Originally Posted by
PittsDriver
You can apply for pilot training as a NAV, but guess how many other NAVs are applying to do the same thing? Very limited amount of slots for NAVs to go to pilot training.
Sounds like things haven't changed over the years. AF Navigators have always been in a "neither fish nor fowl" situation: better off than a non-rated officer, but hitting a "glass ceiling" somewhere in mid-career. A common escape route was the missile field, and perhaps UAVs will be another one.