Originally Posted by
Buzz
All great advice but I suggest that you earn a B.A. or B.S. and then apply to AF OTS. As far as I know (inputs please Navy and Marine bros), only AF OTS guarantees you a pilot training slot BEFORE you sign your life away.
You need to earn darn good grades, take the Air Force Officer Qualification Test (AFOQT) and score really well on it, submit a bunch more application paperwork, then you are told if you have been accepted for pilot training BEFORE you sign your life away.
If you are really smart, you will earn great grades, score well on the AFOQT after you have found a guard or reserve unit to hire you and send you to pilot training!
Good luck,
Buzz
In the USMC you can compete for a Platoon Leader Course (PLC - during college) or Officer's Candidate Course (OCC -end of college or after) aviation guarantee but it is extremely competitive. It will promise you (in writing) a SHOT at flight school but of course like any other program I've come across it doesn't guarantee that you will make it. When I went through (late 80s early 90s) if you did fail at flight school then you were just kicked out altogether; now I see more people being retained into other MOSs - especially Intelligence. Best of luck.
USMCFLYR