2026 ACTIVE DUTY UFT BOARD

[BlancoMt]

Does anyone know if there are any supplemental boards for this? (For example, if people choose not to accept or don't pass MFS.) Thanks in advance!

[Shultzy22]

13 hours ago, Justwanttofly said:

Lol I do think that Columbus is maybe the best out of all 3 so we will see. Hopefully this government shutdown doesn’t effect too much and things are able to still be processed

I might be crazy but I put Laughlin first since I’m currently in San Antonio and so are the in laws. Don’t think any of the locations are ideal lol.

Does anyone know if we PCS to our UPT base and then attend IPT? Or do we TDY from our current station to IPT and then PCS to UPT? 

[Justwanttofly]

35 minutes ago, Shultzy22 said:

I might be crazy but I put Laughlin first since I’m currently in San Antonio and so are the in laws. Don’t think any of the locations are ideal lol.

Does anyone know if we PCS to our UPT base and then attend IPT? Or do we TDY from our current station to IPT and then PCS to UPT? 

You PCS first before going to IPT. My buddy is a T6 instructor out at Laughlin and I was talking with him yesterday and he said the kids that went to IPT aren’t back yet. Indicating it’s a PCS first. 

[JASSM_ER]

On 11/1/2025 at 9:33 PM, rotini24 said:

Where is everyone hoping to go for UPT? I put Vance, Columbus, and then Laughlin. 

Also Vance as top choice, got a few buddies from undergrad there already. Really hoping for Pensacola IPT.

18 hours ago, Arkbird said:

Wait until you get to formation and you realize that you completely skipped this in RIQ. Formation will humble you real quick.

Scared shitless for formation flying. Spending as many hours as I can in the Milviz/Blackbird Microsoft Flight Simulator T-6A module—in reality I’m not sure if it’ll help.

Edited 9 hours ago by JASSM_ER

[LeeLue]

Selected as an alternate. 98 PCSM / 98 Pilot / PPL.  There are 18 alternates... How do they determine who gets a slot if one opens up?

[Shultzy22]

18 minutes ago, LeeLue said:

Selected as an alternate. 98 PCSM / 98 Pilot / PPL.  There are 18 alternates... How do they determine who gets a slot if one opens up?

Damn man those are great scores… sorry to hear. I read on another year’s thread that someone from the board will reach out to you if you’re next in line should a spot come open. I don’t think they release the rankings but I’m sure they have alternates listed 1 - n. 

In terms of spots opening up, main example I heard of was a few selectees getting accepted into reserve flying units turning down their active duty spot. 

MFS-N could be another way but with most people having the stamped FC1 already a MFS-N failure seems pretty unlikely. 

 

[Captainteej]

Selected for UPT! 95 PCSM/99 Pilot/30 Hours no PPL.