Any military pilots here? I have a pressing question to ask.

I've clocked over 2k flying hours in the PAK FA

Ask me anything

The thing about Navy pilots (and the navy in general) being gay is a complete falsehood.

But someone will reply to this post with some shitpost implying it's not.

>>28653164
Not a pilot, but I work with them.

>>28653172
Why are you bothering playing the 2nd worst battlefield ever created.

>>28653174
PLAAAAAAAAYINNNN

PLAYIN WITH THE BOOOYSSSSS

>>28653270
Just ask the damn question

>>28653279
Just be a damn military pilot.

>>28653164
Yes, I'm a pilot. What's the question?

>>28653783
Not military, I should specify

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>>28653301

I'm a military aviator, send it

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>>28653846
Ok.

Why haven't you gone AWOL and blown up the Kaaba in Mecca?

You do realize that within 25 years, Muslims will gain control of the nuclear weapons in France and the UK? Their lack of self-preservation instinct means they WILL use them.

Blowing up the Kaaba is the only way to kill political correctness via the ensuing chimpout and force western leaders to deport the Muslims attempting to replace us.

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>>28654058

>>28653164
USAF Student Pilot

I might be able to answer something

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>>28654058

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>>28655011

T-6s, T-38s?, T-1s? Where you out of?

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>>28654058
Cmon man, what the fuck.

>Implying that all Muslims are terrorist
And destroying our number one producer of oil most beloved landmark

>>28655768
>#1 producer of oil

Found the European.

ME countries haven't been the primary provider of North American oil since 97.

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>>28654058

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>>28655981
>diplomacy

How's that working out for you?

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>>28655981
>You will never be American

>>28655981
>we have diplomacy

Whatever you say Chamberlain

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>>28655981
>Implying you can't get more with a gun than you can with diplomacy

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>>28655981
Why are /pol/fags so retarded?

>>28655699
Team XL, hunny. Hell Rio Texas.

t-6 for now

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>>28654058

Not the OP but is true Navy has more jet slots than AF?

>>28657778
>jet slots

What does this mean

Lets play a game. I call it "Guess the OP's (Under)age Game". Dubs confirm the age. Winner gets to call OP a faggot for life.

>>28658022
Well, he's not underaged, but at least you can call him a fag

>>28653174
Yeah right
Just like there is no sex in prison

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>>28653783
>>28653846
>>28655011
You guys do ROTC or anything like that to get flight slots? I turned down air force scholarship thinking I wasnt interested in military aviation, but now i'm regretting it.

Dont know how fucked I am though without those guaranteed flight slots. Aeronautics major. good GPA, just need help to limit my chances of 10 year contract watching screens instead of flying.

>>28657904
>jet slots
Jet pilot jobs.

There's only so many. Not everyone who joins the airforce gets to be a fighter pilot.

>>28658839
Get a private pilots license
Do volunteer work
Get a letter or several letters of recommendation from AF officers, current or retired

>>28659128
done. have instrument rating too
fair enough.
can do, most ones I actually know were army officers, if that matters.

this all submitted with an officer sponser when you originally sign up?

>>28659240
yeah when you turn in your application/resume.

You should be fine. Getting your private pilots license is basically buying your way into the Air Force.

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>>28657778
t. Navy

This is false.

In flight school you get separated into three tracks after you finish the introductory courses-
1. Tailhook
2. Rotary
3. Maritime

Tailhook is F/A-18 E/F, EA-18G, and E2/C2, and eventually F-35C. The #1 guy in the class gets it if he asks for it, and somewhere between 10-25% of each class will get tailhook.

About 50% of the class will go Helo (Rotary), which is MH-60R/S, MH53, and MV-22. There are more helo airframes in the Navy than there are jets.

The last 25% of the class will go Maritime, which is P-3C and P-8A.

Google "Navy Quality Spread". The guys in flight school almost all go in wanting jets, but the lifestyle isn't for everyone. Your arthos (height/weight of limbs, etc) limit airframes, and then you have to have 'Jet Grades", which means certain grades in certain classes.

Helo bubbas are way more laid back than fighter jocks. Maritime boys get to go home after they fly, and they also get a "per diem" of pay since they deploy to land bases around the world. They also can get snacks and poop on their plane.

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>>28661260
Hey man, Im in school wanting to be a pilot when Im done, I have a 3.2 at the moment, what did you go to school for? Did you go to college and then to ocs and ots or did you go the naval academy? How competitive is it in your opinion to be a pilot in the navy at the moment?

>>28659240 this anon

>>28661260
>>28661618
might as well bump as I'm interested in a response to this.
not super interested in navy but i'm not picky.

>tfw put pilot first in service selection
>tfw got nuke drafted

Such is life in NROTC. I have a hypothesis that Computer Science majors get nuke drafted no matter what.
>My buddy last year got nuke drafted, got all 8s on the ASTB, 3.5 GPA
>Buddy year before that got nuke drafted, all 8s on the ASTB, 2.75 GPA
>be me, get all 7s on ASTB, 3.3 GPA, get nuke drafted

Shoulda stayed a ele. eng. major.

>>28663168

Did you put nuke/subs as #2?

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>>28661260

Pretty close, but some things have changed within the last 12 months or so.

Selections out of Primary are now:

1) Strike (Jets)
2) E2/C2
3) Rotors
4) Maritime (P3/8s)
5) E-6s

MV-22 is a while from coming online, no one out of Primary is getting those unless you're a Marine.

