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    Can anyone give recent FC1/MFS Experience?

    in Aviation Medicine

    Posted

    Went to WP a few weeks ago. Just to reiterate, this thread is GOLD. I highly recommend everyone read it from start to finish before going. My experience went exactly as others described it. I only have a few items to add.

    1. Get a rental car. The main medical office and the lab work are in two separate buildings on two separate AF bases (about 15 mins apart). Day one doesn't really matter but day two is when it pays off. After lab work, people trickle over to the main building and start on whatever tests they have remaining. Having a car allows you to beat the rush and get your tests done first. Also, if your lab results or xrays need to be redone, you will be required to travel back and forth between the two bases. All in all, it was money well spent. I can say with confidence that the car allowed me to finish up and go home a few days early.

    2. Bring lots of snacks. On both days, my first meal was burger king around 1400. If someone had brought lots of food for the group, they would have been my hero.

    3. They assign the group a room to hang out in and you spend most of your time here. Cell signal is hit or miss and you run out of things to talk about quickly so most of the time is spent sitting in silence and envying those that brought a book. There is a TV and DVD player however so if you bring a movie or xbox or something, everyone will thank you.

    4. Go to the air museum. I have been to aviation museums all over the country and this one is by far the best. We budgeted 5 hours to see the whole thing and still missed out on two hangers. This is another good reason to have a car.

    5. If you use your phone for directions, it will get you close but not to the right building. See attached.

    5. No prostate exam. Rejoice! You wont get your oil checked on this trip.

    All in all it was a great experience. There were 30 of us and everyone passed. Only two people were iffy and the only reason they were under the microscope was due to their own self disclosure. I urge everyone to please keep your mouth shut when they ask the questions like "any history of _______" or "have you ever experienced _________". Let them find out for themselves. If you already incriminated yourself during MEPS then start working on your defenses because they will dig deep into those things at WP.

    Have fun. Good Luck. See you at UPT.

    WP.JPG

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    UPT application window open for Ft Wayne A-10

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    On 11/30/2016 at 4:18 PM, Tweet FAIP said:

    The 163rd Fighter Squadron out of Fort Wayne, IN (ANG, A-10C) will have an open application window for Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT) from Dec 1, 2016 through Feb 28, 2017.  If selected, interviews will be held 5-6 May, 2017.

    If interested, please visit:

    http://www.122fw.ang.af.mil/careers/index.asp

    Good luck for all that apply.

    404 - Page not found!

    Unsponsored Board

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    I am trying to get in on the unsponsored reserve board in Nov. I have not yet gone to Wright Patt for a physical and now my recruiter is telling me that the only way to get an appointment is if you are sponsored. "We were notified yesterday that no one is going to WP unless they are sponsored by a unit. Recruiting Service was paying the bill for the unsponsored to go to WP, and Reciting Service is now out of money for travel." Can anyone confirm this? If it is true, anyone have a good way to get sponsored in a month?

    Which Aircraft At Which Base?

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Cool, give this a shot and let me know if it works.

    Sorry for the weird naming convention, I kinda made my own shorthand, here's the basic flow:

    First Number: Wing or Group; which will have a W or G identifying it as one or the other.

    Second Number: Squadron; designated by S.

    Third number: Airframe: 0=A-10, 2=F-22, 5=F-15, 6=F-16; a "T" will follow if the unit is a training unit.

    After a space, there will be a "G" for guard, or an "R" for reserve.

    The icon symbol also corresponds to the type of unit, based on component and airframe (for quick reference). I think most people will get it after looking at it for a while.

    Example (using the best unit in the Air Force):

    187th Fighter Wing, 100th Fighter Squadron, F-16 (non-training unit) Air National Guard:

    187W 100S 6 G, icon is a fire symbol

    This is by no means perfect or official. I'm sure it's missing some units and has a couple errors by now. I didn't bother adding some units that essentially never hold boards like the Alaskan F-22 reserve unit and the aggressor units.

    What would be a friggin huge shack is if someone who had a ton of spare time and ran out of things to masturbate about added all of the rest of the units in the total force and added links to the units' sites to each point for quick reference. This is as far as I got for my purposes, hope it helps!

    I had some trouble opening the file so I did a little research and found that google stopped supporting a .kmz file on google maps. I ended up converting the file to google my maps and redesigning all the icons. I also simplified the base designation.

    I did not add any units to the map, however, I did add a few extra airplane colors to the icon selection so that anyone interested could go through and add all the heavy units. If you need more colors, let me know. The map is set up to be editable by anyone for now.

    This isn't my creation. Give xcraftllc all the credit. I just cleaned it up.

    https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z6Qr1PclgDvM.kXWi2AP0X-xk&usp=sharing

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    UPT Gamble

    in What Are My Chances?

    Posted

    What are you studying? You should research finding a degree and a school that will qualify you for a restricted ATP. They arnt cheap but it might be worth taking out a loan if you are really serious about being a pilot both civilian and military. You will be qualified for it if the AF picks you up but just in case, it is worth having a backup plan.

    Upcoming Boards

    in Air National Guard / Air Force Reserves

    Posted

    Back when I was still applying, I tried calling a bunch of times.. Then called Moody ops desk and asked for 76th ops desk. No answer no voicemail.

    The email listed in vacancy bid is a hotmail. Anyone try that?

    Posted from the NEW Baseops.net App!

    Look on page 8. Bird321 got a response from them.

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