Korgs130
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I interview folks for ROTC and the Academy as an Admissions Liaison Officer for the Air Force. I’m also a pilot in the ANG. Here are some numbers to think about when making your decision. The Air Force trains approximately 1300 pilot a year.
USAFA: This year the Academy got 540 UPT slots for about that many pilot qualified (PQ) cadets. With some of those PQ cadets wanting to go into other, non-flying, career fields the Academy will not be able to fill all of those slots. So right now, if you are PQ and you graduate, you get to go to UPT.
ROTC and OTS: 144 ROTC detachments will commission 2,405 officers and OTS will commission another 700. I don’t have any info on how many are PQ, but they will split up roughly 460 slots plus what ever the Academy doesn’t fill. As the Air Force draws down over the next few years the number of people commissioned through ROTC will decrease while OTS and the Academy will stay the same at 700 and 1000 per year respectively.
ANG/AFR: They get approximately 300 UPT slots for around 100 flying units. Some units may send 5 guys in a given year, some may only send 1. The average is 2 to 3 per unit per year. My squadron just had an interview board last weekend with 34 applicants for 2 UPT slots in 2008. A little over half of the people we send to UPT are already in the unit (navs, flt engineers, load masters, crew chiefs etc.).
I went to the Academy, but I have a ton of friends who went ROTC, OTS and the ANG routes. Each has advantages. If you’re sharp you’ll succeed no mater where you go. Good luck!
Korgs
USAFA: This year the Academy got 540 UPT slots for about that many pilot qualified (PQ) cadets. With some of those PQ cadets wanting to go into other, non-flying, career fields the Academy will not be able to fill all of those slots. So right now, if you are PQ and you graduate, you get to go to UPT.
ROTC and OTS: 144 ROTC detachments will commission 2,405 officers and OTS will commission another 700. I don’t have any info on how many are PQ, but they will split up roughly 460 slots plus what ever the Academy doesn’t fill. As the Air Force draws down over the next few years the number of people commissioned through ROTC will decrease while OTS and the Academy will stay the same at 700 and 1000 per year respectively.
ANG/AFR: They get approximately 300 UPT slots for around 100 flying units. Some units may send 5 guys in a given year, some may only send 1. The average is 2 to 3 per unit per year. My squadron just had an interview board last weekend with 34 applicants for 2 UPT slots in 2008. A little over half of the people we send to UPT are already in the unit (navs, flt engineers, load masters, crew chiefs etc.).
I went to the Academy, but I have a ton of friends who went ROTC, OTS and the ANG routes. Each has advantages. If you’re sharp you’ll succeed no mater where you go. Good luck!
Korgs
