<p>What would be some tips to get into to the air force academy?
hi im a sophomore at valley forge military academy. im hispanic and italian. the reason i wanted to go here was because i want to be an air force pilot. that is my dream. i have a lot of extracurricular activities, my best classes are math and english. im starting a club at my school which involves sending school supplies to students in africa. i have my own boating license, i play soccer, swimming, and lacrosse. i play drums and the french horn. i heard that playing an instrument helps a lot when applying to colleges, ive been playing the french horn for about 6 years, i really love to play music. i like to snowboard, and im really into politics. so i just wanted to know if i was on the right path to to getting in, and what other things i may have to do in order to go to this great institution. thanks</p>
<p>Well there are many things you might do. One would be to make sure if one uses forms of generic correspondence to the various academies that first, make sure to change the institutional name. For instance, if sending the same message assuring the reader of your life long dream, be very careful to make sure the right messages get sent to the right places. For example you'd not want to send a letter intended for the navy, to the air force. Even worse would be sending both communiques to the same place. Especially if one wanted to be, oh let's say a pilot. Doing something like that might reveal a candidate's inability or unwillingness to attend to minor details. Imagine the idea of placing a many-million dollar piece of equipment in that person's responsibility. </p>
<p>Hey, better doing it here where nothing counts. Go get 'em. Attend to the detail. Be honest. ;)</p>
<p>A very clever response.</p>
<p>...click "U.S. Service Academies"
then, click "Air Force Academy - Colorado Springs"
:)</p>
<p>vfma-
suggest reading:</p>
<p>The Air Force Academy Candidate Book: How to Get In, How to Prepare, How to Survive (Paperback)
by William L. Smallwood and Sue Ross (Author) </p>
<p>available on Amazon.com
Amazon.com:</a> The Air Force Academy Candidate Book: How to Get In, How to Prepare, How to Survive: William L. Smallwood and Sue Ross: Books</p>
<p>it's a good place to get started with the information you need.</p>
<p>Remember, the Navy guys do a lot more flying than the zoomies at Air Force!!! ;)
(oh, and they have a better band that plays at the WINNING football games :) )</p>
<p>so just in case, you might want to add this to your list of reading:</p>
<p>The Naval Academy Candidate Book: How to Prepare, How to Get In, How to Survive (Paperback)
by Sue Ross (Author)
Amazon.com:</a> The Naval Academy Candidate Book: How to Prepare, How to Get In, How to Survive: Sue Ross: Books</p>
<p>Best of luck!!!</p>
<p>haha, "the navy guys to a lot more flying than the zoomies". that's pretty funny considering the air force academy has the biggest soaring program in the world, among other aviation programs the naval academy simply just doesn't have.</p>
<p>and at the D&B competition between air force and navy (during the USNA vs USAFA weekend) the air force D&B won ;)</p>
<p>Heh its funny how quickly these forums change from one topic to another</p>
<p>actually, I was referring to the air opportunities after the academies... thus, Navy guys instead of Mids....
between Navy Air and Marine Air, from what I have heard, more opportunites to actually fly.<br>
D&B.... you are correct- we lost this year didn't we.... guess I was still hanging on to last years B&G win! No matter- the C&C trophy is still sitting in Bancroft Hall! ;)</p>
<p>Roughly half of each graduating class at AFA attends UPT - I believe at Navy it's around a third or so.</p>
<p>LOL- well, we get to count in our Sub guys as well- they just love to "fly" out of the deep! ;) Oh- and the new ships- they do some fancy flying over the water too! :) And the Navy guys are the only ones that can land a plane on one of those! (although you did have Sully do a decent job threading that plane down on the Hudson!...just amazing!!!) </p>
<p>A pilot friend once told me you can tell the difference between the Navy Pilots and the Air Force Zoomies.... said the navy guys come in steep and hard, and can stop on a dime- while the airforce glide it in and softly kiss the ground, with a slow roll to a soft stop. Funny thing is, I often take note of the "landing" so see which one is at the controls! LOL!!!</p>
<p>no matter- we still have the trophy! :)</p>
<p>Well, wonderful as Navy pilots might be, and they are, my guess is in light of your description of presumed differences, ain't a soul on the planet, and certainly not on the recent Hudson River US Airways express who'da hoped Sullie had graduated anywhere BUT USAFA. </p>
<p>So in light of that, my guess is a whole bunch might say ..."keep the trophy! We'll keep Sullie, USAFA '73! :cool:</p>
<p>a whole bunch from USAFA that can well make that claim</p>
<p>well, i'm sure there are some naval pilots out there who fly more than some air force pilots, just like there are some airmen who spend more time on the ground than some marines. but to say that naval pilots, as a whole, fly more than air force pilots, as a whole, is simply false. </p>
<p>how many naval pilots spend 8 hours flying a cargo plane? exactly.</p>
<p>Hey kid don’t get caught up in the healthy competition between the Navy/Airforce posters …if you get into one and still want another you can put in to transfer. Sounds like they all really support their prospective academies so it’s great to know you have so many awesome choices.</p>
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<p>Your right, there aren’t too many Navy grads flying 8 hour bags in a cargo plane, however several of my friends do fly 12-14 hours in P-3s.</p>
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<p>We had over 400 in the class of 2007 go to flight school (pilot and nfo) on the Navy side. There were approximately 75 Marine pilots… soo, 50% doesn’t seem that outlandish.</p>
<p>I’m not going to attempt to argue who flies more between Navy or Airforce. Honestly theres no way to prove it either way, because each service has several different communities. Hell, even within the helo community there are several subsets, each who average different amounts of flight hours per month.</p>
<p>Heavy pilots get the most flight time. All those 8+ hour flights add up quickly. Fighter pilots don’t do 8+ hour flights very often.</p>
<p>USAFA has roughly 550 slots to go UPT for the class of 2010 (that’s pilots only, not all flying jobs)</p>
<p>Don’t know its validity or accuracy, but I recall several years back the U.S. Coast Guard Academy website proclaiming its grads actually have the highest statistical potential to become a pilot.</p>
<p>No matter the nit picking, suffice it to note that much to many’s surprise, there are nearly as many USNA pilots and NFOs in waiting as USAFA. </p>
<p>But …there are no submariners or SWO’s beyond the one or two USAFA cadets who’ll see the light and get a USNA commission! ;)</p>
<p>And while there is chronic debate about the ultimate “need” and eventual elimination for USAF and it’s supporting venues, that would be a virgin discussion in DC. :eek:</p>
<p>…were it about the USN. 
When contraction and efficiency comes to government, sailors will remain.</p>
<p>When my sons were applying to the Naval Academy and were in the process of collecting recommendations for the MOCs, one individual mistakenly referred to both the Senators as a “Congressman.” That’s because they used the same recommendation for all three nominating source. They wrote the first one for the Congressman and simply edited the address in the letter, forgetting to also edit the title.</p>
<p>I’m not so Senator Lamar Alexander would have thought it humorous to be referred to as Congressman Lamar Alexander. :)</p>
<p>We had to have that little detail corrected before mailing them off. It would have been easy to miss. </p>
<p>Attention to detail! Good advice.</p>
<p>I thought all Senators and Representatives were congressmen. I think I remember that from government class in HS.</p>