@TStephens34 Nothing faster than a winter preflight walkaround in Grand Forks. Great school.

Congrats on the AFRC slot! There’s a trend developing on this welcome board. AFRC is doing a great job of stealing AFROTC cadets away from active duty (Equivalent of the college sports transfer portal in military recruiting!). That’s awesome.

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@Kyle Apparently the secret is out on the AFROTC to Guard/Reserve path. Congrats!

How’d the weekend go rushing the KC-135 squadron?

Glad to hear the medical consult went well. They do a great job.

Congrats again and welcome to BogiDope!

@jd3 Welcome to BogiDope and congrats on your ENJJPT slot! This is dating myself, but I was actually in the first T-6 class at ENJJPT back in 2008. I’m sure a lot has changed, but I’m guessing that airplane is still a lot of fun to fly.

What seem to be the common drops recently at assignment night?

I’m sure there are a lot people interested in…

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@A_Foster Welcome to BogiDope and congrats on the AFRC pilot slot! I think you might be the third person in this thread who has gone down that path from the AFROTC, so it appears it’s starting to grow in popularity.

Which AFRC fighter squadrons/airframes are you focusing on? Unfortunately, there aren’t as many fighter squadrons in AFRC as in…

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@Duck Welcome to BogiDope! I’m guessing by “hiring events” you mean the job board? If you click on Military Jobs under the Job Board tab on the main menu, you’ll see a list of all Guard/Reserve pilot jobs submitted to MilRecruiter.com (where squadrons post jobs and collect applications). MilRecruiter and BogiDope auto sync every 24 hours,…

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@Chase Welcome to BogiDope! Being an engineer and fighter pilot in the Guard is totally doable, especially if your Guard unit is in the same city.

You will have to go on military leave from your job for approximately 4ish years as you go to flight school and complete your “seasoning days” back at the squadron that hired you (your civilian job…

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@Falcon First, the obvious question…is that really your middle name? There has to be a good story behind that. Do tell.

Congrats on the scholarship! That’s incredible. I’m sure there are tons of people on BogiDope that would be very interested to know how to get some of their flight training paid for, so if you have any info/lessons…

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@Boseph Thanks for the additional info. Clearly this path is not well advertised yet, because you were told that you couldn’t go to the ANG, but here’s an article written by one of our previous clients who did just that: http://bogidope.com/the-ultimate-guide-to-earning-a-pilot-slot-in-air-force-rotc-part-2/.

Maybe starting that forum…

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The Ultimate Guide to Earning a Pilot Slot in Air Force ROTC, Part 2 | BogiDope

Share In part one of this article series, we discussed what Air Force ROTC is and what it is like. This article will detail how…

@Keebler we could certainly use some more voices for Naval Aviation around here, so any knowledge bombs you can drop are always welcome.

It sounds like you may need a couple of waivers for your commissioned service time (and age?) but definitely doable with the type of background/experience you have. We’re looking to working with you. Welcome to BogiDope!

Have you taken the AFOQT or TBAS yet? If not, I would focus on knocking those out of the park. Scores in the 90’s plus an instrument rating and fire medic experience will make your application very competitive.

If you’re focusing on Guard/Reserve squadrons, you likely won’t need to talk to a recruiter. The BogiDope job board is connected…

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