What do Air Force officers do? (Only 4% are pilots!)

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  • Explore the range and scope of the many things officers do in the Air Force. Hint It's a lot more than fly.
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  • @dallascorpio
    @dallascorpio 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Between two Ferns USAF edition.

  • @mdupar
    @mdupar ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I’m glad I found you guys. I’m prior enlisted AF and now I’m trying to help get my daughter navigate this process. So far she’s reached out to a recruiter and has started reading an AFOQT prep manual that I sent her. I’ve sent her some of your videos and encouraging her to listen.

  • @tremaineification
    @tremaineification ปีที่แล้ว +80

    They get paid to think

    • @kenlandon6130
      @kenlandon6130 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      paid to lead

    • @tremaineification
      @tremaineification ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@kenlandon6130 NCOs get paid to lead as well.

    • @kenlandon6130
      @kenlandon6130 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tremaineification true but officers lead in a more big picture way and they are leading more people as well. more moving parts to keep track of

    • @tremaineification
      @tremaineification ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@kenlandon6130 that’s what it says on paper. However, They have NCOs to do majority of the leading. The officers make the decisions hence they get paid to think.

    • @tremaineification
      @tremaineification ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kenlandon6130 Trust me that sounds awesome and it makes perfect sense. However, I’ve been in the Air Force for a bit and I can tell you from experience that it doesn’t go that way. The NCOs and SNCOs are doing the all of the leading and managing. The officers typically make the decisions based on the assessments of management I.e NCOs and SNCOs.

  • @musicalprodigy1
    @musicalprodigy1 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That music is completely unnecessary

  • @miguelgumulak8084
    @miguelgumulak8084 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    4% of airforce are pilots but 100% of marines are riflemen

  • @1anre
    @1anre 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Keeps sharing lads.
    Maybe bring on a special tactics officers or a SR officer next and their pathway on getting into the SOF realm of the Airforce and how it’s the best kept secret as being the best officer role amongst the other SOF officers positions across the other branches.

    • @airforceofficerpodcast
      @airforceofficerpodcast  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      have you checked out OnesReady? they've got plenty of content about Air Force special operations.

  • @kennixox262
    @kennixox262 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Spend a lot of time out on the golf course.

    • @kennixox262
      @kennixox262 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@kenlandon6130 USAF 1980-2005, thank you very much.

    • @kenlandon6130
      @kenlandon6130 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kennixox262 my bad

    • @kennixox262
      @kennixox262 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@kenlandon6130 As you probably know a lot of USAF officers, the 96% do all sorts of jobs, mostly in a management capacity but you have doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers, nurses, it is literally endless. While my comment on golfing was meant to be sarcastic; as a pilot, I did spend a fair amount of time on the golf course. Take my word, for anyone contemplating becoming a USAF officer, my advice, medical and intelligence would be some of the best career fields. Flying is not all it is cracked up to be - trust me. C-141B - C-17, not the glamours fighter type and have a lot more hours logged than most fighter types, plus we have a galley and airline style lavatory instead of a piddle pack that the ejection crowd uses

  • @hugoglenn9741
    @hugoglenn9741 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They figure out who is going to be stuck with the Combined Federal Campaign this year.

  • @hrishiwagh9916
    @hrishiwagh9916 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    They are airforce project managers

  • @MikeMiasuki-vy3xx
    @MikeMiasuki-vy3xx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    There are some real leadership intensive fields in the AF. Security Police (Security Forces) is one of them. One must leader all of the sub-career fields, be a leader on the base and in the community that they live in. They must insure troops are trained and ready. Certainly, most is done through the NCOs. Good NCOs are worth their weight in gold. Bad ones are a blood sucking leeches who destroy a unit's readiness. Mutiny and insurrection are both illegal. A good leader can be killed or taken out by just one bad NCO. Too bad troops don/t always see this. What is really bad is sometimes the IG and other DODIG agencies don't always see this. Careers are destroyed and can not be restored.

  • @soy.ingrid
    @soy.ingrid ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That’s deep

  • @kevinkazakevich5766
    @kevinkazakevich5766 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I thought most were pilots!

  • @elcidsolorzano
    @elcidsolorzano 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Much respect!!!

  • @mysterymayhem7020
    @mysterymayhem7020 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They sit around and look pretty because they can't do shit without NCO's around.

    • @helenatsuzuki1250
      @helenatsuzuki1250 ปีที่แล้ว

      Here’s the cookie you wanted because you’re so big and bad lmaoooo

    • @hubertcumberdale2570
      @hubertcumberdale2570 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Mad?

    • @rodbutler4054
      @rodbutler4054 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Smart newly commissioned officers find a knowledgeable NCO to discuss information before sticking their neck out and getting into trouble for impulsive actions that may reflect badly on their authority.