funny thing is, I didn’t even know about alert until my last drill when one of the guys from my shop took me their to go get some work done and also check it out. definitely something I am glad I learned about; its so sick.

thanks for sharing Chaos!

damn boeing… :/

anecdotally, there is never a shortfall of people who want to be a fighter pilot; however, our numbers of actual combat ready fighter pilots have been low. I think the problem like the article states is the decreasing amount of metal.

Im not sure about what the AF has been doing to remedy this problem, but they have made adjustment to…

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not a mil pilot so maybe I don’t have the right to discuss, but what do you think husk? it seems like there’s been A LOT of drone kills recently (possibly deteriorating the speciality of an “air to air kill”). no disrespect to the eagle guys, marvelous job on their part.

no problem and good luck!

yes, to join any military branch you have to take the ASVAB as one of the first steps to getting in. your score decides what jobs you qualify for.

in regards to studying, their is an app on the iPhone called “ASVAB for dummies.” It’s pretty useful.

you will all learn about this when you get in contact with a recruiter.

Maashole is giving some pretty sage advice, but you dont have to enlist to be a guard pilot.

Im attempting to to go the enlisted route. (here’s a demo so you can get an idea of how to as well).

Currently a freshman in college. (need a bachelors to apply).

I enlisted last week into my unit. (helps get your foot in the door)

I am currently waiting…

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she hit the nail.

As you mentioned, yes ive also heard stories of airline pilots doing exceptional too. main thing is be humble and be open to learning the mil way.

When you mean spent the money, do you mean on a CFI or ATP? getting your CFI is awesome, I wouldn’t go any further than that if you haven’t spent any mula on an ATP.