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Whats up TL
I blogged several months ago about my first military flight and talked to some of you guys about the USAF flight training I was going through. Well last Friday our class had its "drop-night" where everyone found out what plane they are getting.
Our class had a biker theme and our patch resembled the logo of the famous biker club Sons of Anarchy, here's the class after drop wearing our leather vests. The rockers on the back have our class name and our airplane.
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I got a C-130H Hercules!
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Being a navigator.. I'll be primarily working the air to ground radar, directing the pilot on low levels, and working the timing for air drops etc.
I graduate in 2 weeks and get to wear some of these
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First assignment is to Little Rock AFB, AR
If anyone has any questions I'll answer them the best I can--
 
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The Herc is an unreal platform, congrats man 
Any chance of moving on to the J-model one day? That is one sweet piece of kit.
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Everything is still on the table, that's probably the best part of being at the beginning of my career. I am contemplated switching over to spec ops later in my career but I will have to make that choice when the time comes. Such an exciting mission but it also comes with a lot of sacrifice aka not being around family and friends--
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congratz, does it require to get very good marks at school to be a navigator on this kind of plane? i guess u r part of the military elite !
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What rank are you?
I always wanted to be involved with planes, that why I joined the Air Force
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Officers...........and the "work" they do.... lol
Though flying is the only real work an officer can do in the Air Force. Otherwise they are in the way most of the time.(in my opinion)
Congrats
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On July 02 2012 07:51 Freebirdo7 wrote:
What rank are you?
I always wanted to be involved with planes, that why I joined the Air Force
Most likely 1st Lt.
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Congrats! My father was a KC-130 pilot and flight instructor in Vietnam; he always speaks fondly (all things considered) of his time in the service.
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On July 02 2012 08:59 metbull wrote:
Officers...........and the "work" they do.... lol
Though flying is the only real work an officer can do in the Air Force. Otherwise they are in the way most of the time.(in my opinion)
Congrats
Thanks for the congrats, I totally agree that the enlisted force is obviously the backbone of any military branch especially the support personnel who carry the operational side of the USAF. But don't generalize so much 
In the Air Force specifically... there are plenty of "jobs" that officers hold that require "work" and require a lot of skills and self sacrifice. Just to name a few badass ones.. ALOs, CROs, and OSI agents
Just saying man, there's a lot of LTs and young Captains out there in the desert sleeping in holes in the ground that they dug themselves...
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On July 02 2012 09:00 metbull wrote:Show nested quote +On July 02 2012 07:51 Freebirdo7 wrote:
What rank are you?
I always wanted to be involved with planes, that why I joined the Air Force Most likely 1st Lt.
I will be a 1st LT in about 6 months.
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On July 02 2012 07:14 bibilisk wrote:
congratz, does it require to get very good marks at school to be a navigator on this kind of plane? i guess u r part of the military elite !
There's a few paths to get to where I'm at right now in the USAF. To be an aviator in the USAF you have to be a rated officer. To be an officer you need a bachelors degree and complete officer training through ROTC(@University), OTS(for people that already have their degree and want to join as officers) and the Air Force Academy (4 yr degree).
Just in the past 3 years I have seen the competition for those slots rise dramatically. A lot of the OTS guys in my class were engineers, science backgrounds, private pilots, and/or had masters degrees. The AF Academy can be very competitive as well. For ROTC, IMHO it has been traditionally the least competitive avenue to a commission but even with that said, that is changing and ROTC is becoming incredibly competitive as well.
Next comes competing for a rated slot, and that has A LOT to do with your AFOQT, comannder's ranking (whether your hard work is being noticed by your instructors/commanders), fitness scores, as well as a test called the TBAS
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