hiring soon. edit: past, present, and future tense is hard.
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pro-tip: clear and concise goes a long way in aviation. but then again, I guess your not the one interested in flying; your wife's college aged brother is the flyboy in the family.
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what does palace chase and palace front mean? I saw it on a document the other day and I always thought it was just a phrase you guys here at baseops used..
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Why's this? because you get to create your own curriculum and allows you to be more versatile to employers? I'm a the point where I have to pick the actual degree. can't decide between poly sci, philo, or something else equally as useless.. ahh I see. is 'FENCE' an acronym?
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Why this? Save it for when you get out out UPT? Or do you just recommend that we save uncle sam's money ..
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What do you think about intel? my unit only supports heavy's and there are no aircrew positions open.. I'd like to get picked up by a fighter squadron in a few years
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Are you inferring flight engineers have a good shot at getting selected? I briefly looked into it..
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What does this really mean? I see guys refrence "scoobs" all the time like it's a running joke on this board.. I see your point Sir, but that's the way it goes sometimes I guess
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Thanks, I appreciate your input. I suppose this whole dream of mine has become a bit of an obsession rather than a simple career goal. But maybe that's what it takes, only time will tell.. feel free to substitute "passion" for "obsessions" but when a guy such as myself sacrifices his fun job, university lifestyle and girl friend to pursue a job that might get my foot in the door down the road then I think that fact of the matter becomes clear haha. Damn, now that I think about it, i'm in deep!
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Thanks for all the responses. I always over looked the "instrument rating" when budgeting for flying but now I see the error of my ways. I believe that If I was given a shot at UPT I would give it 100% full throttle the whole way through and succeed. It blows my mind when I'm reading "advice from graduates" and a reoccurring suggestion is "try not to fall asleep in class! hurrdurr!" Now, I'm sure it's very mentally and physically demanding but I mean comon.. Secondly, I want to clarify that I wanted to accumulate all this bad ass aerobatic experience and know how to basically impress a prospective ANG/AFRC selection board. I'm sure I could be taught to fly from scratch by the USAF but I wanted this aero stuff under my belt to demonstrate my ability to keep calm under pressure, have situational awareness, and more or less relate to the fighter pilots on the board (in a subtle way).. Also, it gives me something to do with all this signing bonus money.. did I mention i'm an E-3 wrench turner??.. get in line ladies..
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I agree with every aspect of your response, including the gay italian kid. I mean that jewelry, wtf? you can find him on facebook too. And I know that civilian flying doesn't hold a torch to military flying, especially fighters but I just want to be "the real deal" I want to cover every aspect of my life from prior service to competitive flying experience so when I walk into that interview my experience speaks for itself and it's a done deal.. I don't just want to squeak by with the minimums I want a career as a pilot..
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The 2012 IAC sportsman, intermediate and advanced u.s. national champs where all USAFA guys. Despite the thick sarcasm that I've barely managed to get through I think i've learned a valuable lesson here (despite you-all's best effort). It's that glider time is in fact not respected or even considered real aviating by anyone in the USAF. I suppose this answers my question in a backwards kind of way. But, I'm still going to try it out if I get the chance since that dago on youtube made it look cool and at half the price of a powered aircraft! Thanks baseops!
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yea i saw this kid on youtube, and did some research on it too. See, he makes glider aerobatics look bad ass* but there appears to be a huge glider culture in Europe (he's in Italy). *relative term used
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I don't follow ?..
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damn it all!
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Interesting. If this is indeed the case then that makes glider's that much more relevant to my interests. Yes, I'm interested in glider aerobatics. Either powered or gliders but i'm leaning more towards gliders since it's more economical. It's seems harder to come by a aerobatic rated glider but from the ones I've found for sale they're rated for +/- 10g with an asking price of 15k which as i'm sure you know if you where to look for a plane with that kind of ability you'd be in the 100K range. Although, I can't seem to find a single aerobatic glider instructor anywhere except the USAFA and a couple in the mid-west (i'm located in NC) but that's another story..
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Hello Gentlemen, I've curious of what you all think about aerobatic flying and how it resonates with a pilot selection board.. A little about me; my goal is to get selected for UPT by an ANG/AFRC fighter squadron in the coming years, I just enlisted in the ANG and i'm waiting on dates. I'm very interested in aerobatic flying, I would love to compete at the advanced and unlimited levels in a powered aircraft, or even a glider (if I could find an instructor in my area) My question is this; should I focus on building up my aerobatic experience or should I focus my aviation resources elsewhere? Is getting glider time even worth a damn to anybody? it looks cool to me but it seems like the market is very thin in the U.S. Regardless of what I take away from this thread i'm still going to give aerobatics a try but I'd like to hone my focus towards a specific field all in an attempt to make myself the most competitive applicant on the market. Also, general aerobatic thread. Thanks for your time
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AFRC/ANG and the Post 9/11 GI-Bill
dfgyu76 replied to slc's topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
I just enlisted in the ANG with the intent to finish university as soon as I'm able. I'm not entirely familiar with the educational benefits but I've never heard of a 'housing payment'. What is the stipulation to receive this? I believe my contract includes post 9/11, TA, and GI bill kicker (6 yr contract) in NC. Any thoughts? I basically planned on letting TA do what it can then use GI bill/kicker to pay rent so I don't necessarily have to have a job until I finish school. Thanks -
108th Refueling Wing / Advice
dfgyu76 replied to Boeing24's topic in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves
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reason #0.2, you liked boy scouts so much you wanted to join "advanced boy scouts". reason #0.3, you wanted to be in the military but you couldn't run more than 1.5 miles without puking reason #0.4, the new uniforms look like marine corps officer uniforms with "pizazz" reason #0.5, the AF was the only branch that didn't send a recruiter to your high school to give out free key chains, hence "the AF is more exclusive"
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Thanks for the replies, I am honestly split. I'm going to visit the unit in December and and make my decision then. I was also wondering, if I was hypothetically in the guard, would I still be able to apply to reserve units for UPT slots? or would I not be eligible due to my commitment to the guard. Also, what is everyone's thoughts on getting a reserve slot? is it similar to the guard in that you have to have your foot in the door, or is it more like an AD application process?
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Hello everyone, I'm resurrecting an old thread because my question is brief and related to this topic.. I am a sophomore in college, my primary goal/focus is to get a pilot slot in the guard, at this point i'm looking towards fighters. I have an opportunity to enlist in a unit that supports vipers. My question is whether or not you all believe that would be a good move, I am in my second year so taking time off to go to basic and tech school would conceivably take me out of school for a year (two semesters), since my plan is to start applying as soon as I get my degree, is this even a good use of time? second, and a little more obscure question, I have just put a down payment of $750.00 to get orthodontic braces, this is non refundable. Although I would sacrifice all of that hard earned cash for the sake of a shot at UPT. I'll just say that my teeth and jaw really need to be fixed soon. It is only recently that I discovered you can't have braces in basic. At this point, should I just focus on beefing up my package and abandon my thoughts of enlisting? How many out there have gotten picked up by the guard without prior enlisting? My research has shown me very few... thank you for your time.
