Ted_Lasso
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As of right now, there is no program to “Skip B-course” and go straight to your aircraft. Everybody goes to UPT (which form varies) unless you transfer from a different branch of service, and even then you go to their version of UPT. No one knows what pilot training will look like in 4 years when you’re a senior in college so its a real 🤷♀️ until then. Shoot, no one knows what its going to look like next week haha.
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You definitely can….more common would be transitioning to a different unit with the same A/C. But yes its possible. Common occurrence’s would be when units loose their flying mission and the pilots need to look elsewhere, or the unit itself transitions to a new airframe. In short, yes, but that means back to school and TX courses and all that jazz.
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It all depends is the best answer. Even between hiring’s in the same unit. I went to pilot training with a Utah ANG dude, should ask around for the new guys at drill and see what their timeline was like.
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I know a guy who was hired at a heavy squadron, performed well in T6s (2.1 syllabus) and ended up going 38s because a fighter unit student washed out of UPT, and they needed to fill the slot. He was top stick and a good dude and after an interview they hired him. Took some coordination between his flight commander, the fighter squadron, and his heavy squadron. Definitley a one off case rather than the norm. Lots of luck and timing. However, if you are looking to get hired by a heavy squadron just to use it as a path to UPT then jump ship to a fighter squadron, not a bro move.