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Old 11-13-2019 | 03:20 PM
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There appears to be a wealth of knowledge on this forum regarding military flying. That being said I was just wondering what the oldest age anyone has heard of for someone to attend UPT while going the guard route. Thanks in advance for any responses.
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I think somebody was posting on here about getting on at age 40? Do a search, it was somewhat recent.
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A Dover dude, FDNY I think. About 37, but remarkably no prior service. The C-5 program has always been an outlier.

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Just flew with a guy who said his unit sent a 41 year old prior service guy. Don’t know many other details.
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Originally Posted by LongRoadAhead
There appears to be a wealth of knowledge on this forum regarding military flying. That being said I was just wondering what the oldest age anyone has heard of for someone to attend UPT while going the guard route. Thanks in advance for any responses.
Currently max age is 33 without requiring a waiver. But don't sweat it if you're older. There's a waiver for everything! Good luck.
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Old 11-15-2019 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by LongRoadAhead
There appears to be a wealth of knowledge on this forum regarding military flying. That being said I was just wondering what the oldest age anyone has heard of for someone to attend UPT while going the guard route. Thanks in advance for any responses.
Air Force- start UPT by 30th birthday (waivers up to 35)

Air Guard- 30 or whatever they can get a waiver for....

Army- must not have passed their 33rd birthday at the time of enlistment

Navy- not have passed their 32nd birthday upon commissioning

Coast Guard- not have passed their 35th birthday

Hope that helps a little.
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Old 11-15-2019 | 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by DARR31
Air Force- start UPT by 30th birthday (waivers up to 35)

Air Guard- 30 or whatever they can get a waiver for....

Army- must not have passed their 33rd birthday at the time of enlistment

Navy- not have passed their 32nd birthday upon commissioning

Coast Guard- not have passed their 35th birthday

Hope that helps a little.
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Old 11-15-2019 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by DARR31
Air Force- start UPT by 30th birthday (waivers up to 35)

Air Guard- 30 or whatever they can get a waiver for....

Army- must not have passed their 33rd birthday at the time of enlistment

Navy- not have passed their 32nd birthday upon commissioning

Coast Guard- not have passed their 35th birthday

Hope that helps a little.
The Air Force is now 33 before a waiver is needed, not 30.
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Old 11-15-2019 | 08:14 PM
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That's a lot better than back in 1979. I think it was 26 or 27 for the Air Force back then. We had a former Army Warrant Officer in my ROTC unit. The guy had logged 500 hours Combat time in a Cobra in Vietnam and been shot down twice. He was 6 months over the age limit and the Air Force wouldn't waive it. Wound up being a missile officer.
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Thanks to everyone for the replies this certainly helps.
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