How often military pilots fly
05-10-2011 | 05:10 PM
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Being a Reservist here at Charleston flying the C-17 (and doing nothing else but being a professional Reservist) I've averaged 600 hours a year for the last 4 years. That's with taking as many trips as I could, not saying "no" too often, and two voluntary deployments with the active duty.
In our world, you can fly a ton, or very little. It's all up to what you want to do.
In our world, you can fly a ton, or very little. It's all up to what you want to do.
05-14-2011 | 05:38 PM
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USN strike fighter world rough numbers: 125/year as a stud in training command, 180-225/year in the fleet (not deployed), 275-350/year in the fleet if deployed, especially OEF. 250-300/year as an IP in the fleet training squadron, more if you're a cross-country warrior...
For me, 18 years of flying = 3900 hrs, 3600 PIC
One thing to consider when you compare a "heavy" (ex 70-80hrs/month) pilot - Much of that, especially early in your career, is not PIC. Heavy guys can provide better fidelity...
Good luck.
For me, 18 years of flying = 3900 hrs, 3600 PIC
One thing to consider when you compare a "heavy" (ex 70-80hrs/month) pilot - Much of that, especially early in your career, is not PIC. Heavy guys can provide better fidelity...
Good luck.
05-16-2011 | 05:10 PM
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Come over to the training command and you can easily average 500hrs turbine instructor time a year. Not bad when your bro's from college are struggling for a couple hundred hours of cessna time as a CFI.
05-17-2011 | 11:35 AM
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I did a two year IP tour in the TA-4J, a four year F14 tour, a two and a half year aggressor tour (F16, A4, F5, F18) and a two and a half year F18 tour amassing 3800 hours. Three hundred of those hours were while in training. Fourteen years total active duty time -- averaging out to 271/year and I'm guessing 1.4-1.6 average per sortie. So, roughly 2500 sorties. Then I spent nine years in the Guard flying F16's amassing an additional 950 hours which averages out to a little over 100/year -- guessing about 600 sorties.
05-17-2011 | 03:45 PM
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I did a two year IP tour in the TA-4J, a four year F14 tour, a two and a half year aggressor tour (F16, A4, F5, F18) and a two and a half year F18 tour amassing 3800 hours. Three hundred of those hours were while in training. Fourteen years total active duty time -- averaging out to 271/year and I'm guessing 1.4-1.6 average per sortie. So, roughly 2500 sorties. Then I spent nine years in the Guard flying F16's amassing an additional 950 hours which averages out to a little over 100/year -- guessing about 600 sorties.
05-17-2011 | 04:25 PM
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I did a two year IP tour in the TA-4J, a four year F14 tour, a two and a half year aggressor tour (F16, A4, F5, F18) and a two and a half year F18 tour amassing 3800 hours. Three hundred of those hours were while in training. Fourteen years total active duty time -- averaging out to 271/year and I'm guessing 1.4-1.6 average per sortie. So, roughly 2500 sorties. Then I spent nine years in the Guard flying F16's amassing an additional 950 hours which averages out to a little over 100/year -- guessing about 600 sorties.
05-18-2011 | 06:14 AM
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The guard wanted to see my USN logbooks, NATOPS checks and any other qual/checkride paperwork. The only fighter time in my Guard record is Air Guard F16 time -- all USN time was unceremoniously dumped into a catch-all category called "other military time".
05-18-2011 | 06:41 AM
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I did a two year IP tour in the TA-4J, a four year F14 tour, a two and a half year aggressor tour (F16, A4, F5, F18) and a two and a half year F18 tour amassing 3800 hours. Three hundred of those hours were while in training. Fourteen years total active duty time -- averaging out to 271/year and I'm guessing 1.4-1.6 average per sortie. So, roughly 2500 sorties. Then I spent nine years in the Guard flying F16's amassing an additional 950 hours which averages out to a little over 100/year -- guessing about 600 sorties.
I'm thinking we might have had some overlapping years since I had the chance to train with -45 when I was an RP in the early '90s.
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05-18-2011 | 08:02 AM
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05-18-2011 | 08:10 AM
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You were probably involved with that 4v6 (2 of each type) with my old IP 'Vapes' McGhee being the only one left!
Man....did I get reamed out in that debrief for losing sight!
Like you said - good times and paradise!
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