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Originally Posted by theoriginalturk
Yeah there’s a guy that goes around saying it could be done, because he’s done it.
Id link the comment from the baselps fourms, but
he ended up deleting his comment when it came out that his roommate was a US senator, and a whole bunch of unrealistic qualifications that would make the transition impossible for 99.9 percent of people.
Not sure if this was directed at my comment, and if it wasn't, then I'm just going to respond generally. It's not so uncommon in the CG to transition from RW to FW that it's that one guy who does it. Does it happen frequently? No. Does it happen more than once in a generation? Yes. The two individuals I know who did it were both in the late 2000's; I flew with one of them and the other was in primary with me as a SNA. After primary, he went to advanced rotary and then flew 60's for a few years before going back and completing advanced multi-engine on the T44 as an O3, and was transitioning to the herc when I got out of the CG. He was able to do this because at the time, the CG had an imbalance between RW and FW pilots and had too many RW and not enough FW, so it took JO's who wanted to transition to FW. This happens from time to time and isn't extraordinary or one of a kind. Definitely happens less in the Navy than it did in the CG, but if this poster is an Army helo guy who wants to go air guard fighters, I think it's definitely possible though he'd have to repeat at least part of UPT, especially since army flight training is so helo oriented from the beginning.