USN/USMC Flight School
This article’s objective is to give you an overview of what Navy flight school looks like generally with an eye towards the attitudes and trends…
Tag: Pilot Training
Starting Flight School
All right, you’ve got your grand plans for commissioning and getting selected for aviation. You feel like you’re set and ready for takeoff. But first,…
Naval Aviation – Cultures, Attitudes and Career Path
If you’re interested in figuring out if Naval Aviation seems like your cup of tea, you’ll be interested in what sort of folks do the…
Reporting for Duty
Hello again! You’ve learned a lot about becoming an Army Aviator in the last couple of months. Though the last two weeks did focus on…
Army Flight School: Part Deux
Welcome back. The wait for the past week to learn about the rest of the Army Flight School pipeline is wildly appropriate, as many flight…
Army Flight School
So you did it. You decided whether you’d be a RLO or a WO, you decided which route to take to get there, you earned…
How to Become an Army Aviation Officer
Well as I’ve said, the majority of pilots in the Army will be entering Army Aviation by one of the means covered last week. But…
Where Do You Start?
So now you know the different paths you can take to become an Army Aviator. And although figuring out how to join the club isn’t…
The Flavors of Army Aviators
The Army is the only one of the Service Branches in the military of these United States that has pilots who are not O-Grade officers.…
USAF Initial Flight Training (IFT)
So you’re a freshly minted, steely-eyed 2nd Lieutenant that’s ready to dominate UPT with the highest MASS score ever recorded and eager start your new…
Surviving Wright Patterson and Your FC1 Physical
First of all, congratulations, you did it! Whether it was through ROTC, Active Duty, or the Guard/Reserves to fly fighters, heavies, or helos, you won…
Lessons Learned from Remote Flight Instruction During the Pandemic
When the pandemic struck and the lockdowns began, flight instruction seemed like one of the riskiest activities you could undertake. Imagine trapping yourself inside the…
After UPT: Journey to an F-16
With 17 different F-16 units in 13 states, chances are that if you want to fly fighters in the Air Reserve Component (ARC–the Guard and…
Dear Baby Pilots
Dear Baby Pilots, At least a couple times a month I see someone post a variation of the following question, either here on TPN, or…
Inter-Service Transfer
by Eddie, future USAFR pilot and always Marine “This is Major Smith, I’m calling to inform you that we would like to have you in…
Coronavirus – How Pilots Can Make the Most of a Bad Situation
I’m not the sort of person to panic about the sky falling, but I will admit that I’m not sure what to make of the…
MASS – The UPT Scoring System Explained
We almost don’t go a day without a future UPT student asking us how to get the assignment he or she wants. BogiDope exists to…
Jumping Ship – A USAF Pilot Joins the Navy Reserve
BogiDope was founded by Air Force pilots and much of our work is Air Force-centric. We’re here to help pilots from all branches though, and…
Winning UPT – Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of Winning UPT, the final part of this series. UPT is such a small part of your flying career but definitely…
Winning UPT – Part 1
I know what you’re thinking. I thought the same thing before I started US Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training (UPT.) “Will someone please tell me…