flyguyinthesky

Just throwing my hat in the ring for anybody applying in future years who might get CSO instead of Pilot, because I was in that spot a few years back. If you’re not 1000% sure you want to be a pilot, I would definitely take a UCT slot. I’m glad I did. For those who end up liking pilotage, we’ve got airframes where you get plenty of stick time in a small cockpit (F-15, OA-1K). For those who end up not liking pilotage, we’ve got airframes for that (RC-135, EA-37B, AC-130). New CSO’s have unique opportunities that pilots don’t get straight out of undergrad, so if you like airpower but don’t feel like you need to be the bus driver, you’ll probably love being a CSO.

26-05 drop, decent variety for a smaller class: 3x F-15E 2x RQ-170 1x LC-130 (Guard) 1x C-130 (Guard) 1x EA-37B 1x HC-130 1x B-1B

RQ-170

Honestly not really. It’s always changing and it’ll be different again even just a year from now.

Hear ye, hear ye, the first single track UCT drop was certainly…unique: RC-135 x 8 F-15E x 4 RPA x 2 AC-130 x 1 B-52 x 1

They vary quite a bit, life happens and people migrate between classes. All said and done they’re typically 10-20 people. Cant speak for UPT, not a pilot.

Just get ready for the NEW new curriculum…

I wouldn’t say they’re the least competitive, but I don’t know if they’re the most. Truth is there are a ton of airframes you can go to from UCT, so as long as a class’s spread is decent then most people get what they want or something close to it.

Basically going back to what you experienced as a jack of all. Shifting to more sims to replace the T-1, T-6 sorties remaining the same as before.

The last “track” drop, all drops after this will be single track with all students able to drop any available airframe, no longer limited to a category (EWO/WSO/SO): EWO 25-15 3x RC-135 2x RPA

We have a few FAIP’s down here in PCola, not a ton but not unheard of.

June Drop EWO: 4x RC-135 2x RPA WSO: 3x F-15E 1x B-52

Drop out of deep left field, somebody on EWO track dropped E-7 Wedgetail, airframes are always changing it seems!

Indeed. They definitely offer some great flexibility with colors and designs, but I think people will miss the heritage of traditional patches if we continue with PVC.

Yep, a lot of new ones are PVC.