(U.S Army btw)
If u want to learn to fly, I suggest the airforce, or maybe the Navy, but being a jet-fighter is a very prestige rank, so you better make the cut. I would suggest going to the airforce Academy first, i believe u must be younger than 24 years old though to become a freshman.
I hope that's not your only concern in joining the army. You might loose your mind. You might become crippled. You might die. There's a real possibility that what happens to you in the army might prevent you from going to college or flight school.
Please make sure that if you join the army, you're doing it because you really want to and not because the sacrifice might possibly benefit you. Good luck.
When you visit the recruiter, tell him you wanna be a pilot. The Army flies both fixed-wing and rotary-wing (helicopter) aircraft. Chopper pilots train at Ft. Hood in Texas. The recruiter will set you up to take a written exam to see if you qualify, and if you pass that exam you'll take a flight physical. Pass that, and you'll be given an opportunity to enlist for Warrant Officer Aviation School (at Fort Hood, as previously mentioned). You graduate, and you'll be assigned to fly during your enlistment, come out with a very valuable skill and be eagerly sought after by various official agencies as well as be elegible for quite a variety of civilian flying jobs. THEN you can apply for the GI Bill to help pay for college, too. Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too in this instance!
Only if you don't die in Irag or Afghanistan
They may pay for you to go to college while you are in the army and also if you join the air force(not sure if it's a seperate force there or a branch of the army) they would give you the training themselves. you would then be a qualified pilot.
You may still have to pay for a commercial pilot's licence if you want to work with passenger planes but it would be cheaper than starting from scratch to get it.
One thing with the pilots in the US. I believe that to be a pilot in their airforce you have to have a college degree. (I may be wrong I'm basing my knowledge on movies, tv etc.)
Caution: the G.I. bll WILL NOT pay for flight training UNLESS you are taking it at an accredited university. i.e. Embry Riddle, Purdue et al. Just going to the airport will not cut it for GI bill. You can however enroll and get your full amount at another institution and use the money you dont pay in tuition for private flight training. And no, the Army wont pay for you to go to flight training on your own time on the weekend. BTW, its an ATP license for commercial flight
They may pay part of it under the GI bill. Ask a recruiter.
No, I recently just looked into using my GI Bill for flight school. If it's not accredited then they won't pay for it.
As far as I know, the Army will only pay for pilot training if that is what your civilian career will be.
Side note, a CPL is not an airline pilot's license. That is the ATP. And yes, the median is about $100k, but it can be cheaper if you're diligent and don't fail the exams.
no
It depends on quite abit, I don't know much about the "army college fund", but the G.I. will pay for either, but if you use it for flight lessons you will find it get's used up rather quickly.
Just a thought, AFROTC will pay for your private pilot's license and your books/tuition and you can still draw your GI Bill so you would have a pretty good idea if it's for you before you start taking out the loans or using up your GI Bill.
Another option, the US Army Air Battle Captain, not sure if they still call it that. But it's an Army program at the University of North Dakota where you get your college degree(4 year aviation degree) and learn to fly helicopters at the same time in the ROTC program.
This is a good option whether you like helicopters or not because: 1. UND is the best aviation college out there(sorry Embry Riddle, but you do have an awful lot of 2nd place trophies don't you?) 2. It's the only 4 year college I know of with a helicopter flight program as well. 3. Most people in this program get their airplane ratings also... giving you options. 4. It's $125,000.00 just for flight training, you would still get the the money for books, money for tuition, ROTC stipend AND your GI Bill. 5. Helicopters are more fun to fly than airplanes.
So check the link and call them up, ask for Trudy, there is no obligation and they don't pressure you to join because plenty of people are willing to accept that scholarship.
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