Career Profile: Army Rotary Wing Aviator

David Birkbeck

Sezvo mwana wemakore ekuma80, kufemerwa kwangu kwepakutanga kwekupinda muchiuto kwaizova Tom Cruise - Top Gun mune jekete rechikwata chechikwata, kwete mubhedha-kuruka dude tine iye zvino. Ndaida kunyoresa Marine Corps kutanga, saka kushandisa imwe yezvinyorwa zvavo zvekutumira mapurogiramu kuti ave aviator yehondo.

Kunyange zvazvo ini ndisingazvidembi zvandakasarudza (kunyange makore akawanda gare gare, kungoti ini chete ndinopfeka chikwata chechikwata chekuti chikwata ndechekuti ndakawana imwe shoma paBay) Ndinoshuva muchivande kuti mumwe munhu akandikonzera mumusana muduku unoshamisa Hondo yeWarrant Officer Flight Training (WOFT) Program .

Kunyange zvazvo Navy, Marines, uye Air Force yose inoda dhigirii yemakore mana uye mukuru wehurumende kuti aende, Hondo inobvumira chikoro chepamusoro chevadzidzi vanopinda muhotera ye helikopta. Kudai ivo chete vainge vatora mari yakawanda yekutora mafirimu akaita saNavy, ndingadai ndakawana nokukurumidza - nokuti zvakanyanya sezvandaifarira, kukanganisa pakati peSomalia nenzira yakati hakuna kumboita sechinhu chinotyisa sekurova avo vanotsvaga kana kuti vachishamwaridzana pamwe nemudzidzi wangu wekudzidzisa ndege pasi pemicheka yaMichael Ironside.

Muchiuto, Rotary Wing Aviators (helicopter pilots) achiri mauto, asi kwete maitiro akasiyana-siyana. Vaiva Warrant Officers , sarudzo yehondo yekuita vatungamiri kubva kune vadzidzisi vepamhizha yakadzidziswa pasina kuvanamatira nemitoro yakafanana yekuraira nevematongerwo enyika vanotarisana neverevenenants uye pamusoro. Vazhinji maWarrant Mahofisi mune rimwe basa rebazi rekushandira vanotungamirirwa, uye anenge makore gumi ezvakaitika mumunda wavo wehutano, asi Hondo inobvisa zvinyorwa.

Mauto ehondo / zvinodiwa

IWarrant Officer Flight Training Program yakazarurirwa vagari vemuUnited States makore gumi nemasere asi vasati vakura makore makumi matatu nematatu, avo vakapfuura mauto ehondo yeAptitude Aptitude Battery vane zvikamu zvinokwana 110 paGeneral Technical section chikamu chekuedzwa. Zvingave-zvive mapurisa zvinofanirawo kutora Runho yeKushandiswa kweKushandiswa kweMhepo uye kuenzanisa zvinenge 90.

Uye zvechokwadi, nokuti iwe unofanirwa kuona nzvimbo uri kuenda apo uri kubhururuka ndege-miriyoni-dollar, iwe unofanira kupfuurira kuongororwa kwakakodzera kwemuviri uye unoona kwete zvakanyanya kupfuura 20/50 (kurongeka kusvika 20/20 ).

Dzidzo

Sezvandambotaura kare, chirongwa cheWOFT chinoshamisa pakati pemapurogiramu epachikoro chekupinda mune zvekuti zvinoda chidimbu chechikoro chesekondari - kwete dhigirii, kwete ruzivo rwekutanga. Asi usatora cocky. Kana iwe wakagamuchirwa, Hondo inokutora mu Basic Basic Training (boot camp) semumwe musungwa akatorwa, kuti uone kuti unonzwisisa kuti hausi mucheche (kana kuti Girl) Scouts.

Mushure mokunge musasa webhaotori unouya vhiki matanhatu yeWarrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS). Kana iwe wakatoverenga pamusoro pevakuru vakuru , ipapo WOCS ndiyo chaiyo inonzwika se-kushandiswa kweGosa Rokudzidzira Chikoro rakagadzirirwa zvakananga kune Warrant Officers. Mushure mezvose izvi, iwe unokwidziridzwa kuWarrant Officer uye uchava neropafadzo yekukwazisa zvachose munhu wose muHondo. (Izvi zvinowanzoitika muuto rehondo zvinoreva kuti nokuti ivo vanoronga pamusoro pevakuru nevatungamiri vehurumende, Varrant Officers vanopedza nguva yakawanda kana varwi vachidzoka vachikwazisa kana kukwazisa vakuru vavo.)

Pakupedzisira, mutsva weWarrant Officers anotora mwedzi gumi yekudzidzisa ndege ku Fort Rucker, Alabama. Kufanana nemamwe mapurogiramu ekudzidzira ndege, munhu wose anotanga neine ndege imwe chete-munyaya iyi TH-67 Creek helicopter - iyo isiri kushandiswa mubasa rinoshingaira asi inopa vadzidzi nheyo yakasimba pakuongorora. Sezvavanowana ruzivo, vatyairi vechikoro vanoramba vachienda kunonyanya kuisa ndege chaiyo iyo ichabhururuka kwevamwe basa ravo.

CW3 Bernie Smith, mutyairi weruzivo weBlackhawk, akanyora nyaya iyi inobatsira iyo inotiyeuchidza nomutsa kuti kusarudza kwako ndege hakusi iwe unosarudza zvachose - kunobva zvakanyanya pamabasa ako kuchikoro uye iyo inzvimbo iyo Army iri kutarisira kuzadza . Saka zvakakosha kuenda kune purogiramu yakaita seyi nekubhururuka uye kumhanya sechisimboti chako chikuru, pane kuti mwoyo wako ugare pane imwe ndege.

Hazvina mhosva kuti shiri ipi yaunowana, vatyairi vepambaira vanopedza kudzidza kwemaawa 179 ekutengesa nguva pasi pemabhanhire avo, maererano newebsite yeFort Rucker.

Mabasa uye Mabasa

Masoja helo pilots anobhururuka nemhando dzose dzehondo nekusimbisa basa pasi pezuva, kusanganisira avo vasiri pasi pezuva. (Kubhururuka neusiku zviratidzo zvinonzwika zvinonakidzwa kusvikira waona kuti zvinoderedza sei.) Army's Warrant Officer Recruiting site lists, pakati pevamwe misheni iri murairi yechirangaridzo, "kubvuma, kuchengetedza, kurwisana, kuponesa, kuparadza mhepo, mamiriyoni kutakura, mukati / kunze mutoro, uye paradrop / rappelling operations. "

Iyi misangano inogonawo kusiyanisa zvichienderana nehuwandu hwemotokari dzezvikwata:

Warrant Officer vanofambisa ndege vanogonawo kukwevera zvigaro zvisingabatanidzi zvakananga nekubhururuka (izvo zvinopiwa kune ani zvake ari muchiuto). Asi kusiyana nevakuru vakuru, vakaramba vachitarisa mumabasa avo pakuva nyanzvi dzevatyairi, kwete kutsvaga mahofisi makuru emirairo.

Haisi kufamba mupaki, asi sezvandiri kuona, iyo Warrant Officer Flight Training Program inova mukana unoshamisa wekuenda kune rimwe basa semutyairi uye muuto wemauto, kunyanya kune avo vasingagoni kumirira (kana kutenga) dhigirii yemakore mana kutanga kutora maoko avo matsvina.