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Originally Posted by The_Blur
You can fly outside if the Air Force. The Navy has more aircraft, and the Army and Marines have aviators, too. The job of flying is effectively the same for all branches with the Navy possibly having you land on carriers at sea, which is difficult. All of these pilots and flight officers get FAA licenses in training.
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You forgot about the Coast Guard. But our pilots take a beating. A lot of their flying happens during bad weather, because that's usually when people need saving.
Getting into an academy has always been difficult and will probably be getting even more difficult with the current budget cuts. All the services will be looking to reduce their man power to save money. My cousin went air force and has been flying cargo. He went to a regular college and did the ROTC program through high school and college. After he graduated college, he went direct commission into the air force. If you want to know what the pay looks like, just google military pay. Pilots in the navy, air force, and Coast Guard are officers (O-2 and up I think) in the army, you can fly as a Warrant Officer(W-2, ect.). I'm nor sure what rank in the marines can fly. Military pay is based on your rank, not your job. And O-3 sitting behind a desk will get paid the same as an O-3 flying fighters. There are other pays that will make a difference however. Pilot flying off a carrier would get a hazardous duty pay.