Sponsored!!

[chawbein]

I have been offered sponsorship to go to UPT, and then to fly the mighty KC-135! I will go up for the September Reserve Board pending the successful completion of my flight physical. I took care of the waiver paperwork today and hopefully, it will be cleared up soon. Thanks to everyone for the GREAT information available.

 

[FADECtoBLACK]

Congrats, man!

I've been reading your posts here for a while now. I've found this to be a great message board to turn to when I have questions (as long as I stay away from the General and Regionals sections... those guys be fightin' all the time!)

I'll be going before the AD board here in a couple months. I hope things go as well for me as they have for you.

BTW... what unit are you with? I had a buddy who just got picked up by a 135 unit.

 

[flyermb]

Congrats on getting sponsored. What kind of waiver did you have to get?Good luck and Have Fun

 

[Eagleflip]

Hearty Congrats! dude!!!

Enjoy UPT...it'll be the greatest year of your life, guaranteed. Take pictures, have fun. You will make friends that will last a lifetime, and learn a great skill.

Eagleflip

 

[chawbein]

I have to get a waiver for near vision. I tested at 20/30 and the reg is for 20/20. They (being the AETC Surgeon General's office) are waiving near vision up to 20/40. Other than that, my physical should be OK to get approved.

 

[AlphEcho]

Congrats!!!

I also just got sponsored for a pilot slot by a Reserve Herc squadron and will be up for the September board after just missing this last one. If you're anything like me this has been an interesting if often a baffling and exasperating process, with the Recruiters being at best a disinterested and lazy part of it. If only I had found the message board on baseops.net 6 months ago and knew then what I know now!! Oh well, at least everything seems to be working out now, although it will be hard to wait another six months.

 

[CCDiscoB]

Congrats

Great news! I agree with what EagleFlip said. You'll have a great time. I look at my photo album and remember the great times.
Now you need a tanker picture for your Avatar.

 

[chawbein]

No problemo! I have a nice Pentax instamatical camera. No digital for me, I like film.

The only crappy thing is the 6 month wait to find out how long to officially wait.

 

[Sonic Cruzer]

Hey Chaw

It's been a while. CONGRATS! What unit are you with?

You'll love the T-1.