Military Flight Aptitude Tests - USAREC - U.S. Army

18 Part I: Careers in Military Aviation
flight duty medical examination until they obtain a
passing score on the AFAST. Candidates who score
90 on the AFAST may not retake the test solely to
improve their score. Study guides are available for
this test and applicants are strongly advised to obtain
and use these guides prior to taking the AFAST.
n Undergo a flight duty medical examination, and be
found medically qualified.
n Meet prescribed height and weight standards (AR
600-9). All applicants must have anthropometric
measurements performed (sitting height, total arm
reach, crouch height, and leg length).
n Have uncorrected vision of less than 20/50 in each
eye; correctable to 20/20 in each eye.
n Be older than 18 years but not more 30 years of
age at the start of flight training.
Service Commitment: All Army officers, upon entry into
flight training, incur a six-year service obligation. They are
obliged to remain on active duty for six years following
completion of flight training, or from the date of voluntary
termination of training.
Warrant Officer Flight Training
Program
The Aviation Warrant Officer program provides excellent
opportunities for flight duty. In this program, which
produces many rated aviators each year, both commissioned
officers and warrant officers attend the same course
of flight instruction and meet the same standards.
The Warrant Officer Flight Training Program consists
of two phases—Phase I is attendance at the Warrant
Officer Candidate School (WOCS) and Phase II is
attendance at the Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW)
Qualification Course and Warrant Officer Basic Course.
Both phases are conducted at the U.S. Army Aviation
Center, Fort Rucker, Alabama.
Active-duty enlisted service members from the
Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, U.S.
Army Reserve, and Army National Guard are eligible to
apply for this flight training program. Civilians are also
accepted for the program through direct recruitment.
Prerequisites for eligibility are that the applicant
n Be at least 18 but not have reached the 29th
birthday at time of board selection. U.S. Army
Reserve and Army National Guard applicants must
not have reached their 27th birthday at time of
board selection.
n Have a diploma from an accredited high school or
a GED diploma. Preferably, applicants should
have two years of college.
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n Score 90 or higher on the Alternate FAST
(AFAST).
n Score 110 or higher on the general technical (GT)
aptitude area of the ASVAB.*
n Meet Class I medical standards prescribed for
flight duty and prescribed weight standards.
n Receive a favorable recommendation from an
interview conducted by an aviator.
n Be able to score at least 180 points out of a
possible 300 points on the Army Physical Fitness
Test at the time of entry into WOCS. Candidates
must score a minimum of 60 points in each of
three events—sit-ups, push-ups, and 2-mile run.
n Agree to accept appointment as warrant officer and
serve as an aviator for no less than six years.
n Be a U.S. citizen.
n Must never have been eliminated from an
undergraduate military flight course for disciplinary
or flight deficiency reasons.
Warrant Officer Candidate School is the Army course for
all warrant officer candidates—both aviation and nonaviation.
It provides standardized training and evaluation of
leadership, ethics, communicative arts, military history,
structure of the Army, land navigation, support functions,
and other common military subjects. Upon successful
completion of WOCS, all warrant officer candidates are
appointed to the rank of Warrant Officer 1 (WO-1).
Newly appointed warrant officers who wish to earn
their “wings” must successfully complete the following
three phases of initial entry flight training:
First Phase (twelve weeks): Primary—Students receive
academic and flight instruction in the basic rotary wing
maneuvers, make their first solo flight, and progress to
more complex maneuvers. The UH-1 (Huey) helicopter is
used in this phase.
Second Phase (eight weeks): Instruments—Students learn
to fly in almost any type of weather, or even total darkness,
relying solely on aircraft instrument readings. The UH-1
flight simulator and the UH-1 helicopter are used to
provide simulated and actual instrument flight conditions.
Third Phase (fourteen weeks): Advanced—Advanced
flight training is in one of two aircraft systems (tracks)—
UH-1 utility or OH-58 scout—and is known as the combat
skills phase. It consists of aircraft qualification, basic
combat skills, night flight, night vision goggles, and
professional development. Warrant officers, upon completion
* Test 2 (Arithmetic Reasoning), Test 3 (Word Knowledge), and
Test 4 (Paragraph Comprehension) of ASVAB are used to
construct the general technical (GT) aptitude area.