Thursday, December 15, 2011

What branch gives me the best opportunity to become a pilot?

I am currently attending a community college, but i plan on transferring to UCSD. I understand you must be an officer first and graduate with a BA degree but i was wondering, what branch offers me the highest opportunity to become a pilot? I'm about sold on the Air Force. But i'd like to know what ranks highest on opportunity given.





I'd like to do the reserves/rotc(but dont have the grades to get a scholarship)|||Well the Air Force has twice as many aircraft as the Navy does.





And almost as many as the navy, marines and army combined.





Note: I have no idea where people get the idea the Navy has more aircraft than the Air Force does





Common sense would tell you they do not, otherwise the Navy would be much larger than the Air Force, when it is actually smaller.





The Navy only has 768 fighters, the Air Force has over 2,106 fighters.|||The most planes: Air Force also the longest commitment 10 years. Navy/Marine Corps 8 years.





All are highly competitive. Army may be the easiest to go to flight school as a commissioned officer. However, most of the Army birds are rotary wings.





However, I had four ROTC classmates that won wings of gold and two were assigned to Hueys. So being a Naval Aviator does not guarantee fixed wings. Good luck. If you can get your private ticket while you are in college.|||You might want to check out this http://www.squidoo.com/NavyFighterPilot. It gives some great info on the different philosophy the Navy and Air Force have for training/expectations of their fighter pilots.|||Navy has more planes since they have carriers and their stations are better, AF are out there in like Missouri and crap. So Navy would be better imo, plus if you decide not to fly you can do other things=)|||1. Air Force


2.. Navy


3. Marines


4. Coast guard


5. Army|||The Marine Core,Air Force,Navy|||There are pilots in all branches

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