rotini24
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Ahh okay. A friend of mine was telling me they had three out of three at Travis get picked up too, but idk what year it was. Regardless, we’ll see how it all plays out. Now we wait!
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Sadly, I’ll still be deployed beyond the extended deadline so I have no way of accruing more hours before the deadline. It’s all good though. I’m not going to stress it at this point, because I literally can’t change any of it. The wing still thinks I have a competitive package, so we’ll see how it all plays out! Was your buddy by chance from Travis?
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I’ve been wondering the same thing. I was 2/2 at my Wing. The other applicant is/was(?) the Wing Exec, so there wasn’t much of a chance for anyone else to get that 1/2 strat. I think my SR rewrote his comments as best he could to portray that I’m also a competitive applicant, but it’s still a bummer. I’m currently deployed so even getting the package completed and submitted was a feat in and of itself seeing as I didn’t start until May and then had my AFOQT, TBAS, and IFC1 rescheduled multiple times thanks to Iran’s shenanigans. I did the best I could this time around without the ability to get more flight hours or enough time to retake the TBAS before the suspense. I’m proud of what I was able to accomplish and if I don’t get picked up I know where I can improve next year.
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Has anyone heard any estimates or rumors about the number of slots for this year? I’ve heard from coworkers that USAFA Class of ‘26 will get about 110 more pilot slots than last year, and was reading an FY26 budget projection document the other day that called for an additional ~115 slots at UPT in FY26. I know they never seem to want to send unfilled USAFA slots to AFROTC to fill, so I’m curious if this could mean another high selection year for this board, especially if USAFA doesn’t fill all their slots.
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Your stats are great! I really can’t offer much advice, because it feels like a crapshoot based on my conversations with prior applicants (selects and non-selects). If it makes you feel any better, I’m sitting at a 99 pilot, 68 PCSM (no flying hours and currently deployed so I couldn’t do much about flying hours for this year), 3.4 GPA w/ a MBA. Chose not to pursue ENJJPT because of my lower PCSM and I have no desire to track fighters/bombers. Not sure what my Wing ranking was, but last I heard there were only a couple of applicants from my base, which is shocking because usually there are 10+. Hopefully it’s a 100 slot year again! Sounds like USAFA Class of ‘26 was given about 110 more pilot slots than Class of ‘25, if there’s any correlation whatsoever.
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For anyone who might still be waiting on their IFC to be certified by AFAC, mine was submitted on Thursday and stamped “approved pending MFS” on Friday. Granted, I did not require any waivers, but it was a super quick turnaround!
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Thanks for the info! I’ll give it another few days and then start reaching out. That said, the board said I should be fine as long as it’s certified pending MFS prior to October. If I’m waiverless and it takes that long… 🥴 I spoke to our Wing execs yesterday and they said leaving box 19 empty was fine and it seemed more like a place to explain if you had hours that weren’t accounted for in your PCSM or something along those lines. We’ll see what happens I guess! You should be all set as long as it says certified pending MFS. The MFS you’ll go TDY to Wright Pat for if (when) you’re selected. Best of luck to you both!
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Yeah, I ended up leaving it blank. Everything is turned into the Wing, so we'll see how it plays out! How long did it take you to get your IFC1 certified (pending MFS, I'm assuming)? I'm also currently deployed and got the run around from the deployed EMDS, which was super frustrating seeing as I'm currently medical, but I digress. I ended up going to Ramstein a few weeks ago and getting it knocked out. Hoping it comes back quickly since I shouldn't require any waivers. It sounds like the board is a little more flexible with deployed members in terms of expecting their IFC1 to be certified prior to the board suspense, but I don't want to push it too much.
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Curious what everyone’s thoughts are on the new AF215 format? It seems like plenty of space for rater and senior rater comments, but once you get going you quickly realize that not much fits compared to year’s past when the comments were narrative bullets or old school bullet format. Also, there’s a new section for applicant comments (block 19) that wasn’t on last year’s AF215. The font size is super small so it almost seems like block 19 was never meant to be there. What type of info are others including that isn’t captured in your personal statement or elsewhere in your package?
