Originally Posted by tx04
hello,
i will be graduating high school next summer and i'm trying to hammer out my plans for the future. i've been searching the internet for info on what to do to become a flight medic in the air force and am stumped. i found that this website was the most helpful but some of the threads on the subject did not answer some of my questions. do i need to become an officer? what kind of training will be provided and how long will i be in college? what classes should i take? if you could PLEASE help me, i would be VERY grateful.
First thing is to talk to a USAF recruiter.
You will have to go through basic training, then the 4NO medical service specialist course, The last time I checked you couldn't go directly into a flight position, you had to work as a USAF Medic then apply for flight school. If accepted you head off to wonderful San Antonio TX again for some more training.
You don't go to "collage" and there is nothing you can take in the way of classes specificly. There are things you can do to help. Take an EMT class, things like that. If you jsut looking at college, start with the core stuff,english, math, chem, bio and the like. That will set you up for whatever you want to do.
The other thing to remember, is that altough USAF flight medics are doing some front line work in Afghanistan, the vast majority are working fixed wing, multi patient long distance transports.
Oh and besides talking to the recruiter, you could find a base that has a flight unit and talk to them there.
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