Posted on Jul 23, 2018
So you wanna fly? Air Force pilots can apply to new aviation-only program
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It's about time. Pilots who love to fly but don't love the idea of "career broadening" or being forced into early desk jobs finally have an option. After more than 20 years of telling the AF to just let us do our job and fly, and in response to historically poor retention rates of pilots, they might be starting to listen. This may even open the door in 10 years to the idea of USAF warrant officers.
So you wanna fly? Air Force pilots can apply to new aviation-only program
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That's good to hear, Col Joseph Lenertz. The AF has been adamantly opposed to the warrant officer program since it ended though. Nothing personal, but it would be a cold day in hell before they bring it back. They won't even let enlisted fly drones officially.
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Col Joseph Lenertz
Just started the move toward enlisted pilots flying drones. I support ACC/A5J running the BACN program (you can google it). One of the aircraft we use is the EQ-4 Nethawk, a comms variant of the RQ-4 Global Hawk. We just got manning approved to hire 27 enlisted pilots. So, a little progress for once!
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TSgt David L.
Col Joseph Lenertz - Nice. I guess baby steps will work. I still don't see Warrants in our future, but I hope I'm wrong.
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