![]() ![]() Ultimately they flew virtually all types of AAF aircraft. Candidates had to have a high school diploma and rate in the top 50 percent of the class, with at least 1.5 credits in math, and be between the ages of 18 and 22.ĭespite discrimination from some officers, 2,576 enlisted men are known to have graduated as sergeant pilots under this program. (Later in the program, technical sergeants and master sergeants were allowed to retain their higher rank.) It was never intended that sergeant pilots be placed in a position of command over an officer. Enlisted students would graduate as staff sergeant pilots and would serve as flight instructors, transport pilots and in similar utility roles. As aviation students, they would receive the same primary, basic and advanced flight training as aviation cadets who would be commissioned as officers upon graduation. As a result, in 1941 Congress authorized an enlisted pilot training program. On the eve of World War II, it soon became apparent that there were not enough college graduates or young men with two years of college to fill planned aviation cadet requirements. *Artifacts from this exhibit have been temporarily removed for conservation. ![]()
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