Welcome DCA22,
You probably already knew this, but in order to attend Air Force pilot training and earn your wings, you must first be commissioned as an officer. There are generally 4 ways to do this in the Air Force; 1) Air Force Academy; 2) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC); 3) Officer Training School (OTS); and 4) the guard/reserve (who either attend OTS with their active duty counterparts or the Academy of Military Science (AMS) specificially for guard memebers. With only 3 semesters of college left, I'd say that probably rules out the ROTC option, but you're always welcome to drop by the local detachment and see what they say. The academy is probably out of the picture for you too, unless you want to start college all over again
. That pretty much leaves OTS and/or the guard/reserves. I don't need to tell you the slots are extremely competitive, but if you really want it that shouldn't stop you from puttting out for it (didn't stop me). All things being equal, your GPA is competitive enough. You also need to take the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) and strive for an 80 or higher on the pilot section. Visit airforceots.com for more information on getting selected for that program; you'll have to find a good recruiter (they're rare, don't settle for a mediocre one) who will help you submit a package to a board of officers who will convene to select the best candidates. They use the "whole person concept", so they'll be looking at way more than test scores and GPAs; they'll be looking at your whole life to see whether or not you have leadership potential. Being an officer is a lot more than just being a pilot--you can be the best stick, but if you can't lead airmen you're not what the military is looking for. If you are selected by the active duty Air Force, you won't know whether you're going to fly fighters, bombers, tankers, or airlifters until you're
well into the program already, so don't even worry about it. In other words, at this point you're just competing to get there, you're not competing for a specific assignment yet. The guard/reserves work a little differently; get ahold of a book called "Flying in the Guard/Reserves" by Air Inc; if nothing else it'll give you the hard-to-find contact information for the various units. The reserves have a board similar to the active duty board to select the best candidates; you can either submit an "at large" package or be sponored by a unit. Each unit runs their hiring process a little differently, but basically you submit a package, get to know the folks in the unit ("face time"), and if you're lucky they invite you to an interview, and if you're really lucky they sponsor you to the national board. Each unit may have approximately one or two slots they can sponsor per year.
To get in (medically), the standards are the same regardless of airframe--you'll have to pass a Class I flying physical and Medical Flight Screening in San Antonio. I don't know specifically what the standards are, but they're in a regulation I've already posted in another thread (do a search of the forum--there is a wealth of knowledgable people here and I suspect they probably haven't chimed in yet because this topic comes up practically every other week on JC and they're tired of making duplicate posts). The physical fitness test you have to take is standard for the Air Force (pushups, situps, 1.5 mile run)--minimum 75 to pass. In additon, at UPT they give what's called the Fighter Aircrew Conditioning Test (FACT). I'm fairly certain the fighter community takes this test regularly, but as a heavy driver, I haven't taken this test since the first time it was administered. In additon, I only now have to pass a Class II physical, so now that I'm already in my airframe, the standards are somewhat less rigid than they are for the fighter guys.
Other guys feel free to chime in; there are people here who know way more than I do, but I hope this helps.