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

22 Part I: Careers in Military Aviation
Navy and Marine Corps Aviation Test Selection
Battery.
Service Commitment: Active duty obligation is six years
from date of designation as naval aviator.
Flight Officer Training
Preliminary Training
The transition from civilian life to aviation officer takes
place during thirteen weeks of intensive physical training,
strict military discipline, and advanced academics at the
Combined Officer Candidate School, Naval Air Station
(NAS), Pensacola, Florida, where aviation and non-aviation
candidates train together. Students are also taught survival
techniques and become proficient swimmers. Upon successful
completion of preliminary training, future naval flight
officers are commissioned ensigns in the U.S. Naval
Reserve and are ready to move on to the next phase,
primary naval flight officer training.
Non-aviation commissioned officers who wish to enter
the naval aviation program begin their preliminary training
with a six-week aviation preflight indoctrination course
to prepare for primary naval flight officer training. This
course is conducted at the Naval Aviation School Command,
NAS, Pensacola, Florida, and is designed to prepare
these officers with the basic knowledge and skills needed
for primary training for naval flight officers. In addition, the
aviation indoctrination includes rigorous physical fitness,
swimming, and water survival training.
Primary Training
Primary training for prospective NFOs takes place with
Training Squadron 10 (VT-10) at Sherman Field in
Pensacola, Florida.
The twenty-two weeks with VT-10 consist of three
phases: academics, about 27 hours of simulator training,
and about 22 hours of flight time. Cockpit awareness and
crew coordination are emphasized. The T-34C is the
training aircraft used.
Ground school academic courses include visual and
instrument navigation, meteorology, UHF and VHF
communication procedures, computer systems, and radar
fundamentals.
During simulator training, NFO students learn how to
navigate and operate various aircraft systems while
conducting necessary in-flight duties. While training in
flight, they are responsible for the safe navigation and basic
tactical deployment of the aircraft.
Intermediate and Advanced Training
Following primary training, and depending upon preference,
class rank, and needs of the Navy, students proceed to
intermediate training in jets or training in maritime aircraft.
Helicopter crews do not have NFOs.
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Students selected for jet training take the intermediate
phase with VT-10 for about fourteen weeks. This training
includes 13 more hours of in-flight training and 30 more
hours of academic training. The training aircraft used are
the T-2C Buckeye and the T-39, a militarized Saberliner.
Students selected for navigator training are sent to
Randolph AFB, San Antonio, Texas, for training with their
Air Force counterparts.
1. Airborne Tactical Data Systems (ATDS)
ATDS training is given at NAS, Miramar, San Diego,
California, and at NAS, Norfolk, Virginia. This twenty-twoweek
course trains students in the airborne early-warning
E-2C Hawkeye aircraft. Academics include air-intercept
control, anti-air warfare, electronic warfare, radar systems,
and related areas.
ATDS training, from the start of Aviation Preflight
Indoctrination until students earn their wings, lasts about
fifty-five weeks and includes about 110 hours of flight
training and 120 hours of simulator training.
2. Tactical Navigation (TN)
TN training is given at NAS, Pensacola, Florida. This
twenty-week course trains NFO students in air-to-ground
radar and strengthens their skills in navigation, communication,
and aircraft systems management. Training aircraft
include the T-2C Buckeye and the T-39 aircraft.
TN training, from the start of Aviation Preflight
Indoctrination until students earn their wings, is about
fifty-four weeks and includes 150 hours of flight training
and 70 hours of simulator training.
3. Radar Intercept Officer (RIO)
RIO training is given at NAS, Pensacola, Florida. This
twenty-four-week course trains NFO students in air-to-air
radar. They study advanced tactical maneuvering, aircraft
electrical systems, airways navigation, electronics, radar
interception, and related areas. Training aircraft include the
T-2C Buckeye and the T-39 aircraft.
RIO training, from the start of Aviation Preflight
Indoctrination until students earn their wings, lasts about
fifty-eight weeks and includes 155 hours of flight training
and 96 hours of simulator training.
4. Overwater Jet Navigation (OJN)
OJN training is given at NAS, Pensacola, Florida. This
twenty-four-week course trains students to operate antisubmarine
systems. They study airways navigation, lowlevel
navigation, radar systems, surface and subsurface
surveillance coordination, tactical maneuvering, and related
areas.
OJN training, from the start of Aviation Preflight
Indoctrination until students earn their wings, lasts about
fifty-four weeks and includes 142 hours of flight training
and 72 hours of simulator training.