The statistics of becoming a Grey Beard

So you don’t just want to fly fighter/attack - you want to live it.

You aspire to someday be that airborne Triarii: grey hair under the helmet, 2,000-hour patch on the sleeve, map in one hand, grease pencil in the other. Stories so old they barely make sense.

Awesome.

So which path actually gives you the best chance of being the most tactical the longest?

We built the model: odds of getting the aircraft, odds of staying in it, FTU/staff/school/ALO drag, medical longevity, age penalties, and the difference between touching TACAIR once and living in that world for decades. The answer might surprise you

The stack:

1. Army Guard AH-64 warrant
2. ARC fighter direct hire
3. USAF active duty fighter, then ARC
4. Navy strike
5. Marine F-35/AH-1Z

Want to know more - the data behind it? Like this post and we’ll see if we can do a special webinar and break it down.