Air Force Jobs and Majors

Hard to get a thread moving again after 6+ months of it laying dormant unless, there is something particular one is looking for re: guidance.

The AF is very fluid now, re-shaping, RIF, less cadets, etc.

Best to question what does the future careers of the AF for the next few yrs look like, instead of just bumping the thread.

Otherwise the thread will die.
 
That makes sense. I pushed this back hoping that the past is somewhat of an indicator of the future, for example, I never realized that so many cadets went into piloting. Yes, things will change, but I thought it would be helpful for new prospective candidates finishing their HS Junior years to just see a list like on the first page of this thread. That was my only reason for the bump. I don't expect the thread to be active much at all after this post, but it's presence in the first couple pages of the forum should give it more looks by the people who are curious.

Any new members looking at this should take your word too though, Pima, there will be changes (I see WAY more UAS in the future) and as soon as newer numbers and careers are released, this thread will become obsolete.
 
RyWalk said:
That makes sense. I pushed this back hoping that the past is somewhat of an indicator of the future, for example, I never realized that so many cadets went into piloting. Yes, things will change, but I thought it would be helpful for new prospective candidates finishing their HS Junior years to just see a list like on the first page of this thread. That was my only reason for the bump. I don't expect the thread to be active much at all after this post, but it's presence in the first couple pages of the forum should give it more looks by the people who are curious.

Any new members looking at this should take your word too though, Pima, there will be changes (I see WAY more UAS in the future) and as soon as newer numbers and careers are released, this thread will become obsolete.
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And I see WAY less UAS as the two wars slow down. RAND was tasked this year with a study to determine what we can do with UAS domestically so they don't all sit in boxes by the end of the decade state-side.
 
hornetguy said:
And I see WAY less UAS as the two wars slow down. RAND was tasked this year with a study to determine what we can do with UAS domestically so they don't all sit in boxes by the end of the decade state-side.
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You make a point as well. There may be an increase in this coming year, but long term like that maybe a decline. I know that Cape Canaveral Air Force Station has one to scout out the waters with the coast guard. I can't think of too many uses outside of that though.
 
RyWalk said:
You make a point as well. There may be an increase in this coming year, but long term like that maybe a decline. I know that Cape Canaveral Air Force Station has one to scout out the waters with the coast guard. I can't think of too many uses outside of that though.
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They have a separate pipeline now for UAS. So, perhaps this year they may have high demand. As soon as the operations start decreasing, UAS will no longer be pulling so many pilots.

They can be used for border surveillance, support firefighting (forest fire) operations, arctic recon and USCG arctic missions, anti-drug in the Caribbean, etc. Right now the USAF is trying to figure out what to do. Border patrol already wrecked a global hawk they got to play with (the plane and the control station itself!). So, the USAF is thinking carefully.
 
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