Civilian CFI interested in Military Pilot Career

Superfly7XAF said:
Haha, some patience indeed. Started working towards a slot when I left college in 2007 and finally leaving this fall 3 years later; and I only applied once.

Definitely worth it, though if you can't wait that long, I'd suggest applying with the Navy rather than the Air Force. I know of a couple of people who applied to OTS boards after mine, got shot down by the Air Force, then put together an app with the Navy, got picked up, and are already at OCS. Seems like the wait time for Navy selects is about 6 months max whereas with the Air Force it's about 1.5-2 years (getting shorter though).
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I got shot down by the Navy but just picked up for the Guard.... AMS is tentatively Novemeber.

My buddy turned down a Guard slot for AD Navy... he graduated OCS in January... but still hasn't started API yet.
 
ryan1234 said:
I got shot down by the Navy but just picked up for the Guard.... AMS is tentatively Novemeber.
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F-16s right?

AMS at Maxwell? I'll be down there in November for BOT.


ryan1234 said:
My buddy turned down a Guard slot for AD Navy... he graduated OCS in January... but still hasn't started API yet.
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http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53431

"Typically, time from commissioning to API start should be three months. The current delays have increased this time to six months," said Capt. Mike White, director, Aviation Officer Distribution

I think 6 months is pretty typical for the AF between OTS graduation to beginning UPT, AD at least.
 
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