AFJROTC 2021 Summer Flight Academy

NOTE:
​2021 Summer Flight Academy slots are closed. Information about 2022 Summer Flight Academy will be available soon!

HIGHLIGHTS


​All expenses (tuition, travel, room and board) paid to a major university to complete private pilot’s license during summer break.
- 150 Cadets nationwide in 2019 and 2020 -
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Competitive process includes Physical Fitness Test scores, aviation knowledge test, GPA, recommendations​.

Applicants must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale) and a fitness assessment score of 50 or better to submit a package or be nominated. 

​Applicants may be current sophomores, juniors or seniors and must be enrolled in AFJROTC.
​They must be 17 years of age before 9 July 2021.

The US Air Force JROTC implemented the first-ever Flight Academy program in 2018 that fully funded scholarships for 120 high school Air Force JROTC students to attend university flight schools during the summer after their sophomore, junior, and senior years. The scholarship paid for travel to a participating university, room and board, as well as all tuition and fees associated with the program. Students who completed the program earned their private pilot's licenses as well as up to 12 college credits. The program was so successful the last 2 summers (150 in 2019 and 2020) that the number of slots is planned to increase again for the summer of 2021. The program is open to Cadets nationwide in the AFJROTC program. It is competitive, and the application window will open September 8th, 2020. 

​Key Dates

8 Sep – 25 Nov 20
10 Nov 20 (1645-1745)
13 Nov 20
4 - 8 Jan 21
11 Jan 21
11 - 29 Jan 21
11 Jan – 26 Feb 21
11 Jan – 26 Feb 21
11 Jan – 26 Feb 21
12 Mar 21
1 - 26 Mar 21
Flight Academy application window
Aviation Qualification Test (AQT)
Applications due to Lt Col Jobe for Endorsement
Selection board
Notify Select and Alternate cadets
Cadet university preference(s) due in WINGS
Complete FAA Class I Flight Physical
Complete TSA Clearance (If Required)
Complete FAA Student PilotCertificate
FAA Medical and Student Pilot Certs due in WINGS
Selects matched to universities
​University program start dates WILL vary

​Contact Lt Col Jobe or Chief Garcia at the Forney HS AFJROTC offices if you are interested.