Air Force Reserve
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Yes. 23rd Helicopter Squadron there. in UH-1Hs.
PeterPilot
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Yes. They arrive as trained and qualified airplane pilots and depart as dual rated aviators.
I believe they're considered helo only, since they received their wings in helo Phase III (so far as the AF is concerned). FAA-wise, I still think they can get a Comm-Inst SEL from their T-6 time. But I do know for a helo pilot in the AF to get a fixed wing assignment, they have to go through a fixed-wing transition course in ATC.....kind of like "get back into planes" course, as the intitial Phase II in T-6s doesn't necessarily qualify them as fixed-wing pilots. My point being, they can only take helo assignments in the AF, if they were truly dual-rated, they'd be eligible for both fixed and rotary wing assignments in the AF at anytime; which they aren't.
It's the same with a guy who, say, finishes Phase III in the T-38. To truly be dual rated in the eyes of the AF, he'd have to complete RWQC at Rucker at some point after being winged, then he becomes truly dual rated. IIRC the T-6 time in Phase II doesn't in itself qualify one fully as a fixed wing pilot; it's what you graduated from in Phase III that counts.
Alright sorry for all the questions, I'm in the process of all the paperwork to join the 920th out of Patrick AFB or the Unit in Tuscon. I already have a fixed wing FAA Commercial Single And Multi Engine license. I know the military will still have to train you on the T-6, but having those ratings should help, even though military training is completley different right?
So from my understanding from you guys is I won't have to move that far after OTS at Maxwell. I'll move south to Fort Rucker.
Also any other advice do you think I should go visit the unit like some of the ANG people did that I have read on here did.
Thanks in Advance for all your help.
So from my understanding from you guys is I won't have to move that far after OTS at Maxwell. I'll move south to Fort Rucker.
Also any other advice do you think I should go visit the unit like some of the ANG people did that I have read on here did.
Thanks in Advance for all your help.
Am in the 305th in Tucson.
After OTS, you'll have to move to a UPT base for the T-6 portion of Phase I/II. After 6 months of that, then you'd go to Rucker for the last six months of Phase III of UPT in the UH-1. You'd then have to do land and water survival school, as well as H-60 school at Kirtland. All told, about 24 months of training.
The Comm/Inst will be a basic help, but not much beyond that.
Alright thank you so much for clarifying that for me. Maybe I'll be seeing you around IF everything goes as planned for me.
We hiring another round of UPT slots?
akmountaineer
Well-Known Member
I agree with Mike D. The ratings were only helpful on an extremely rudimentary level. Military flying, especially in UPT, is totally different than what you learned in the civilian world. The sooner you can come to terms with that the better. It took me a while to really grasp it.
