Reply to 33, Active Duty, No Scores Yet. Mailing Every UPT Unit?
Hi Roberto,
I’m a current applicant, but can shine a bit of light here and piggyback off of Smack’s response above. When I started this process, I picked basically 10 units that were highly desirable to me, found their POC on MilRecruiter and then reached out to them. I tried to customize each email with why I was interested in that unit…
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Smack-Meier posted an update 3 months ago
Wild stuff still coming out of Ukraine. Recently, Ukrainian SOF infiltrated almost 250 miles into Russia and destroyed 4x Su-34s on the ground. As a primary strike platform, the Su-34 is Russia’s most advanced ground attack platform and has likely been responsible for many standoff attacks on Kiev. Coupled with the recent drone attack, Ukraine…
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Ukrainian Special Forces Destroy 4 Enemy Warplanes Deep in Russia’s Volgograd
Ukraine’s Special Operation Forces report that four Su-34 bombers were destroyed. The attack follows Ukraine’s recent success in targeting enemy aviation deep inside Russia.
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Smack-Meier posted an update 3 months ago
Next year may look significantly different than expected for the USAF. The divestment of the A-10 looks to be accelerated by about 2 years, but the F-15EX still looks to be moving forward. Fewer F-35s will likely be procured (sure to hinder the ANG conversion efforts) with F-47 continuing to inch closer to IOC.
The biggest data point here,…
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US Air Force to retire all A-10s, cancel E-7 under 2026 spending plan
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Reply to 33, Active Duty, No Scores Yet. Mailing Every UPT Unit?
Roberto,
A couple questions to get this started:
1.) What is your current AF job/location?
2.) Do you have AFOQT/TBAS dates yet?
3.) Do you have any contacts in the flying world?
4.) Have you applied/rushed any squadrons yet?
To answer your initial question: A shotgun blast of mailers will likely net you very little in the way of correspondence.…
33, Active Duty, No Scores Yet. Mailing Every UPT Unit?
Hey everyone,
I am 33 and currently active-duty Air Force. I will finish my degree in June 2026. I have about 8 hours toward my private pilot license and plan to take the AFOQT and TBAS within the next couple of months. I am fully committed to submitting an age waiver when the time comes. My goal is part time guard or reserve while also…
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