Can anyone shed some light on how much the flying experience of a nav differs from that of a pilot? Will a nav ever experience visual stimulations similar to that of a pilot? Excluding future opportunities outside of the Air Force, if a civilian pilot applying to OTS really wants to fly, will they be disappointed as a nav?

Will a nav ever experience visual stimulations similar to that of a pilot?

Anyone?

By the way, what's up with ???

Seriously though, your question is a little broad. What are you looking to get out of military flying? What exactly do you mean by flying "experience?"

Pilots fly. Navigators navigate. Seems different enough. Same aircraft, different "experience." Same G-forces an all. Is there something I'm missing?

Navs have their role in the mission of the aircraft, but the career field experiences vary by airframe. They do not fly, it is that simple, but they are in the plane, doing a job that makes the aircraft useful. Training experiences are very diffierent between the bomb-dropping navs from P-cola and the heavy and beeper-squweakers from Randolph. A pilot flies the plane, and the training experience varies, for what it is worth, once the pilot gets to the FTU. As far as visual stimulation goes, you'll need to clarify that question.

Depends on what you want to do. I would have volunteered to be a navigator if I was not physically qualified to be a pilot.

You're on the team either way.