USAR153D Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 I would like it if some of the veterans on here can share with me and the rest of us their first assignment after flight school so I can have some idea of the places I may/may not be stationed if I am accepted into the WOFT program and pass flight school. Cliff Quote
Darkhorse Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 You can be stationed at any post that has the type of aircraft you are rated in. If you fly 60's you will go wherever they are short 60 pilots at that moment. "Most" but not all first assignments are overseas. Germany is/was where most peaple spent their first oversea's tour, I got lucky and got Hawaii. In the end it will be where they are short your type, could be stateside, could be oversea's, the unit you go to may be deployed and may not. Quote
USAR153D Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 You can be stationed at any post that has the type of aircraft you are rated in. If you fly 60's you will go wherever they are short 60 pilots at that moment. "Most" but not all first assignments are overseas. Germany is/was where most peaple spent their first oversea's tour, I got lucky and got Hawaii. In the end it will be where they are short your type, could be stateside, could be oversea's, the unit you go to may be deployed and may not. What dictates what airframe you're assigned to in Flight School? Quote
Darkhorse Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 Well, it "used" to be the top person in the class got to pick their airframe. The rest was pretty much up to what they needed pilots for. I'm sure someone else with more recent experience knows how it is today. The only way to "guarantee" the airframe you will fly is to join a guard unit. Quote
USAR153D Posted January 27, 2009 Author Posted January 27, 2009 When did you graduate flight school? Quote
IWannaFly Posted January 27, 2009 Posted January 27, 2009 It's the same way now. They make an OML and go down the list. Which airframes are available changes with each class though. Quote
USAR153D Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 It's the same way now. They make an OML and go down the list. Which airframes are available changes with each class though. Whats an OML? Quote
Darkhorse Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 When did you graduate flight school? I didnt, I went to flight school in Jan. 2000 and was disqualified for a peripheral field defect, it was a problem with their machine but by the time I got everything straightened out I was to old to go back. OML is Order of Merit list Quote
USAR153D Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 If they go by an OML and are filling slots that they need for particular airframes I'm assuming that some airframes are more complicated and take more skill to fly than others? If this is correct then what are the airframes in order from greatest difficulty to least that the Army has to offer? Quote
Linc Posted January 28, 2009 Posted January 28, 2009 Flying is flying. Mission and the systems used to accomplish it are the only differences besides the obvious (number of engines, size of the airframe, comfiness of the seats). People base what they want to fly on their perception of the aircraft. Quote
USAR153D Posted January 28, 2009 Author Posted January 28, 2009 Flying is flying. Mission and the systems used to accomplish it are the only differences besides the obvious (number of engines, size of the airframe, comfiness of the seats). People base what they want to fly on their perception of the aircraft. Understood. Quote
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