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What's the air force like?
What non-combat roles do they have for people who want to join? Can you be a test pilot or a transporter? Also, if you didn't go to college, will you be able to work/fix planes and other aircraft equipment?
Do they have vintage WW2 aircraft or even aircraft from the KoreaNam era available to fly?
3 Answers
- ?Lv 75 years ago
Most of the Air Force is non-combat support jobs.
Pilots are all officers. A lot come from USAFA, one of the top colleges in the country, and one of the hardest schools to get into. The rest did AFROTC in college or came in through OTS. In order to get a pilot slot out of AFFROTC, you have to be fairly high up the order of merit list (like at least the top 25%, sometimes higher). OTS is very hard to get into, often only takes in small numbers each year, and pretty much requires a high GPA in a STEM degree.
Almost all test pilots have STEM degrees and are the top pilots in their planes. The number of people accepted to test pilot school each year is in the low double digits.
Most of the Air Force is enlisted, especially in the support world (most support and maintenance squadrons have a handful of officers and a couple hundred enlisted). The people that fix the planes are enlisted.
We barely have enough money to keep our somewhat modern fleet flying. We can't afford to fly 'vintage planes' beyond our fleet of 50 year old B-52s and KC-135s.
I don't know why people are giving Houd1n1 thumbs down. That is the first place you should have looked. It has info on every job in the Air Force.
If you are thinking of being a pilot, you should also look at USAFA and AFROTC's websites. Simply getting a degree in underwater basket weaving from some school that advertises on TV and operates out of a store front is not going to get you a commission.
- 5 years ago
They have plenty of non-combat roles. Hardly any of their MOS's are direct combat. They have mechanics, both on the flight line and in a hangar type work setting. They have security forces (AKA: military police), as well as plenty of others. Look up their MOS's on their website. You can be a test pilot, however do not expect that anytime soon, it will take quite a few years to get to that level. Yes, you can be a involved within transport, that is one of the biggest things they do, whether moving personnel or equipment. No vintage aircraft that I know if. Yes, you can work on aircraft without a college degree. I did it in the Marine Corps.
