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PILOT REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS
To qualify for pilot training, you MUST:
- Have completed at least 90 semester credit hours and be on schedule to graduate with your Bachelor Degree no later than the spring term of 2010.
- Have current distance vision of 20/70 or better, correctable to 20/20. Near vision of 20/20. If you have had eye surgery, it must have been completed no later than October 2008 with favorable results. If so, a waiver request may be submitted. Applicants who have had eye surgery within one (1) year of the date of the board will not be considered for the current year's board. If you have had eye surgery, you must submit a "Corrective Eye Surgery (PRK/LASIK/LASEK) Waiver Criteria Checklist", signed by your eye professional.
- Be qualified physically and mentally.
- Meet minimum scores on Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT).
- Have received test results from the Test of Basic Aviation Skills (TBAS).
- Be not more than 30 years old when you start pilot training and/or have no more than five (5) years commissioned service time (28 1/2 years old by 1 July 2009 - pilot training will begin approximately one and a half years (1 1/2) to two (2) years after the date of the board.)
AIR FORCE OFFICER QUALIFYING TEST & TEST OF BASIC AVIATION SKILLS
The Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT) is similar to the American College Test (ACT) or Standard Achievement Test (SAT) exam. Study guides are available at most bookstores and libraries. These scores are weighed heavily in the selection of candidates to interview with us. To schedule the exam, contact any Air Force or Air National Guard recruiter. If you live near Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the 114th Fighter Wing Recruiters can schedule the exam for you. You may contact the 114th Fighter Wing Recruiters at 1-800-432-0182.
The Test of Basic Aviation Skills (TBAS) is a battery of nine sub-tests administered on a computer test station that measure psychomotor skills and cognitive aptitude. The TBAS is administered throughout the country. The test is available in the local area at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska and the Minnesota Air National Guard in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In Minneapolis, contact Lance at (612) 713-2038 / DSN 783-2038 or Linda at (612) 713-2024 / DSN 783-2024. You will need to complete a worksheet and bring a copy of your college transcripts. At Offutt Air Force Base, contact (402) 294-2626 / DSN 271-2626. You will need to bring your grade point information, as well as your log book when testing at Offutt Air Force Base.
SELECTION PROCESS
Pilot selection boards are usually held once a year for the 114th Fighter Wing. The officer in charge of the pilot selection process is the 175th Fighter Squadron Commander. The board will select a primary and an alternate candidate (depending on current needs; more than one primary candidate may be selected). If you are selected for pilot training, you will be scheduled to return to Joe Foss Field, South Dakota for a physical exam and to begin necessary paperwork. If the physical is approved, your package will be sent to higher headquarters for approval and assignment of a school date. Normally, you will go to flight screening and officer training, which is located at the Academy of Military Science, McGhee-Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tennessee within one (1) year of selection and pilot training within one and a half (1 1/2) to two (2) years following selection.
CURRENT MILITARY PILOTS
If you have successfully completed a formal military flight school and are interested in a position with the 114th Fighter Wing, send a cover letter and resume to the 114th Operations Group, 1201 West Algonquin Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 57104-0264 or to do.114fw@sdsiou.ang.af.mil. We will contact you when we have an available slot.
APPLICATION
The Pilot Application Guide should be thoroughly reviewed as it contains essential, detailed information as well as all forms required to apply for an undergraduate pilot training position.
2009 APPLICATION BOARD
This year's board will be held 10 April 2010. All applications must be received no later than 12 March 2010. Please review submission guidelines as they have changed from previous years and are quite detailed. Incomplete packages WILL NOT be considered for interviews.
If, after perusing the Pilot Application Guide, you have further questions, please contact the 114th Operations Group at (605) 988-5730 / DSN 798-7730 or do.114fw@sdsiou.ang.af.mil.
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