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Jeremy and
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CAGE posted an update 3 months ago
Good morning BD community, join me this Thursday at 8pm EST for Pilot Office Hours webinar. Bring any and all questions you have and I’ll do my best to answer or get you in the right direction with the right info, cheers!
Pilot Office Hours
Friday, Mar 14 · 8-9pm EST
meet.google.com/cpf-iwgo-ctm
Or dial: +1 949-445-1097 PIN: 115140162
Room ID: cpf-iwgo-ctm
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Just to clarify, this is tonight (Thursday) March 13th, not Friday, March 14th as the Google Meet link says.
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That’s correct, it’s 8pm EST on Thursday! My google is tweeking out in Germany
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Tutor-Gunboss and
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Shout out to @jonathan-catapano for earning the first $50 bounty for letting us know about VT’s newest F-35 UPT board that just opened today! The information is now posted on MilRecruiter (takes about 24 hours to auto-sync with the BogiDope Job Board).
If any of you are aware of other pilot hiring boards not currently listed on MilRecruiter,…
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BogiDope posted an update 3 months ago
BEWARE OF BAD RECRUITERS!
If you ever deal with a recruiter who tells you that you MUST enlist in order to apply for a pilot slot, you may want to find a different recruiter.
Being a military member (enlisted or officer) before applying for a pilot slot certainly helps your application, but it IS NOT REQUIRED. In fact, the majority of UPT…
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Hello, so how would I go about scheduling the AQOFT without a recruiter?
As far as I know, the AFOQT is administered by Pearson Vue. The only way you can take the AFOQT, is if a recruiter requests a code on your behalf to take the test. I’m also a civilian, so getting on base to take the AFOQT would be pretty difficult for me as well.
Also,…
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BogiDope posted an update 3 months ago
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SIC posted an update 3 months ago
3 months ago (edited)
Friends,
Last month I posted about an article by the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies regarding the overwhelming pilot shortage in the Air Force, particularly with regard to fighter pilots.
The Mitchell Institute recently released a 56 page document explaining why the fighter pilot shortage exists, what consequence this shortage has on…
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Where can we go to listen to the podcast? Definitely intrigued by the conversation, as the Navy is having similar issues across the enterprise. Thanks!
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Hoff,
The podcast is on the Mitchell Institute website. I also included the link below.
https://www.mitchellaerospacepower.org/podcast/
Cheers!
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Reply to Bringing Spouse/Children to Flight Training
As a prior Squadron Commander I can definitely say that Storm’s advice above is spot on. Having the family there during training should be perfectly manageable if you do.
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CHAOS posted an update 4 months ago
If you’ve ever flown through Chicago, you probably recognize the name…
Check out this article from Navy Times on the life and tragic death of the “Butch” O’ Hare and how he became an Ace in WWII:
For those who don’t…
navytimes.com
The incredible life and terrible death of the Navy’s first World War II ace
By the end of the action, he had downed five of the attacking Japanese planes and damaged a sixth, approaching close enough to the aircraft carrier Lexington that some of its gunners had fired on him.
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CHAOS replied to the discussion Military Logbook Conversion in the forum General Discussion 4 months ago
Reply to Military Logbook Conversion
Thanks for posting, DJ! Any military aviator with airline aspirations should tune into this thread, as it will make life easier when it comes time to apply to the civilian sector (if that’s the path you choose).
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