John Elliott Jolley
New Member
Hello everyone, my name is John Elliott Jolley, I have been a member for a short while and this will be my first post.
I'll give you a short paragraph of my background. I'm currently a 20 year old Junior in college (only 3 more semesters to go) and I will graduate with a bachelor's degree. I am currently not a pilot but I have grown up around airplanes. My grandpa owns an Aerial Fertilization Company that operates 4 Air Tractor 802's and I grew up at air ports all over the southeastern US when I would travel with them during the summers. I would help load the planes, fuel them, work on them at times, everything. I've been to Oshkosh before and countless air shows and all. I have always loved aviation, my friends often laugh at me about it, every time a plane flys over I stop and watch it in awe. So anyways, I should hopefully start flying this summer with an instructor and should hopefully attain my PPL soon. Then I will for sure get IFR rated afterwards. As far as eyesight and physical health go, I should be just fine, I have 20/20 vision and played junior college football so I'm used to a lot of excercise and running (though I need to get back on that badly).
The reason for my post is this, I am very interested in joining the 172nd ANG Airlift Wing in Jackson, MS. I live about 25 minutes from the base so almost everytime I go into town I see the C17's fly over. I would love to join up as a C17 pilot. I have done a decent amount of research but I would still like to hear any info y'all might have for me. I have taken the asvab last summer and I made a 81 (if I remember correctly, the recruiter told me it was high enough for any job in the Air Force). I have been told it would benefit me a lot to go in as a loadmaster and then try and work my way into the pilot's seat. While that's still an option, I would honestly much rather go straight in if possible. Any feedback and other info that could help in any way is appreciated. And also what do I need to be doing in the mean time before I graduate college in December of 2018? Thanks in advance!!
-John Elliott Jolley
I'll give you a short paragraph of my background. I'm currently a 20 year old Junior in college (only 3 more semesters to go) and I will graduate with a bachelor's degree. I am currently not a pilot but I have grown up around airplanes. My grandpa owns an Aerial Fertilization Company that operates 4 Air Tractor 802's and I grew up at air ports all over the southeastern US when I would travel with them during the summers. I would help load the planes, fuel them, work on them at times, everything. I've been to Oshkosh before and countless air shows and all. I have always loved aviation, my friends often laugh at me about it, every time a plane flys over I stop and watch it in awe. So anyways, I should hopefully start flying this summer with an instructor and should hopefully attain my PPL soon. Then I will for sure get IFR rated afterwards. As far as eyesight and physical health go, I should be just fine, I have 20/20 vision and played junior college football so I'm used to a lot of excercise and running (though I need to get back on that badly).
The reason for my post is this, I am very interested in joining the 172nd ANG Airlift Wing in Jackson, MS. I live about 25 minutes from the base so almost everytime I go into town I see the C17's fly over. I would love to join up as a C17 pilot. I have done a decent amount of research but I would still like to hear any info y'all might have for me. I have taken the asvab last summer and I made a 81 (if I remember correctly, the recruiter told me it was high enough for any job in the Air Force). I have been told it would benefit me a lot to go in as a loadmaster and then try and work my way into the pilot's seat. While that's still an option, I would honestly much rather go straight in if possible. Any feedback and other info that could help in any way is appreciated. And also what do I need to be doing in the mean time before I graduate college in December of 2018? Thanks in advance!!
-John Elliott Jolley