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Life as an Officer in Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training

ENJJPT Euro-Nato Jet Pilot Training You will be in training with fellow officers from across the nation, Academy, ROTC, OTS, and AMS graduates, just like SUPT. However, ENJJPT differs from SUPT in that while some SUPT bases have foreign officers, student and instructor pilots from the NATO alliance are the bread and butter of ENJJPT. A typical class will be comprised of about 50%-65% Americans and the rest Europeans. There are no officers from any other branch of the US military such as the Navy or Marines.

As a class, you will learn early that you need to work together to graduate. Your class will get to design and make its own class patch that you will wear proudly on your flight suit during pilot training. Camaraderie starts here. You will make close friends with your pilot training classmates and many of them you will fly much of your Air Force career with. Pilot training is full of tradition. One tradition is the solo dunk tank - this water-filled dunk tank is decorated by your class and used to douse your classmates immediately following their first solo flight.

There will be ample opportunity to live on base during pilot training. As a married student you may be able to live in family housing on base (space-limited) or live off base. As a single student there will be room in the on-base student dorms for you to live. As of the fall of 2003, all single officers will live in the dorms rooms on base at Sheppard. Student dorms are furnished and include private bathrooms and kitchens

ENJJPT is located at Sheppard AFB, TX, which houses not only the 80^th FTW that is ENJJPT, but also the 82^nd Training Wing which is the largest technical school training wing in the Air Force. This makes Sheppard a fairly-good sized base, and you will find everything you need including: a commissary to buy all your groceries; a Base Exchange (BX) for various clothing, furniture and electronics; a 2 full-sized gym and fitness centers with a 3^rd, smaller one actually in the ENJJPT building and a 4^th being built; gas station and convenience store; golf course; and typically other recreational opportunities. Your time is primarily devoted to flying, studying, and preparing for your flights. However, you will have time to use the facilities on base and enjoy your time off in the local area. Weekends and federal holidays are usually off - however, at times when flights were behind schedule, students have flown on the weekends. Weeknights at home are usually spent studying for the next day's flight or simulator, memorizing regulations and publications, preparing flight plans and other mission planning, and chair-flying maneuvers and profiles.

Typically, students are not allowed to take leave during pilot training except between phase 2 & 3, and during Christmas break, so don't plan any extra time off, vacations, or events during your year of pilot training. You will need to be focused and devoted to the program. For the students with families, this can be a tough year, although they will accompany you to ENJJPT, your time will be filled flying and preparing for your flights. At the end it is all worth it as your friends and family watch your graduation ceremony as you are presented your Air Force pilot wings.

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