Originally Posted by
EN1990
Go to college get your degree.. prior enlisting is a waist of your time (I was 5 years prior enlisted) Also don’t set your mind only to Air Force, the Marine Corps offers a guaranteed flight seat after OCS... the options are still the same as the Air Force too; fighters, heavies, rotors, and the Ospreys... Prior service looks ok, but that is really waisted time. Besides you can still become a pilot in the military until 28 or 29 anyways you have lots of time!!
CORRECT! Right now in AF SUPT, we have tons of “off the street” (young men/women, 2LTs, college grads with some flight experience that applied to numerous Guard/Reserve units, got hired, went to Officer Training School and are now SUPT students). 2/3 of our Guard/Reserve student pilots have zero prior military experience. Earn a bachelors degree, study like hell for the AFOQT and apply to every single guard fighter unit in the country.
Beware the Navy and the Marine Corps. In the AF, you are guaranteed a pilot training slot BEFORE you sign your life away and go to OTS. There is no pre-gaurantee in the Navy or Marine Corps prior to signing your life away and attending OCS.
Edit.... avoid active-duty like the plague. Go Guard.
Good luck!