Which god are you talking about? Asking for a friend

@@rbeforme stfu

@@nfrsfury3214 Never heard of that god

@@rbeforme smart ass

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Imagine it bro

God bless your father, he was a real hero

It's a combination of all things. The big separation is mental toughness though.

@@HasardLee Hello, I also want to be a fighter pilot but the truth is, I don't really know how to be, I plan to study aviation before going to AF , I don't know how to be a fighter pilot or how to move between AF I don't know if I have to take the academy or ROTC or OTC or Air National Guard , I dont know, maybe you could tell me the best way or advice

@@user-qk4br9vp3y I'm in the same situation man.

It’s all in the mind. When I started my PPL(A) it was 20 of us. At the end it was just 3 of us. It’s not so hard to learn if you love something. You absorb knowledge like a sponge.

The first time I flew a 152 my instructor was surprised I took off,flew,and landed and he must of asked me a dozen times if I've flown before...Once we got in to departure stalls and spin recovery I said I quit,sorry I'm not doing that shit without an ejection seat,sorry...I was only 15 and I was thinking I'm not going to die in some little underpowered, in maneuverable shit box...I'd rather learn in a jet fighter thank you..I will bet my life it is a lot easier to learn to fly a fighter than it is a 172 or 152..Just like I could drive a corvette easier than a ford Taurus..

But you also have to go in there and play like a champ there’s a very small chance you’ll get selected especially in the US airforce you just gotta keep that in mind

@@tillywilly7872 he has about 30%-35% odds on average. Better if he lands in a class that graduates at a time when there are more fighter slots open. But no real way to control that unless you’re connected with some high level general.

you dont have to be born in the U.S. Just become a U.S Citizen by marrying someone from here.

F35 is actually really easy to fly compared to the t6

Me and you we got this

If you want to become a pilot, don't go enlisted. It's not impossible, but it's an uphill climb. Only exception would be the Guard.

I was a crew chief and now Im a pilot. Yeah if you can skip the crew chief part, then do that. Its not a recommended route but not impossible.

@@fadedflage okay thank you very much for the advice

I am a Guard guy, so if you are joining the Air Guard I strongly suggest that route, if you have your sights set on active duty, it is a 180 and id steer clear of an enlisted job, especially one in maintenance or security forces. They are usually really busy and you might not have adequate study time.

I'm currently an Aircraft Maintenance Technician on the F-22 out at Langley. I'm working towards OTS then hopefully a Pilot.

How can you turn down an opportunity for an A10? Literally a flying tank, awesome plane.

@@Malinkadink your right. It is a beast of a plane. Nothing against them. But the way I saw it....Once you join a branch. It will take a very long time & training before you get to sit in the cockpit of these.million dollar jets (using up the 1 life your given). And there wouldn't be a second chance to move over to a second branch to start over... At least I've never heard of that before. Plus, we all have that 1 ultimate favorite machine we all wish to own or use in our lives. Mine has been the F14 tomcat since I was a child. That's my Lamborghini of they sky.

get a few flights in something like a Cessna, if you haven't already. Take an IFR ground course. Automate your bills, etc so you can 100% focus when it starts. Good luck, I went through Vance

Hasard Lee sweet thanks man

Go down to the 8th and hang out in some of the flight rooms, learn the local landmarks and references

W K Update on how it’s going so far? Goodluck!

that's great to hear, thanks 👊

Get your Mitchell (and Spaatz) if possible, that’ll really help your candidate application. Keep in mind there is also AFROTC as a route to commissioning. Glider academy doesn’t really help much but do get flight hours in college to help with your PCSM scores for pilot selection.

@@awesomerikd168 Thanks!

Heyy haha I’m in the Civil Air Patrol too and I really want to be a Fighter Pilot too

You are aware the Air Force doesn’t operate the F/A-18 right?

dude it’s probably a little kid who just likes planes 😂😂 yall are so serious

I know you commented this over a year ago but I got some advice if you still need it. If you want to guarantee what aircraft you’ll be flying going guard is probably the better option, when you go guard you’re applying for a specific base, so you can find out what bases have which aircrafts. For example Gowen Field in Boise, ID has A-10’s so if you were to apply there that’s what you’d be flying

Unknown on their process for dropping them to UPT. It's a complex problem when you throw in all the TX's from other platforms

You kinda remind me of someone...

F-35B Lightning II IMPOSTOR!

