Need Information of WOFT?

Jim George — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:16:27 -0400

Hello all, new member here contemplating Army Aviation. I was wondering If anyone knows how the training works out to become a pilot? A full process timeline would be great! Also I was wondering how long the service commitment will be total (including training) would be?

Response by Sgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2019 5:23 PM

Sgt Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 17:23:37 -0400

Do a search on "WOFT" and you can find numerous posts dealing with this topic.

https://www.goarmy.com/careers-and-jobs/current-and-prior-service/advance-your-career/warrant-officer/flight-warrant-officers.html

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Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 7 at 2019 6:24 PM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 18:24:00 -0400

6 year commitment after the completion of 2 years training, for a total of 8 years. Roughly, training is broken down into basic training, WOCS, WOBC, SERE, common core and advanced airframe. You can look up each individual segment for more details. There's a lot.

Response by LTC Jason Mackay made Jun 8 at 2019 1:21 AM

LTC Jason Mackay — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 01:21:46 -0400

Jim George welcome to RP. The topic tags you have actually go to RP web pages that aggregate resources and discussions on your topics. The 153A tag is fairly mature and senior warrant officers like CW5 Sam R. Baker actively contribute to them. Take a look, particularly the About tab.
https://www.rallypoint.com/specialties/153a-rotary-wing-aviator-aircraft-nonspecific/about

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Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 8 at 2019 3:53 AM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 03:53:16 -0400

http://helicopterforum.verticalreference.com/topic/13468-warrant-officer-flight-training/

Ms. Lindsey on the Vertical Reference forum wrote out an entire PDF concerning this topic from start to finish. Register there and download that PDF. It is a wealth of knowledge

WARRANT OFFICER FLIGHT TRAINING - General Military Helicopter Discussions

Page 1 of 36 - WARRANT OFFICER FLIGHT TRAINING - posted in General Military Helicopter Discussions: EDIT: I have made a new guide that is much more extensive than what was posted here before.It is attached.

Response by CW2 Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 9 at 2019 11:26 AM

CW2 Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 09 Jun 2019 11:26:35 -0400

So I’m currently going thru the training here at FT. Rucker. Once you complete Warrant Officer Candidate School you will proceed to Bco 1-145th for the reminder of your training. You’ll get briefs after briefs etc. You won’t know when you’ll attend SERE or start common core. List os names come out every Friday so depending when you graduate WOCS that’s what dictates when you start SERE. So it could be 4-6 months waiting to start SERE after SERE you’ll do WOBC A for 3 weeks. After that, you’ll wait another month or two to start common core. Common core takes about 5-6 months (90-120 training days counting some saturdays). Then you’ll select your airframe. Depending on your GPA you’ll be first, second, etc. You’ll select Hawks, Apeche, chinooks, or C12. Then you’ll start advance within a month. After 6 weeks you’ll get orders telling you where you are going then after advance you do 3 weeks of WOBC B and PCS to your first duty station. Everything from start to finish is about 18-24 months. Because you’ll wait around for 3-4 months to get in class. There’s about 900 soldiers in Bco. Also, if you get sick, have an emergency, or an accident that could delay your training. They won’t kick you out. They give you time to take care of things.