Recent content by eagle36

I can. So AFIT was similar to USAFA in the sense that you still wore a uniform to work/school, classes were mandatory, you had a chain of command, you had mandatory meetings, and you would had to take leave if you wanted to go somewhere, just like AD. The difference was that at AFIT if you...

Again, things are always changing and will be different slightly whether you're at SUPT or ENJJPT. That being said, for ENJJPT a year ago the breakdown was: 10% academics, 35% checkrides, 30% daily rides, and 25% Commander's ranking. Academics, everyone was very close (most people are 95%...

Orders can be found either with the personnel office or they should be available online. Tell her to ask her AOC/AMT for help finding them. I bought a car while I was in CO and had it registered in FL. A lot of paperwork but not terribly difficult.

My personal opinion is it depends on the time period and the drops. For example, when most of my classmates went through UPT (USAFA 2010), FAIP was a great drop. ENJJPT was only dropping a couple fighters per class of 15-20 students, so getting FAIPed meant they still had a chance at getting a...

Just to echo, it is possible to re-take a class if failed. However know that then adds an extra course that must be taken somewhere during the remaining years at USAFA or possibly have a course taken over the summer (often in lieu of leave). As hornet said, get EI and work with classmates, or...

kdc246, I'm sorry to hear your daughter had that experience. For my class (2010, which is ages ago now), we were told if we were eligible for any scholarship and if so which ones. We then submitted applications for the scholarship(s) we wanted and played the waiting game. For most AFSCs...

Columbus was bumping people as well. In fact, some entire classes got pushed back (13-15 became 14-01). From my understanding it came down to getting too far behind the timeline, whether that was due to weather or maintenance or whatever.

The jobs also vary with how many casuals are around. At Sheppard right now, there aren't many casuals because so many are at IFS or vacation, so they're all pretty busy. When I went through, I worked in one of the squadron offices and did busy work (organizing storage closets, putting together...

I had mine when I showed up, although my dentist at home said I should get them removed because they were coming in at odd angles. During freshman year, I made an appointment and had them removed. Everything went fine there and other than a couple days of bedrest I didn't miss anything. Air...

It depends on the squadron. In general, until after Recognition (late March), freshman are not allowed to have DVDs, listen to music, have video games, etc. A common cell phone policy is no phones until midterms the first semester, and then it varies depending on their grades (no phone, only...

Thank Hornet. Yeah, that's what I got. It's a fairly new idea of a program (as far as receiving ADAIR out of UPT) but I'm stoked for it. And yes, I am quite scarce these days. Doesn't help that I don't know much about what's going on at USAFA anymore since I hardly know anyone there now...

All students at ENJJPT track T-38s, not T-1s or helos. However, the T-38 is universally assignable. Their have been plenty of ENJJPT grads over the last year alone who have dropped C-17s, C-130s, and even a KC-135 here and there. It all comes down to timing and what the AF has available for a...

And what a beautiful drop it was! That doesn't include the 5 guard fighters (4x F16, 1xF15C) or the 4 Italians (C-130, Tornado, 2x Eurofighter). Interesting note on the shortage: their were people in this drop who received fighters who did not have them as their top choice

Obviously things change all the time, but another thing to help getting to a fighter is to do really well at your commissioning source and get selected for ENJJPT. ENJJPT is pilot training at Sheppard AFB. There, all students track to T-38s after T-6s (as opposed to some 38s, some T-1s, and...

We had a few people in my class drop A-10s (graduated last month) and are awaiting training. Last week their projected dates were all deleted and they were told to stand by. Apparently the current classes for the B course are being cut by 60%, moving some people from the Oct class to the Feb...