Can I get CW3-CW5 LOR without face-to-face interview? I don't have an aviation unit and need at least 3 ASAP for Flight School?

WO candidates need at least one letter from a senior WO in the MOS you you are applying for (in your case, an Army aviator) - the others can be from your chain of command or from officers or senior NCO's who KNOW YOU. Letters from people who know you are MUCH BETTER than those from people who don't and it will be evident to the board which are which. Personally, I refuse to write letters for candidates I don't know and I think it's a bad practice - regardless, I would think a board would not give such a letter much weight and it could jeopardize your packet. If you can only obtain a letter from a senior WO who will interview you - that will suffice. Every senior WO should be willing to take the time to interview a candidate. Don't submit a canned letter from someone you've never spoken to (some recruiters and candidates will solicit such letters). I assume you have a WO recruiter helping you, if you don't find one.

The point is focus your efforts on letters from those who know you and meet the requirements of the letters. I doubt submitting five letters will have much more effect than three - quality, not quantity. If you meet the requirements they will take you. A proper letter needs to contain the POC's phone, email and unit information at the bottom of the narrative - they will be later contacted by the branch schoolhouse with how well you did. Make sure their MOS and branch are clearly stated at the bottom. I've written a couple dozen of these letters over the last ten years or so.

You are not in the Aviation community and the Selection Board understands if you cannot get an Aviator to write you an LOR. I know, I sat on selection boards. I see you are a Wheeled Vehicle Maintenance Tech. Contact you BN Maintenance Warrant and get a letter from him if he will do so. Get letters from individuals in your chain of Command; specifically your 1SG, CO and BN CDR. Letters from people that you don't know and who don't know you turn out generic and, as a rule show that, and are generally disregarded by the selection board. REAL letters from REAL [people who know you personally are far more impactful especially if you have no access to a Senior WO. Good Luck

I have personally done over the phone and packet reviews for consideration of a LOR. There are those who disagree with this procedure, however the board who votes you in is the same as my review of your packet. Qualifications and accuracy in filling it out are paramount metrics as is the APFT Score, some college, the SIFT score and the packet as presented. I have received inquires from RP also over the years and have had success in getting folks before the board. I do know that PERSONAL interviews tend to lead folks into a lesser qualified pool of applicants as those we serve with at times have not met what we wish to be the best metrics. Personal knowledge of an applicant can take away the objectivity of that applicant. Of the two non-selects LORs I'd written, they both flew int he aircraft with me. Because of our wartime service in the aircraft, I felt compelled to write about their hard work, yet all the other metrics the board uses were not met. So reach out to folks and go for it if that is what you truly want. Advice, when doing so, make sure your packet is wrapped tight and error free, nothing worse than presenting yourself with grammar issues and the inability to follow the guide for the application.