Choosing Bases

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In the Navy, getting to Pensacola in the first available class and taking advantage of all moves, one can easily cut six months, perhaps more, off their training time.

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Little to NO chance of this happening in the AF’s flight training pipeline. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) has a detailed and excrutiatingly choreographed training schedule for every new class of Pilots and Navs because there are so many moving pieces to the puzzle.

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<p>I forgot that the AF used to be the ARMY Air Corps. Navy is not so excruciatingly choreographed. Once they finish a stage, they move on to another, becoming a part of a new class. For the Navy guys, by taking advantage of the first available class (I actually know a few who selected the first available class, checked in two weeks early, and moved up yet another class. By getting ahead of the masses and the weather, they shaved a lot of time off their training. I know two who were the first guys in their class to be winged in jets. However, there were several other academy grads, all from the previous class. </p>

<p>So,in the AF, if Student A commences Jun 15 and Student B commences Dec 15, same pipeline, Student A will be winged six months give or take a few days, prior to Student B? </p>

<p>This extra operational year can be huge when applying to such special programs as TPS and NASA and when screening for command.</p>