Army Pilot to Air Force Pilot Transfer
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Army Pilot to Air Force Pilot Transfer
Wondering if anyone has done it in the last few years. I found a few post of this topic but all pretty dated. Currently I am a Warrant Officer flying UH-60 in the Guard and flying for a Regional Airline. I am turning 31 this year and am curious if I am eligible to even apply for an inter-service transfer? If eligible what is the process? As a military pilot would I have to take the traditional UPT route (AFOQT, TBAS) as every other candidate off of the street?
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Wondering if anyone has done it in the last few years. I found a few post of this topic but all pretty dated. Currently I am a Warrant Officer flying UH-60 in the Guard and flying for a Regional Airline. I am turning 31 this year and am curious if I am eligible to even apply for an inter-service transfer? If eligible what is the process? As a military pilot would I have to take the traditional UPT route (AFOQT, TBAS) as every other candidate off of the street?
If you want to fly HH60s or V22s, you just go to that qual course. If want want to fly fixed-wing, you have to go thru UPT, and have to take the AFOQT/TBAS. You also have to get an IFC1 flight physical (that’s knocked a few army pilot buddies of mine out for color vision and depth perception...not a huge deal just be aware you’re no different than a civilian off the street when it comes to the IFC1). My UH60 friend went HH60s in the ANG and still had to take the AFOQT despite not needing to go to UPT for that transition.
ANG/AFR units pretty much require you to “rush,” so you can read about that process on baseops. You don’t just go sign up with a recruiter. This whole process can take a while. Rushing can take a while, or be quick. Just depends on the hiring cycles and your ability to get picked up. Then it took me about 16 months from getting “hired” to starting UPT. There’s a thread about guard/reserve timeline to UPT on baseops as well. Good luck.
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Wondering if anyone has done it in the last few years. I found a few post of this topic but all pretty dated. Currently I am a Warrant Officer flying UH-60 in the Guard and flying for a Regional Airline. I am turning 31 this year and am curious if I am eligible to even apply for an inter-service transfer? If eligible what is the process? As a military pilot would I have to take the traditional UPT route (AFOQT, TBAS) as every other candidate off of the street?
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