What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?

The fastest, safest, and least amount of time to serve. My career goals are to helicopter pilot. Not for the military. I know that through the military I will receive the best training and get more experience.What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?You will need to attend the rotary wing course at Fort Rucker, AL. When you complete it, you will be appointed a Warrant Officer. Not sure what the active duty commitment is, but I believe it is 4 or 5 years.What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?
Focus on getting a stable job and get a cilivian pilot's license. If don't you plan on flying into hot LZs in the cilivian world just find a flying institute.What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?All branches of the military have helicopters, but I think all of them except for the Army require you to have higher education (and likely be an officer too).



I believe for the Army you need to be a Warrant Officer to attend flight school. Talk to a recruiter about programs the Army may have.



If you have no interest in the military though, I don't recommend that you join just to recieve flight training. The reason being that you will have 4 years minimum commitment, and there may be other requirements to be a commercial helicopter pilot.What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?
No before you start your flight training at Fort Rucker you have to go through basic training and then Warrant Officer Candidate School. If you pass both you become a Warrant Officer. If you don't you are ranked down to Copl. I was almost suckered into doing it but you will owe them at least 6 years. We used to transition all of the Fort Rucker heli pilots into fixed wing in Al. Think twice about a civillian heli carrer remember you are competing with all of those departing military heli pilots.What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?Commpilot pretty much answered you, but another thing to remember is that getting your rating through a civilian school will cost a lot of money, easily hundreds of dollars a flight hour. As for the 6 year commitment, it wont start until after you graduate flight school, and that can last anywhere from a year to a year and a half depending on what type of war time helicopter you end up learning to fly.



They train to fly helicopters. Civilian and military helicopters fly the same way. How they are used is different, not how they stay in the air.



You do not need to enlist in the army and then ask for flight school, there is a high school to flight school/street to seat program that you can look into.



It will not matter how you get there, you will owe 6 years from the time you pin on your wings. I went to WOC School with 11 years in the army, and when I finish flight school, I owe them 6, being an enlisted soldier will not decrease the time you owe the Army after flight school.



If you decide to enlist first, it doesn't matter what MOS you pick first, flight school is open to every MOS, and is designed to teach a person who has never touched a helicopter how to fly.What is the fastest way to become a helicopter pilot in the military?
if you don;t want to be in the military, then WHY on earth would you expect the military to agree to train you? you will be committed to serving x number of years in the military in exchange for the training. all branches save the Army require a 4 year degree before they will even think about talking to you. only the Army allows non degree holders to become Warrants and fly Helos, but again, you will be required to serve a minimum of 4-6 years .



BTW.. the military trains you in COMBAT aircraft. nothing like civilian aircraft. if you want to fly civilian helicopters, get your license on your own time and your own dime.
Its about even either way you go.



You can get your university degree and apply for flight school. that will take 4 years of school, plus a 3 year service commitment(Army) ,4 years commitment in the other branch's.



Or you can enlist in the Army, preferably in an avionics mos, take college class's and about your 3 year mark, apply for warrant officer school and flight school, again you will have an additional 3 year commitment after flight school.



So your looking at 6 byears one way, vs 7 years the other way.



The 7 years would probally be the better way, because then you would have a college degree .



And there are no guarentees that you will be selected for flight training either way.



Mostly it will depend on your score on the Flight Aptitude Selection Test .