<p>Okay the UPT Bases if I correctly remember are Vance(TX), Sheppard (TX), Laughlin(Del Rio), Moody(GA) and Columbus(MS). Unfortunately the really good UPT bases are gone, Luke and Willy (were always the top picks) and then Randolph. I guess the number 1 choice after Sheppard would now be Moody. Our good friends were commanders a couple of yrs ago (03-05) at Columbus…he was an AFA grad from 84?</p>
<p>Raimius is right, once you are tracked into your jet the time it takes to get into the class and the length of the class varies. For Strikes the course is a PCS move since it is longer than 6 mos. After that they have another assignment night for where they will go for the 1st operational tour…the higher you graduate the earlier you get to choose your assignment, good motivation to do well if you want to be able to select your assignment instead of being selected! In the Strike the DG always took the AK assignment(usually ony 1 given out), then most would take Lakenheath, then SJ and finally Mt. Home.</p>
<p>By the time your son will be not moving every 9-12 months, if he chooses UPT, you can expect him or her to be about 2 1/2 yrs in. They also do centrifuge training, water suvival, seres prior to going operational, and there may be a lag time from when they graduate UPT and their class starts for FTU.</p>