Carson, take heart brother! This is very doable, common in fact. There are plenty of Army and Navy folk who have joined the ANG and become pilots.

Q1: I’m not a doctor, but from what you describe I bet there is a path to victory. We offer a 1 on 1 coaching session with a flight doc who can get you dialed in on the process

Q2: The risk is perhaps…

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@E.T. Some good data here but some mixed applications.

To clarify. There is now a pretty well-trod DON to ANG path. The cited age stuff is only a factor for UFT – you are considered prior rated so no factor.

At least in the fighter community, there’s no stigma for gold wings. Two of our current SQ/CCs are prior Navy.

Cheers,

Husky

E.T. It’s super common. Our squadron has three Navy to ANG retreads. We love that flow because we can cherry-pick top DON talent and make it our own.

While you’ll be most competitive for 707 type units don’t limit yourself; you’ll compete well at any C prefix unit.

Here’s the rule brother (AFMAN 36-2100):

3.3.1.1.2. ANG applicants must not be beyond their 33rd birthday nor have more than 8 years of TFCS by the date as specified in the individual unit’s Undergraduate Flying Training Selection Board announcement message. (T-2).

TFCS: Total Federal Commissioned Service. That 8 years is waiverable too.…

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Concur with Slap,those anthropometric measurements are the key.

The viper is a smaller cockpit -I’m 6’4” 215 and while I can’t bring my golf clubs into the cockpit (looking at you F-15) I’ve got room enough to be comfortable. We’ve got two dudes in the squadron who are 6’5”, I’d guess 220-250lbs so it’s possible if you can make those knee to…

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What I hear you asking is “Can I fly a bunch of different planes in a bunch of different places?”

Absolutely you can!

Proper ‘exchange tours’ for ARC folks are possible but uncommon. That said it’s very common for ARC pilots to switch airplanes if they join a new squadron.

Our F-16 squadron has former F-15C, F-15E, F-22, F-18 and A-10 pilots.…

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Sounds awesome! Consider your track direction. I think the coast guard rotary wing could be some of the most fun and rewarding flying out there. However the fixed wing flying will be more marketable when you get out.

A very personal decision. Happy to give you my 2cents via DM.

@penguin

Dude my timeline was pretty similar. I was AD (USAF) until I was 32 and then switched to Guard/Airlines.

I enjoyed (most) of my AD time. It was an adventure where I got to really focus on flying Air Force Jets.

Historically you needed about 10 years of flying to be competitive for a major airline. It’s crazytown right now; folks…

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