Recent content by HueyNation

How's the non-Basic life for y'all?

I didn't go through the Helicopter Training Next (HTN) pipeline so can't really comment on that. Advantage of going into Rucker with T-6 flying experience was primarily with formation flying - after learning how to fly fingertip with planes, flying 3-5 rotor disk separation with a Huey during...

Has it already been 10 years since I added my own name to one of these lists...?!

^ I second Stealth_81 - I took Soaring after freshman year, Powered Flight first semester junior year, and Jump as a second semester junior. If you really want to you absolutely can go through multiple airmanship programs while you're there, just let your AOC and ac advisor know.

Yes. Speaking from the AD Air Force pilot side, folks would typically get their pilot training/initial qual training/mission training out of the way first. Once things have somewhat calmed down, then people would typically start to look for grad school options, be it all-online (most popular...

^ You misspelt "blue" there, @wildblueyonder #klepto

NWP '11er here - congrats all and great decision on picking NWP! You'll make plenty of life-long friends up there, something about the magic on the mountain (the Durbecks will tell you all about it). My NWP dorm 3 bunkmate from 10 years ago was my formation wingman last Friday - it's a very...

Air Force: Combat Rescue Officer (CRO) https://www.airforce.com/careers/detail/combat-rescue-officer Rescue Pilot (11H) https://afreserve.com/rescue-pilot (website is from AF Reserve, but the Active Duty side has plenty of the same thing)

Side note: I remember back in the day (2011/2012 admissions cycle) they actually categorized and listed you as 'Potential Pilot Qualified' (PPQ), either under your AFA Admissions Portal or on your DoDMERB page. I had several classmates that started Basic being PPQ as listed under one of these...

Contacts are fairly common amongst pilots who need vision correction - back in UPT a good number of my buddies opted to join the contact lens program thru optometry to avoid having to wear glasses with their helmets. Even operationally now most folks here wear contacts on their flying days...

Good luck with the IB program! I remember staying up til 3-4am trying to finish off those internal assessments haha - you'll be well prepped for freshman year academics at USAFA for sure.

Speaking from the pilot selectee's side: It's similar to the rack-and-stack ordering they did for AFSCs. All the pilot trainees put in their location preferences and they start back at the #1 person. The assignment algorithm checks what their #1 choice is and sees if there's availability at...

If anyone has any questions on the rotary-wing side of Air Force flying I'd be glad to answer them.

(Cont.) My T-6 IPs would frequently talk about airline options after they leave the AF , is there a helo equivalent for that? Also - is fixed wing conversion a thing at any point down my flying career, or am I committed to the rotary wing world? (I tried sending you this via private message but...

Hi Raimius, I just finished T-6s at Columbus and tracked TH-1H for phase 3 of training. I remembered that you went helos as well so I read your post on Fort Rucker and your experiences there - really insightful, thank you for that. My question was: do AF helicopter pilots, be it the CV-22s...