ViperDriver114

tar_heel Obviously, I am a little late on the response, but I hope you decided to apply anyway. As the other two dudes said, make a unit tell you no. I have a vision waiver and wear contacts when I fly, along with a good number of pilots in our squadron. Never take yourself out of contention. Hope you ended up applying. if not I'm sure we'll have another board next year if you don't get picked up by then. LAPS

I'm sure it's been spread around this site already but, The 114th Fighter Wing is accepting UPT applications for our board in May. The application deadline however is 31 March so if you have apps ready or almost ready please see details at the following website. https://www.114fw.ang.af.mil/about-us/careers/ Good Luck

Question about living situation at Laughlin. I start UPT in July, unaccompanied, whats the better option, a duplex or the dorms? Any opinion is appreciated!

I was 13-03 and we had someone not pass the 1st test, they did not get sent home, but you MUST pass the last test. We didn't have anyone fail the last PT test.

I was supposed to go to IFS in April, I just got an email a few days ago saying that I was cancelled, and that anyone with a PPL would not be going to IFS

Im not saying that you should go in there guns blazing divulge anything and everything without being asked and not use caution. I am just saying that IF they FIND something, they will do whatever they can to get you to pass. Maybe my group caught them on a good week, or maybe I just got lucky, but that was my experience. God I can't wait to wear some BCGs at UPT haha

20/100 isn't as bad as it sounds (it was actually like 20/70 in one eye and 20/100 in the other)...but yeah, can't wait to fly with those BCG's

Dude, I just got back from my FC1. I love this forum and the people are incredible, and give great information and advice. But, reading through here makes the physical seem A LOT more doom and gloom than it really is. The people at the USAFSAM are awesome! If they find an issue, they do EVERYTHING in their power to pass you, they want you to get through. They know and take to heart that 99% of the people at the FC1 are there because they have been offered their dream job. They HATE DQing people! One person told me the last 4 people they had to DQ brought them to tears. Don't make yourself more nervous than you should. I actually had a really good time at the Physical even after failing my depth perception test the first time and having worse eyes than I thought (eye doc let me take all the time I needed to pass the depth perception, and got me a waiver for my eyes (20/100). If you are patient and are nice to the people there it will be over before you know it and you will be on your way. Not one of the 29 people in my group failed.

Im the anxious type too and hated waiting. I actually was sworn in before my package was sent into the Bureau. I think it took about a month and a half for my packet to go through, it all depends on how fast they feel like moving. Sometimes it takes more, and sometimes it takes less. I got all my dates in one shot when my package went through. That varies though, some people get them all at the same time, others get the FC1 dates before others, some get AMS but not UPT, everyone I have talked to has had a different experience. I guess its pretty rare to get all your dates at once though. Because usually they have to do some searching to put you in classes. I've learned very quickly that while there might be a "standard" way of doing things in the AF, it never seems like it's done that way. Hope that helps

The two vials (it ended up only being one) were not associated with my FC1, they were for a test from my primary care physician. Just didn't want to show up at WP and have them turn me away because I had blood drawn the week prior. Thanks for the quick response guys.

Question for a doc. I am heading to WP next week for my FC1. I am supposed to get blood drawn today for a test (2 vials, i think). Will having blood drawn today have an effect on my blood draws next week?

Cool guys, thanks for the info. I had no idea they had changed the test. So will the CCT test be the only one they give me or will they also give the PIP test as well? I did take a look at JakeFSU's link (not as a test but just as what it looks like), I noticed the standards on the side. Does that mean that it is a little more "lenient" than the PIP test which was pass/fail?

Just wondering what type test they use at the FC1? Is it the same circles w/ numbers that we usually see or do they have some other means of initial testing? I have heard that the test at FC1 is "harder" than other tests you may have taken in the past, is this true? How can they be harder? Do they just make the numbers really hard to see?

Went to a doc this morning. She said it was either a very minor hernia or maybe even just a strain or tear in the ab muscle. She said the protrusion would be a lot larger and lower, down into the testicle region if it were anything that required surgery. She likened it to the same kind of hernia's that alot of women get when they give birth (spare me the birth jokes). She said to not workout and rest for a week and it should heal itself, but if it gets worse to come back in.

Looking for some info from a flight doc. Talk about bad timing. I think I may have a hernia, the discomfort started a couple days ago on my lower abdomen, then tonight I noticed a lump (it looks like the right side of my ab that runs diagonally down towards the groin is raised more than the other) along with some gastrointestinal discomfort. I am going to get it checked out tomorrow. So here is the bad timing part, I have my FC1 coming up at the end of November (exactly one month from today). I know that a hernia is not a DQ once its fixed. My question is, lets say it IS a hernia and I have to have it fixed. What does this do for my FC1? Will they push back my FC1? Will they let me do the rest of the exam but wait for post op exams to clear me? I am starting AMS at the end of January, I am assuming it wont effect that date but I just want to know some experienced advice. Thanks in advance guys