Army WOFT

The Army offers a special program to join the Army directly as a warrant officer flight candidate and attend flight school after successful completion for Basic Combat Training (Basic Triaing) and Warrant Officer Candidate School. This is a highly competitve and specialized program. This program is the only way to join the military as an Aviator without a college degree. This page will help you make yourself the best candidate you can be. Army Recruiting Command WOFT Page

Basic Requiremnts

• High School Diploma (you can begin your application as a High School Senior)

• 18 years old at the time of enlistment and no older than 33. (Applicants must not have passed their 33rd birthday at the time of enlistment.

• Achieve a qualifying score of 40 on the Selection Instrument for Flight Training (SIFT). SIFT test results are valid indefinitely, as long as verifiable official records exist. No waivers are available for failure to meet the minimum SIFT score.

• Earn a minimum of 110 General Technical (GT) score on the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) (nonwaivable). The GT score is one component of the ASVAB results.

• Meet the Active Duty Army's screening height and weight standards.

• Take a complete physical exam at a Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) and meet entry medical fitness standards as determined by military medical authorities no more than 24 months prior to the date of application. Must also undergo a Class 1A Flight Physical Examination in addition to the one conducted at the MEPS and have results approved by Flight Surgeons at Fort Rucker, Alabama, prior to the selection board.

• The Flight Physical must be less than 18 months old.

Studying for the Selection Instrument for Flight Training (SIFT)

This is the best guide for studying for the SIFT SIFT Study Guide

Packet

You will need to submit a packet, your recruiter will help you with this. Here is the list of items in your packet.

• UF 601-210.12 Transmittal for WOFT Flight Officer Training

• Education Documents

• DA Form 61 Application for Appointment, page 1-4

• Typed Essay signed by applicant on “Why I Want to be an Army Aviator”

• Letters of recommendations (LORs); minimum of 3 LORs and maximum of 6

• Prior Service documents & Awards (if applicable), such as DD214, DMDC REDD report, NGB Form 22, DD 368, etc

• Full length photo (photo should be similar to the style of an official Department of the Army file photo; i.e. color, full-length, three-fourths front view with a plain background)

• Class 1W Flight physical (DD Form 2808 with the qualified flight physical stamp)

• DA Form 705 APFT

• UF 601-210.10 (UF 1227), Clearance Eligibility Questionnaire

• USMEPCOM 680-3ADP showing test scores of ASVAB, current physical, DAT results and color vision

• DA Form 5500/5501, Body Fat Content Worksheet (if applicable)

• Waiver Worksheet for all waivers and grade determinations for enlistment

• All BN level waivers w/UF 601-210.08 (Waiver Worksheet) and grade determinations must be approved prior to submission of WOFT packet

Letters of Recomendations

You will need a minimum of 3 letters of recomendation. Seeing as this is a competitve program you should obtain 6, which is the maximum. You must obtain at least one of these letters from a current or former Army Warrant Officer. It is even better if that Warrant Officer is/was a pilot. If you do not know any Warrant Officers, contact 1st Lt Talley, and he will put you in contact with one. deyton.talley@cawgcap.org. at least 3 of the six should be from military members, the warrant included, the other three should be from leaders outside the military community, e.g. church, work, other volunteer oppurtunites.

Applying for WOFT

This is a very unique and special program, to begin the selection process meet with your local army recruiter and tell them specifically you are interested in WOFT. Do not let them sway you and be very assertive that this is the only program you are interested in. This program requires a lot of work on the recruiters behalf so they will be apprehensive unless you are 100% sure this is what you want.

Timeline

• WOFT Application: 6-9 months

• Basic Combat Training(BCT): 10 weeks (Graduate as an e-5 Sergeant)

• Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS): 7 weeks (Graduate as a WO-1 Warrant Officer)

• Warrant Officer Basic Course (WOBC) A: 3 weeks

• Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape (SERE) school: 3 Weeks

• Initial Entry Rotary Wing Training: 32 Weeks (Graduate with Army Aviator Wings) IERWT

• Advanced Graduate Flight Trianing: Varies based on airframe selected. 14 to 23 Weeks (Graduates are certified in their Air Frame) AGFT

• WOBC B: 3 weeks.

• INITIAL ASSIGNMENT. Roughly 2 and a half years from initial application date to first duty assignment. THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE WAIT TIME BETWEEN TRAINING SCHOOLS. It is not uncommon to wait several weeks or even months between trainings.

Local Recruiting Office

Army Recruiting Office Moreno Valley, CA

23080 Alessandro Blvd STE 230-A, Moreno Valley, CA 92553

(951) 656-4202