Becoming a Warrant Officer

Flight Process

Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW)

  1. Applicant should contact their unit to arrange an interview with the State Aviation Officer and/or Aviation Unit Commander.
  2. Upon meeting all of the physical and mental requirements and successfully completing all required interviews, the applicant is placed on the standing flight school order of merit list (OML). Depending on the circumstances, they may be given and opportunity to attend training earlier then expected.
  3. Once they have completed Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS), the newly appointed warrant officers move through various stages of flight school.
flight school flow chart, 'path to success' small version

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    Initial
  • Warrant Officer Candidate School (WOCS) (6 Weeks)
  • Dunker (1 Week)
  • Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape (SERE-C) (3 Weeks)
  • Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC III A) (3 Weeks)
    Initial Entry Rotary Wing (IERW) Core
  • Pre Flight (2 Weeks 7.5 CPT)
  • Contact (8 Weeks, 45.9 Flight Hours, 7.5 Sim Hours)
  • Instruments (8 Weeks, 18.7 Flight Hours, 30 Sim Hours)
    Basic Warfighter Skills (BWS)
  • Basic Nav (4 Weeks, 19.0 Nav Hours)
  • UH-60 Black Hawk (13.4 Weeks, 50.1 Flight Hours, 33.0 Sim Hours—FSXXI Total Hours)
  • 133.7 Flight Hours, 78 Sim Hours (Current Total Hours )
  • 172 Flight Hours, 38 SIM HRS (+ Go-to-War Hours )
    Officer Basic Course (OBC)
  • Basic Officer Leadership Course (BOLC IIIB) (3 Weeks)
  • "Graduation" (133.7-190.5, Flight Hours, 78-111.1 Sim Hours)

This Page Last Modified: May 25, 2010.