ANG questions
09-18-2009 | 12:54 PM
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From: Engines Turn or People Swim
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?
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?
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.
09-19-2009 | 03:14 PM
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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.
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.
Rickair is spot on. If you dont have a degree, you should consider army warrant officer. They dont require a degree, yet offer some really incredible flying opportunities. I have a friend who is a helo-warrant officer pilot and he flies some crazy missions. Great flying experience in all facets
09-22-2009 | 07:28 PM
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From: FAA 'Flight Check'
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.
I don't get the bolded part. I'm pretty sure that I met a pilot for CBP at the MCAS Yuma airshow who was a border agent like yourself and moved into the aviation side of CBP.USMCFLYR
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