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Heads up: 106th in NY will be holding a board in July.
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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My brother-in-law is a junior in college and recently told my wife he was interested in flying military helos. Anyone have any insight as to whether the Guard & Reserve helo units hire off the street? Thanks.
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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General Studies. 2nd best move I've ever made.
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..
No, save YOUR money. Use tuition assistance, which is free, to get your degrees while you are in. Use your GI Bill after you leave for whatever educational needs you have at that point. FENCE in, but don't forget to FENCE out.
ahh I see. is 'FENCE' an acronym?
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Leave with your GI bill intact
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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Just a data point here. Myself and six of my friends got hired last year with ANG units. We are all prior Mx (Avionics or Crew Chiefs), minus one civilian non prior. All of us came from fighter squadrons, so I don't have any insight on enlisted flyers.
The majority of prior E types that have been hired in the two ANG fighter squadrons I have been in have come from the flightline. Not all, but a significant majority.
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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You can go be a Flight Engineer.
Are you inferring flight engineers have a good shot at getting selected? I briefly looked into it..
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Have you spoken with Scoobs yet? I would start there. Send him a PM.
What does this really mean? I see guys refrence "scoobs" all the time like it's a running joke on this board..
YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG.
I see your point Sir, but that's the way it goes sometimes I guess
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The board will be looking at who you are as a person. Your ability to make good decisions in life, take on and handle responsibility, and be a reliable dude is what will impress them. Your "badass skills" will not. Extra curricular activities show that you have the capability to fit in with other social groups, as well as manage your time beyond your primary job (usually school for new peeps). Slow down and stop planning on manipulating your selection board. Do what you do because you thoroughly enjoy it, not because you think it will impress some fighter pilot down the road. They will read between the lines and easily decipher if you're the man they want.
BTW, I don't know why you keep going on about fighter pilots. Tac airlift is where it's at.
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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You might have missed what people are getting at. Time spent behind the controls of an aircraft is great and can only help; you can also have a lot of fun in gliders. Just don't expect it to make you do well in UPT, or have the attitude that glider (or any flying) experience makes you any better than anyone else. Huggy mentioned that they are still using gliders at TPS, which is a pretty respected program in the Air Force. Don't be upset that everyone thinks the Italian kid in the glider is gay.
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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I hope my sarcasm meter is inop.
The 2012 IAC sportsman, intermediate and advanced u.s. national champs where all USAFA guys.
dfgyu76 - flight time will help you initially I think, but just study (chair fly) when you're going through.
Also please no more glider video posts on baseops.
Is this really happening?
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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You could be like this dude:
Just don't following his lead with the flight control check starting at 00:43.
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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start pointing with your elbows and you'll be on to a great start.
I don't follow ?..
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I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure he's talking about losing the single engine on the F-16, thereby turning it into a glider...it's a joke.
EDIT: It appears day man beat me to it.
damn it all!
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F-16 units really appreciate and look for lots of glider time. I don't think any other communities care. YMMV.
Interesting. If this is indeed the case then that makes glider's that much more relevant to my interests.
If it is worth a damn to you, then that's what matters.
If your budget only allows one or the other (powered or glider), then you will have to weigh that one.
Just curious: are you considering glider aerobatics? I couldn't tell from your post.
Flying gliders can give you excellent stick-and-rudder skills. It will make you a better pilot.
Will someone in a Guard/Reserve unit's hiring board care if you have quality glider time? I have no idea.
Side note: Test Pilot School still has a pretty robust glider program.
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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I'm a Reserve Flight Engineer and I also use my Post 9/11 GI Bill to go to school full-time at a college in NH. I noticed I did not receive a payment from the VA for housing for the month of October...
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
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1) Graduate high school at 19
2) Desire to fly KC-10's
3) Join KC-135 unit on accident
4) ???
5) Profit.
pffff
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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.
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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.