Test pilot program open for applications

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Test pilot program open for applications
By Jim Tice - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Nov 7, 2007 10:51:30 EST

Candidates for the Army’s Experimental Test Pilot Program will be screened and selected by a board that meets at the Human Resources Command in February.

To qualify for assignment to the rigorous training program, an applicant must be an active-duty warrant officer (CW2 or above) or commissioned officer (year group 1997 or later) aviator.

Commissioned officers selected for the program automatically will be accessed into the Army Acquisition Corps, where they will spend the remainder of their career.

Applications must be received at the personnel command by Jan. 18. Officer evaluation reports submitted for this board must be received by Feb. 7. Code 9 complete-the-record reports are not authorized.

Aviators selected for the program will attend an 11-month course at the Naval Test Pilot School, Patuxent River, Md., which is the sole institution for training the Army’s research and development test pilots. Two classes are conducted annually, beginning in February and August.

Before attending test pilot school, officers must complete the Army’s fixed-wing multi-engine qualification course. Commissioned officers also must complete, either before or after test pilot school, the standard professional development regimen for members of the Acquisition Corps.


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