As far as community stereotypes, I've met helo guys who are system nazis, jet guys who are as bro as fuck, and every one in between. The whole overriding community personality is overblown IMO. It's more squadron dependent.

>>28658839
I'm in AFROTC right now, should find out what kind of slot they're giving me in a couple months. Define "good GPA". I have like a 3.3 and that's on the lower end of our det

>>28655729
What is doing Noriega here

>>28661260
>They also can get snacks and poop on their plane.
That's a pretty good deal.

>>28666997
3.9. might be able to get it to 4.0, since there was some fuckery with half percentage points, and the professor is pretty chill.
got a 95 on the ASVAB too. I have a decent job civilian wise lined up, just seriously not feeling the corporate vibe after the internship.

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>>28654058

>>28663756
Nah you had to put it in the top 3 I think, and I put it third. Or I put it 5th. Honestly cant remember.

>>28665172

Is it true C-2 is one of the best gigs in Navy Air? Conversely E-2 is the worst?

>>28668905

Sorry to hear about your predicament. Can you just fail the technical interview with the nuke admiral?

desire to know more bump

>>28654058
Not sure of what exact question I expected but I really did not expect this one.

I have not done it because I enjoy my job and life. I also would get shot down within 30secs of breaching their airspace.

>>28655981
> nudity

reported, you animal

>>28671843
>>28671881
>>28658839
>>28659580
thread hijacked for more useful purpose.
anyone know the process by going in through talking to recruiter rather than ROTC? emailed local recruiting office guys twice now and no response.

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>>28654058
What

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>>28672225
Yes, also could whoever answers be super specific? That would be badass! I just want someone to explain the process so I know what to do when I get to that point and hopefully be successful. Also thanks in advance to anyone who is cool enough to answer our noob ass questions.

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>>28658839
I thank God that I have a pretty good chance of getting a slot if I work decently hard

>>28672225
You need to do ROTC.

Sorry mate. Become occifer and go directly to flight school.

>>28654058

Stop watching Flight of the Intruder.

>>28665172
How hard is it to go E-6?

>>28654058

Guy is right.

The slimes will soon attain nuclear weapons, and use them quite liberally. Now is our chance to wipe out the Islamic brain rot.

>>28673665
too late, getting degree after only 3 years, and already spoke to ROTC rep, wants me to stay till 2017/2018. not staying another 2 years for no reason.

trying to find officer sponsor but like I said, no response from 2 offices.

should've just gone to academy, but didn't realize how much i'd rather fly than make money.

>>28669909
Yeah I could fail it, but then I would probably get sent to SWO. I'd rather be a nuke then a SWO, because I would hate both, so I'd rather get paid more.

>>28661260
>They also can get snacks and poop on their plane.

Its against the code to poop on the plane. In fact there was this girl on one of our aircrews who did it all of the time, and they called her the enigma because of it.

>>28674156
surface warfare officer? that sounds like good entry job for getting a command, based on the navy website description.

>>28653164
What type of foot wear do pilots use? I bet it is comy.

>>28661260
Is this similar for Marines?
I plan on doing NROTC Marine Option and going for a pilot slot.
What should I do to maximize my chances of becoming a pilot in the Marines?
Keep in mind I still have 4 years of college so plenty of time to prepare.
Also, does anyone know how hard it is to get a scholarship for Marine option?
I'm pretty smart so I should have a 4.0 by the time I transfer to Davis/Berkeley, and my physical standards should definitely be very good in two years. Is this enough?

>>28676581

IIRC marines can guarantee flight school (unlike navy) so as long as your grades are good you should be ok.

>>28672407
F4s look sci-fi as fuck from that angle

>>28672407
god i wish dcs had an f4

>>28676581
through ROTC you can guarantee flight slots by having good grades and doing well in your detachment, im pretty sure.

Just make sure you can make good marks on the marine APFT, and if youre ROTC, youre goign to be working out regularly anyway.

>>28658839
I did AFROTC

There's no guaranteed flight slot. Everyone has to compete. AFROTC and USAFA compete on the same level. All pilot slots are now awarded via population. So basically ROTC gets statistically more because there are more ROTC cadets in total as opposed to just throwing tons at the air force academy for no real justified reason.

>Turned down a USAF scholarship

That was fucking stupid

>>28659580
>>28659240
>>28659128

Literally 100% incorrect. A majority of USAF pilots go in without a PPL. Commissioning sources don't care about flight experience when allocating non ENJJPT pilot slots. They only care about what comes from your commander/TBAS/AFOQT/PT scores/GPA/Degree(sometimes)

>>28679583
pilot slot != pilot though

Still got that class 1 flight physical

>>28679643
got offered a better one out of state to do degree I actually liked. Air force only wanted me to be an electrical or chemical engineer, etc, which I had 0 interest.

didn't know making better money in a civ job was actually boring as fuck and a lifeless existence. all comes down to I didn't know then what I know now, unfortunately.

>>28679663
dont they allocate you based on your status in training? PPL can help me stand out since i know most of the info already.
>They only care about what comes from your commander/TBAS/AFOQT/PT
So volunteering and letters of rec arent that important? I doubt i'll have trouble with the tests

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>>28654058
You are a fucktard.

>>28655782
Found the economic illiterate. Not surprising since you are pretty well-known on this board as a moron. Every increase in price on [oil sold by ME countries to Europe] will be paralleled by an equivalent price increase on oil traded in the Americas.