Originally Posted by TheReelDeel33 (Post 679729)

I'll add one more question to his list about the Air National Guard...

I've heard people say you need a bachelors degree to join up as an officer and start flying.

Is a "bachelors" degree really neccessary? Or is there just a certain amount of college credits needed, like for instance could a person with two associates degrees get accepted as if he had one bachelors degree?

Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 680611)

You need an accredited bachelors to join any military branch as a commissioned officer. If you enlist first, you can sometimes get a commission later with an associate or similar coursework.

You will need a bachelors to fly in any service except the army. There have been very rare opportunities for navy enlisted to acquire a flight slot without a degree.

Originally Posted by bpagtjosh (Post 679052)

Thanks for the info so far. My understanding was that AF Reserve only took active AF for pilot slots, so I didn't think it was an option. I'll look into it more. Trying for a CBP pilot slot isn't an option for me right now, as I would have to leave the Border Patrol to fly for them. I understand I have a long, uphill battle with this that I may never win, but I'll see how far I can get.