I want to be an air force heavy pilot, do i have to learn aerobatics?

Question

I want to be a air force heavy pilot. I want to fly the big transport and refueling planes. I read that at UPT (undergraduate Pilot Training) after you learn some basic maneuvers you learn aerobatics. Do you have to learn aerobatics, or is it only for the ones who want to fly the fighters. Do heavy pilots have to learn aerobatics?

I jst don;t think i can be pilot if i have to learn to do aerobatics. Stalls and spins i understand, because that may happen on a flight and you need to know how to recover. But flips and stuff, i cant handle.

I just want to know if its a required thing for all pilots. Or is it only for fighters? i have heard a lot of stuff so i don't know what to believe. so please be sure/

thanks!

Answer 1

Practice makes perfect. If it IS a requirement, I suggest you still give it a shot.

Answer 2

I would imagine all pilots learn the same concepts but personally I would worry more about sere school.  

-if they told me that I had to run around naked for three miles screaming "oorah Marine Corps" to be a pilot I would.  so dont worry to much about what you learn just enjoy the training that lets you fly rather than get you *** beat legally.

Answer 3

I'm geussing it wouldn't hurt. What else are you going to learn, how to stay stationary and get shot - the right way? (I'm geussing you'll do that too)

I'm geussing the whole idea is to learn how to position yourself not to be downed. I'm geussing it is universal and each frame and structure while different in capacities still follows some of the same basic principles and tactics, while others would be wholely unique. Transports can be relatively versitile - just not in the same arcs (turning angles and verticle ascent /safe descent angles for stall etc..) or at the same relative speeds some bombers have gone quite fast - like MACH 3 --- which is faster than some fighters. Valykrie for instance - however the conditions of operations and turning velocities shear placements etc.. vary from structure to structure. (airframe to airframe- and components/modules loaded and cargo/load outboard and onboard)

PS what I found for one training plan is "crew resource management techniques, air-to-air refueling, airdrop missions and radar positioning and navigation" while the c-130 track is for standard c-130 missions.

There are two tracks for bigger planes.. atleast so the information says but I can't confirm it as accurate.

Answer 4

Even if you just drive ash & trash, the military presents unusual opportunities. KC-10's have been known to find themselves in inverted flight, though that's not within their operating envelope. Like so much in the military, you don't have to like it, you only have to do it.