Aerial Gunner..?

Question

Iv been looking into enlisting in the Military when I graduate High School, and I decided to go AF..Aerial Gunner looks close to exactly what I want to do..I know most about it but I have one ?, After you complete training, How much time do you have to spend on getting experience on the ground until you can go airborne?(..If theirs any ground time)
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If their are any current or retired Aerial Gunners out their, Please email me, It would be great to know what exactly its like..

Its the Air Force..But it sounds around the same kind of MOS

American..

Answer 1

Curious as to which Military (Nationality and Branch) you seek to join...

I did 15 yrs in the US Navy as an AW-H (Aviation Warfare Systems Operator - Helicopter). Primary Duty/Mission was ASW (Anti Submarine Warfare) and ASuW (Anti-Surface Warfare). Our secondary Mission was SAR/CSAR (Search and Rescue/ Combat Search and Rescue).

Training: Boot-camp (2 months), Naval Air Crewman School (2 months), Rescue Swimmer School (2 months), AW A-School (3 months), SERE School (2 weeks), Basic Acoustics (2 months), and finally SH-60B crewman training (4 months).

So that was about a year and a half (including travel & waiting) from joining until I was qualified to fly in back.

After about two years, as a result of Operation Praying Mantis, we were given the mission of CSAR and trained with the M-60 as a door-gun.

Oh SURE... a cute lil M-60 against a ground-mounted M-2 .50 cal (or WORSE) !!

Since I left, they upgraded the door-guns to .50 cal, or smaller GAU...

I only flew two missions where we were shot at & shot back... unnerving being in a light aluminum skinned aircraft having tracers coming toward you. Scream at the bad-guy, aim and fire, and pray the pilot is moving your collective butts out of the area ASAP.