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Active Duty to ANG? Prior to Wings
Hello everyone! I will be starting UPT at Vance AFB soon and recently heard about Guard units selecting students before getting winged. Anyone else have information on that?
Following, I was not well aware about the Guard option and not entirely sure if I should consider applying for Fighter Squadrons prior to being winged or go back to full speed into AD. Would I be able to get advice, hear someone with the similar experience, and possibly the BLUF reasons why Guard may be the better option?Best of luck to everyone and keeping striving on!
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Except for extreme one-off situations, I’m unaware of a program that allows ANG units to pick up pilots going through UPT prior to finishing T-6’s. If you were hired ahead of time (pre-UPT) and attend UPT as an ANG pilot candidate, then you’re in the ANG and have a 10 year service commitment (full or part time after graduating UPT.
If you were assigned to attend UPT as an Active Duty accession, you are an AD candidate and will incur a 10-yr AD service commitment, all full-time, after UPT graduation.
We can talk about AD vs ANG/AFRES pros/cons if you’d like but that’s a whole different conversation..
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