a recruiter told me if you want to join cause you like plaines or like to fly then your joining for the wrong reason....airmen rarely fly only when shipping out...is this true?
2007-03-27 20:04:16 · 7 answers · asked by million dollar dreams 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
unless your a pilot,
funny fact.. the Navy has more planes than the Air Force and the Army has more boats than the Navy.
2007-03-27 20:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to "fly" but are not an officer, and going the way of being an enlisted personnel, then one way to stay in the air is to become a KC-135 boom operator. This job entails you "refueling" other jets, cargo carriers and so on. Usually there are only two officer's and two enlisted who "man" the plane while in flight. The boom operator even takes over for the pilots as he "controls" the refueling as well as making sure each plane, or planes if the aircraft is a multiple refuel-er plane, is communicating on atmospheric conditions.
This would be something to look into since many other "non flying" positions are being eliminated due to budget cuts and personnel down sizing; over 49,000 by summer of 2009. So I would try hard to get into this program. On a recent "spouse incentive flight" I witnessed the refueling of 4 F-15's and the boom operator was only 19 years old?
2007-03-28 03:34:42 · answer #2 · answered by Serpico 13 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - as far as piloting, only officers can go for piloting. Any other flying is either as a passenger or as an aircrew member. Passenger flights are only if you are deploying somewhere, or if you are going to another base for training purposes. Aircrew jobs are not common and you are not flying the aircraft - rather, you would be operationg electronics of some kind, navigating, communicating, or operating a gun. Other than that, you are not flying.
2007-03-28 03:18:34 · answer #3 · answered by tecsklls9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very true, theres few enlisted jobs that require flight. Cargo master, some crew positions on the AC130, thats about it really. My pops had one of the last enlisted jobs on a bomber and his job went away in 1968.
2007-03-28 03:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Become a crew chief, you fly all over the world, but not as a pilot.
2007-03-28 05:04:10 · answer #5 · answered by djm749 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true not all airmen get to fly, they have different jobs.
Join the MARINES OOHRAH!
2007-03-28 03:11:43 · answer #6 · answered by allende8317 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-03-28 03:12:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