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I Got Into The US Air Force Academy!


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Since I have played DCS for years, and have been part of the DCS forums for a couple of years now as well, I wanted to just share this bit of news.

 

I got into the US Air Force Academy last week! Class of 2019, here I come!

 

I know no one on the forums knows me, but DCS, ED and this community are very special to me, and have been a great source of inspiration, so thank you for if anyone actually reads this.

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Live the dream. Go get em.

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Congratulations, its great to know a Home Pc Pilot reaches the "sky" :)

 

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Good luck and please don't be a clueless officer, we have too many of them in right now. I don't know what you plan on doing, but it's a tough road, but stick with it. I'm enlisted and will be retired before you graduate. The air force is changing and I liked it much better 5-10 years ago. If you want to be a pilot....go for it! Might want to look up what they have to go through and start reading up on things like that.

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Good luck and please don't be a clueless officer, we have too many of them in right now. I don't know what you plan on doing, but it's a tough road, but stick with it. I'm enlisted and will be retired before you graduate. The air force is changing and I liked it much better 5-10 years ago. If you want to be a pilot....go for it! Might want to look up what they have to go through and start reading up on things like that.

 

Thanks. I'll be sure to not be one of those clueless officers. I did lots of research on what it means to be an officer, and one of the things that stuck out for me was that you are always an officer first. I want to be the best possible officer I can be, and have a good & long career in the Air Force.

 

I was also fortunate enough to have talked to many USAFA graduates, Class of 1980 (knows the superintendent), Class of 2013 and Class of 2014. They have given me lots of advice, and so has my ALO.

 

Attending USAFA is one thing I really want, although I've heard it's really hard. When I visited USAFA a year ago, I immediately got a good vibe. I really like it there and certainly hope to become a military aviator someday.

 

I have read about the process of becoming a pilot in the USAF. USAFA graduates can get a pilot slot quite easily, as long as they're medically qualified. Then I need to perform well in UPT, and I know what kind of tests are required.

 

Thank you for your service & your advice!

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Congrats! and all the best! Aim high! :megalol:

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Nice one! You keep at it, if you're doing what you want to do. Excited for ya!

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How exactly does one from the netherlands get accepted into the USAFA?

 

I was born and raised in the Netherlands, and attended Dutch public school for most of my life. Now I attend an International School, and since my mother is American, I have dual nationality.

 

As a person living abroad, it was hard to get a congressional nomination.

 

Thanks for all the congrats and tips!

 

Hey brother you need any advice or what not about Colorado Springs hit me up. Stationed at Fort Carson

 

 

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Thanks a lot. I'm coming a week early to get used to altitude, so I might message you closer to that date. Thanks

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Thanks. I'll be sure to not be one of those clueless officers. I did lots of research on what it means to be an officer, and one of the things that stuck out for me was that you are always an officer first. I want to be the best possible officer I can be, and have a good & long career in the Air Force.

 

I was also fortunate enough to have talked to many USAFA graduates, Class of 1980 (knows the superintendent), Class of 2013 and Class of 2014. They have given me lots of advice, and so has my ALO.

 

Attending USAFA is one thing I really want, although I've heard it's really hard. When I visited USAFA a year ago, I immediately got a good vibe. I really like it there and certainly hope to become a military aviator someday.

 

I have read about the process of becoming a pilot in the USAF. USAFA graduates can get a pilot slot quite easily, as long as they're medically qualified. Then I need to perform well in UPT, and I know what kind of tests are required.

 

Thank you for your service & your advice!

 

UPT is hard and it has to be. My wife told me that I should of tried to be a pilot, but I like flying and having fun. Not saying they don't have fun, but it's not like playing a game. I had a few friends when I was stationed in Alaska one flew the F-16 and the other flew the A-10. I talked to them many times about all sorts of stuff. The guy that flew 16's ended up getting out and flying for the airlines. The A-10 pilot retired a few years later.

 

It's awesome that you were able to talk to people about the academy and flying. Best of luck to you and I hope you get the aircraft you want in the world's best air force!

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Definitely a tough road, but any opportunity that special is bound to be challenging.

 

I offer you some seemingly contradictory advice: keep your eye on the prize (commission), but stay focused on your immediate goals and tasks. What this means is that it will become a grind: stay focused on what you are doing one step at a time, but use your ultimate goals as motivation to stay the course.

 

Finally, you'll be tempted to take off or loosen the proverbial pack once your goal is in sight, or once you reach a significant milestone (e.g. commission, selection, winging). Truth is that the only time you take off the pack is when you go on leave!


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Definitely a tough road, but any opportunity that special is bound to be challenging.

 

I offer you some seemingly contradictory advice: keep your eye on the prize (commission), but stay focused on your immediate goals and tasks. What this means is that it will become a grind: stay focused on what you are doing one step at a time, but use your ultimate goals as motivation to stay the course.

 

Finally, you'll be tempted to take off or loosen the proverbial pack once your goal is in sight, or once you reach a significant milestone (e.g. commission, selection, winging). Truth is that the only time you take off the pack is when you go on leave!

 

Thank you. This is actually what I've been doing for the past years that I switched schools. Becoming a pilot has been my life long dream, and when joining the Air Force became an option for me, I set my course for that goal.

 

I've been focused on that ever since, but I've been going at it step by step. That's how I got into the Academy, something I never thought I was able to do. I never look too far into the future, but look what I need to do to achieve my dreams, and so far, that has worked out pretty well.

 

Thanks for the kind advice, and I certainly agree with what you said towards the end there: "the only time you take off the pack is when you go on leave!"

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