F-35B Lightning II oh wait your the b variant eg. middle child wassup brotha

There have been a few iterations of UPT next. Last I heard they try to simulate IFF at the end of T-6's. It's still a small test program now.

In high school and in college

Yes

pretty much done. I've known 1 or 2 people who were able to make it into a fighter after--mainly through the guard

Go Navy. More opportunities to cross train to another airframe after your first tour if you dont get Tac air, better bases, better culture. Trust me. Im flying out of NAS North Island, San Diego

@@Flyboymitchell0917 Submitted my package for the Navy in October. I should be finding out if I got SNA next week or so!

@@Flyboymitchell0917 Better bases CONUS? Yeah, not too many land-locked or remote NASs outside of Fallon and China Lake. Almost everything is on a coast, which means nice geography and outdoor activities, if you don't mind sacrificing personal safety freedoms that are supposed to be protected (2A, with FL being the exception). OCONUS is a totally different story. There are far more USAF fighter squadrons in Korea, Japan, Italy, and UK of course. USN/USMC basically has Iwakuni, Japan. USAF also has Alaska. If you're in a fighter unit that rotates through carrier deployments, there's a lot of floating prison time while just trying to maintain carrier ops proficiency and not a lot of tactics. In USAF fighter squadrons, they're very tactics-focused around the clock. USAF is more of a corporate, safety-focused culture, unlike its cutthroat, war-focused culture from the Cold War. USN is more of a "get it done however you need to" culture being converted to a corporate safety culture. Was far more cutthroat during the Cold War. An interesting thing for me to watch is how the Navy has stopped openly-reporting its accident/mishap rates lately. Both services are undergoing massive changes in leadership (millennials), technology (5th Gen, net-centric), and re-thinking of organizational structures moving forward. USMC is undergoing the same with more adaptability to change since they're smaller. F-35B and net-centric warfare have turned the USMC into something different. F-35A has also changed the former F-16C strike/SEAD dominant community into something entirely different, while F-35C is doing the same in the Navy. F-35C brings Fleet Air Defense capabilities the D Tomcat couldn't even dream of, along with networked ASW, so there are pointy nose mission sets opening up that never existed for Tomcats or Shornets. USAF pointy nose communities will be Raptors, F-35A, F-16C+ (AESA, New data links, EW), F-15Es with emerging 6th Gen. Not sure how F-15EX will pan out but they're slated to replace CONUS F-15Cs. USN pointy nose will be a mix of Super Hornets brought up to Block III standard, F-35Cs, and EA-18Gs. USMC will be F-35Bs and F-35Cs once the last Harriers and Hornets are retired over the next few years. Not sure how average annual flight hours compare anymore. They've been all over the map. I think you'll get the most flight hours in a USAF F-35A or F-16C Blk 50/52+ squadron based on availability rates. USMC & USAF operational F-35 squadrons have done deployments with years of missions now since 2018, starting with USMC off the Essex in the Red Sea. 388th & 419th TFW out of Hill AFB regularly deploy squadrons through the Middle East, Red Flag, and PACOM. The 3 JSF variants, Super Hornet Blk III, and F-15EX all have large glass panel display cockpits. JSF have the advanced HMDS helmet with fused spherical SA from a multitude of IR and RF sensors, so even in bad weather, the JSF are the safest to fly. You have a real view of the horizon no matter the conditions, day/night, and don't have to swap JHMCS and NODs at night like in the SH, F-16C, F-15E. F-22A is getting its own low profile Helmet Display that is compatible with NODs because JHMCS won't fit within its canopy profile. If it were me, I'd be shooting for USAF F-35A units. Far more airframes, more "up" birds, more deployments, more mission profiles to train for. Going for Vipers would be great too because you'd get to be part of the last generation of Viper drivers. They're one of the more difficult birds to aerial-refuel in though because of drag from external stores and little wings, not enough power in mil to cruise at altitude with the tankers. Avg flight time per sortie is less in a Viper due to fuel, whereas F-35A lasts longer than Mudhens.

same, I plan on going to USAFA or ROTC.

each fighter is set up different and requires additional training. Good luck 👊

Hasard Lee thank you 🙏🏻. Stay safe

same

I am not a fighter pilot yet but I have heard from someone else that you don’t have to be outstanding at math.

Helicopters are harder to fly than planes. You might get recycled or you may get thrown out of flight altogether. Case by case basis. Depends a lot on what you mean by wash out.