![]() More info on how to become a US Army officer pilot or warrant officer.Ĭoast Guard pilots must either already be USCG officers or previously graduated from another armed service’s flight school. Age waivers for applicants who are 33 or 34 years old may be granted on a case-by-case basis. ![]() This program allows high school graduates to apply to become a warrant officer and can enter this track directly without a college degree or prior commissioning. The ‘High School to Flight School’ program is unique among all services for military aviators. ![]() More info on becoming a pilot in the US Navy.įor both regular commissioned officers and warrant officers, applicants to flight school must not have passed their 33rd birthday at the time of enlistment. Waiver requests for those up to 29 years old are considered on a case-by-case basis. To become an Aviation Officer Candidate (AOC) in the Navy or Marine Corps, applicants must be at least 19 years old and not yet passed their 27th birthday upon commissioning. The Blue Angels F/A-18 Hornets US NAVY & MARINE CORPS Waiver applications can be found in the AFI 36-2205. These are considered on a case-by-case basis. If an interested applicant can not meet the age criteria, an age waiver up to age of 35 years old is possible, otherwise an exception to policy is required. Because the board hires for training quotas approximately 18 months in the future, typically it is recommended to be 28 years old or younger at time of application. In order to apply to the board for undergraduate flight training (UFT), applicants must ‘not exceed’ their 30th birthday by the start date of the first available UFT class. USAF Thunderbird pilot Joshua ‘Tater’ Boudeaux Although it’s somewhat out of my lane as a flight surgeon, I thought it could be helpful to those interested to provide current age limits for pilots in all branches of US military service. The age limits for military pilots is actually an administrative standard. But age is nowhere to be found in this document. In the USAF, flight surgeons use a hefty document, titled the ‘Medical Standards Directory’ (MSD) to determine if pilots and other special duty personnel in the USAF are medically qualified for a particular job. Age is actually not considered a ‘medical’ standard. Recently, I’ve been asked several times about age limits to become a pilot in the US Air Force.
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