On 3/9/2026 at 11:21 AM, MC5Wes said:

Is the program still running?

Tried searching and the most recent thing I could find was a graduating class in 2024

UPT 24-14 and XPW 24-15 Graduation > Air Education and Training Command > Article Display

My neighbor's kids a pilot. And we talked about him possibly joining the 920th and the Accelerated Patch program.

Vance currently has the last XPW class ever going through. T-1 is most likely dead after they graduate in a few months.

On 3/11/2026 at 6:35 PM, jorfy2 said:

Vance currently has the last XPW class ever going through. T-1 is most likely dead after they graduate in a few months.

What is/was the syllabus for XPW UPT? About the same as traditional UPT syllabus?

6 hours ago, Clark Griswold said:

What is/was the syllabus for XPW UPT? About the same as traditional UPT syllabus?

Reading through the syllabus it looks similar to the 2.5 T-6 syllabus, but done all in the T-1. Academics/sim phase to start, then transition rides, nav rides, and mission rides. Overall seems to be fewer rides than we had in the T-6, but they also don't have a dedicated formation training block like the T-6 has.

13 hours ago, jorfy2 said:

Reading through the syllabus it looks similar to the 2.5 T-6 syllabus, but done all in the T-1. Academics/sim phase to start, then transition rides, nav rides, and mission rides. Overall seems to be fewer rides than we had in the T-6, but they also don't have a dedicated formation training block like the T-6 has.

Gotcha thanks

In another thread I suggested a heavy only UPT program for students bound for heavy ANG/Reserve units, maybe XPW could have been that with a contractor/aviation school basic/intermediate phases with the T-1 being the advanced and military introductory flying phase

Water under the bridge but worthy of BO discussion

XPW 2.0 proposal

Heavy tracked ARC students commercial instrument rated pilots & volunteers track to a Parachute, PPL, AMEL and Aerobatics/2 ship formation training all contractor, mil supervised. Around 150-170 hours. Graduate and then multi turbine training with mil instructors. 2 phases there: 1 tactical air mobility training (ME experience, STOL, NVGs, Semi-prepared field ops); around 40-50 hours. Phase 2, 737 type training with 15 simulator rides, 10 flights 737. 1.0 hour flights, normal ops to a rendezvous to a fellow 737 to pre contact, recover using automation and full NAV capabilities, short pattern ops.

CFI, Comm instrument rated pilots or higher certified pilots (ATP) with 300+ hours could be PA’d thru all Phase 1 training except Parachute (unless they are already free fall certified) Aerobatics & Form if passing an oral, academic and practical evaluation.

Not a wham bam thank you ma’am widget program but an affordable and reliable way to produce strong graduates.

This 737 fleet would be also used for E-7 training (assuming it is acquired), a surrogate for air refueling training for other platforms as the Navy does with its heavy aircraft crew and as an experience and currency trainer for rated staff returning to the Line. It would also act as a reserve fleet for AMC if training or operational demands required the use of them. Fleet of 20, all based near an airline domicile.

#strongpilotculture

Edited 18 minutes ago18 min by Clark Griswold
Added to align with original XPW intent