I will pick a best answer but before you say anything let me say this: I understand naval aviators land on carriers, just like in driving a car one is not a good driver because he/she can parallel park in a tight spot, its the over all skill not one thing. Any marine/air force fighter pilot can put in extra training to land on the carrier.
SO WHAT IS THE BEST BRANCH TO BECOME A FIGHTER PILOT?!
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2007-09-03 02:56:39 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I tell you. This is the way it was put to me. The AF handles transport and bombing too. They have about 10% fighter attack. The Navy/Marine aviators have 10% transport and 90% fighter attack. Your chances are greater in the Navy/Marines. As for skill, the Navy/Marines are trained in close air support. They are trained to come in low and fast. The Marine pilots have infantry training also. That is so they understand what the Marine on the deck is going through.
2007-09-03 04:37:22 · answer #1 · answered by guns155mm 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The best chance for you to fly is in all honesty the Army. The reason is this. In the other branches only commissioned officers fly. This means that you enter the service, request to fly and you are either selected, or not. If you are not selected you are assigned another area within that branch such as supply, infantry, planning, etc. The catch to being an officer is that they are not permitted much career mobility. An officer's career is very structured compared to an enlisted man's. The majority of aviators in the Army (over 90%) are prior enlisted Soldiers that request flight warrant officer training. The difference is that they can request over and over if they are denied flight training on their first request. The Army also has reserve and national guard flight units. This isn't the answer a lot of people want to hear, since everyone wants to get into a jet right from the start, but the truth is that you have a better chance of becoming a professional athlete than you do a commissioned officer aviator. If I had to make a recommendation, I would say enlist in an aviation MOS, and then study as much as you can about the aircraft, take some college courses, take the AFAST (test to get into Army flight school) and then head off to flight school. The reason for this route is that the Army wants letters of recommendation from pilots, so the more you know the better your application will look. The college work will show that you can succeed in a tough academic environment as well. Keep in mind that this is the route that over 90% of the Army's aviators have taken, so it's a pretty decent bet this path will get you where you want to be too. It's very strange that you claim that you have a degree yet you have no idea how to do your own research. Here's your answer. Given that you have listed absoutely no facts about yourself it is impossible to give you any type of odds. Do you have a pilot rating already? Is your degree aviation related? Are you color blind? How tall are you? All of these, and many more questions, play into your odds of being an aviator.
2016-04-03 01:05:34 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've already hit on the most obvious answer. Navy pilots spend huge amounts of time learning how to land on carriers. Marine pilots spend alot of time doing ground attack training. Both branches produce excellent pilots. The Air Force, in my opinion, offers more opportunity for pilots. If you want to fly the aircraft that will kick down the doors and go downtown in the next war (F22, F35, F117, B2) then you have to join the Air Force. It's true that you stand more of a chance of getting stuck flying a transport or even (gasp) a commannd and control jet (the pilot equivilant of the death sentence), but the best fighter pilots come out of the Air Force.
2007-09-03 08:05:26 · answer #3 · answered by Gretch 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I spent 20 years as an Air Force pilot so I say Air Force. My 25 year old son is a Naval aviator and flies F-18's. We just love flying so I guess for us it didn't matter what branch.
The one big difference...the Navy teaches you how to carrier land, the Air Force doesn't. Believe me, that is an experience.
2007-09-03 03:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by Richard F 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Land on carriers. Navy. Marines.
Spend lots of time deployed on carriers away from family Navy
I liked my Air Bases that stayed near where I lived and I coud go home tomy house after work and I coudl have a life.
I am an Air Force Vet who is an adult leader in a Navy program.
2007-09-03 03:41:39 · answer #5 · answered by Bob D 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Navy and Marine Corps are truly the best, most well trained and *sic*, have fewer friendly fire incidents than does our counter parts, the Air Force. And that carrier landing, it's amazing how small that little bobbing postage stamp is when you're actually in the seat! Air Force: two miles of concrete. Any civilian who's played on MicroSoft's Flight Simulator can do that!
2007-09-03 03:13:50 · answer #6 · answered by Doc 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Naval aviators are the first line of defense, they are all over the world they take there airport with them. When there is a problem anywhere in the world a carrier battle group goes to the area.
2007-09-03 03:03:10 · answer #7 · answered by 007 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe the Navy or Marines. Not the Air Force for sure, that is not usually what they do.
2007-09-03 03:00:40 · answer #8 · answered by Laura in North Carolina 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Navy or Marines
2007-09-03 03:42:58 · answer #9 · answered by Michael W 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