Army National Guard Pilot Slots?

it would be awesome if I could fly the ah-64

what are citizenship requirements? I know AF requires u be a citizen for I think like 9 years or something before u can fly... you just need a greencard to join though.
 
just curious about what I need to fly, as far as citizenship info goes. greencard good enough?
 
Citizenship is required for officers of all branches of the US Military.

And the AH-64 is way too much of an aircraft to be flown by mere Air Force pilots.
 
bravodelta79 said:
They're too busy drinking coffee in their Mach 2+ fighters, 840,000 pound aircraft and low-level cargo drops...

;)
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Yes because we all now how challenging it is to fly in straight lines at FL32...flying at sub-NOE flight with a very limited FOV under goggles is way to easy for them Air Force pilots....:rawk:
 
I just talked to a Guard Recruiter. He says I have to be enlisted before going to OCS. I never heard of that. Is this true for the Guards?
 
AgonxJET said:
I just talked to a Guard Recruiter. He says I have to be enlisted before going to OCS. I never heard of that. Is this true for the Guards?
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I don't think that's true. Visit the National Guard recruiting web site and be sure to do your own research before talking to a recruiter. I hate to say it but getting you to enlist is the easiest way for them to meet their recruitment goals.

If you're not a citizen (from what I think you implied on your previous posts), enlisting may help you get citizenship and set you up for OCS or WOFT later on if that's something you want to do. Be sure enlisting is something you would want to do in the first place as nothing is guaranteed in the military.

Best of luck.
 
In the ANG/AFRES, a civilian headed to officer/pilot training has to "enlist" before going to OTS (OCS) since you have to be in the military. You enlist as an O-1 and then upgrade to O-5 (SSgt) right before you leave for officer school where you'll leave as an O-1 (2Lt).

If he says you have to enlist for a few years or something, he's full of it. Go back to my post with the helo job posting and call that guy (1st page, I think). At least one guy here used him and he worked just fine.

Good luck.

edit: This guy...

Major Jerry Gray at 1-800-359-8483 EX 464-8262 e-mail: jerry.r.gray@us.army.mil
 
I told him he was full of it... I have done my research. Actually I am still researching.

I am a citizen, but I am not a natural born citizen and I have been in the USA 10 years. Seven of which I was a resident.

I just talked to the ANG they told me I can go directly to OCS. I have a four year degree and I am a citizen.

I am working out as much as I can without getting injired everyother day. I want to be in top notch fitness, not only for the military, but for myself. Now do I need darn PPL to be even qualified for ANG (Air or Army) or or should I just go NAVY/Marines?
 
AgonxJET said:
Now do I need darn PPL to be even qualified for ANG (Air or Army) or or should I just go NAVY/Marines?
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No, you do not need a PPL for any service. When things are competitive, it helps. Right now witht the shortage of Army pilots, no need for it.
 
So there is a shortage? Is it just Army or everywhere else? Man I need to hit the GYM harder then... I simply want to be able to do the whole 70 push ups you know!... And run the two miles in a timely manner... etc.
 
matteo said:
shortage of army pilots for what? fixed wing or helo?
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All Army pilots start as rotary wing pilots and do at least one tour flying helicopters. Saying that, there is currently a shortage of all pilots in the Army. The Reserves are having a tough time manning the Citations... not sure why. One year deployed, one year at home.
 
Blackhawk said:
All Army pilots start as rotary wing pilots and do at least one tour flying helicopters. Saying that, there is currently a shortage of all pilots in the Army. The Reserves are having a tough time manning the Citations... not sure why. One year deployed, one year at home.
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well what kinda times are they looking for in citation pilots?
 
Low_Level_Hell said:
We're about 75% on the attack side of the house.
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I've heard it's about 85%, but regardless it's still low. The AH-64 WO career manager was one of my company IPs when I got to my first unit.

Active duty FW appears to be short as well, and might be getting much more short in the coming future.

USAR FW is short, and USAR RW is so short that they won't let these guys become FW drivers. Makes sense - don't need to rob Peter to pay Paul.

FWIW, I have a buddy who is here in the FW course with me. He's a reservist out of California. He started with Basic Training in October 2005. He completed flight school (UH-60s) in January 2008. He had two months off, then started the FW course with me in March and he should check out on Wednesday. I have no idea what kind of strings he pulled to get into the FW unit, but I'm sure his 5000 hours, most of it in bizjets, didn't hurt.

My company has the citations (UC-35s). We are short on that side of the house, but in order to fly those, you must have at least 500 hours as an Army fixed wing aviator. I've got 2000 hours, 500 in TPs, 500 in jets, about 1200 multi, and I'm still going into the C-12 initially.

The easiest way to get into my unit - come off of active duty as a fixed wing aviator. 2nd easiest - come off of active duty as a rotary aviator with FAA ratings. Just about everything else is going to involve a lengthy process. MAJ Jerry Gray is the best point of contact for everyone, but especially those of you who have no military time. If any of you out there are Army aviators looking for a reserve FW unit, send me a PM and I can give you more details.

Good luck to all of you trying to get into this business.
 
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