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USAF - Pilot ratings
Tuesday 13 September 2011


If in doubt about the criteria for the different USAF pilot ratings, click on the title!

 

Pilot ratings
Pilot Badge  
The USAF awards pilot ratings at three levels: Pilot, Senior Pilot, and Command Pilot, to active duty officers and to officers considered as "rated assets" in the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard (i.e., the Air Reserve Components). Rating standards apply equally to both fixed-wing and helicopter pilots.

The following additional criteria are required to be rated as a USAF pilot:

       
Rating Basic requirement Flight time Alternative flight time
Command Pilot *15 years as rated pilot, and
*Permanent award of senior pilot rating, and
3000 total hours, or *2300 hours primary and instructor flight, or
*144 months Operational Flying Duty (OFDA)
Senior Pilot *7 years as rated pilot, and
*Permanent award of pilot rating, and
2000 total hours, or 1300 hours primary and instructor flight
Pilot *Graduate of USAF pilot training program, or
*Graduate of other US military pilot training if ordered by USAF, or
*Graduate of other US military pilot training if equivalent to USAF program, or

*Graduate of helicopter training in other US military and
400 hours primary and instrument flight




400 hours in rotary flight time and instrument qualification
 

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