Going from Army to Air Force?

[Armylife]

hey, I am interested in join the Army with the infantry but I am also interested in firefighting which happens to be in the Air Force. So my question is if I join the infantry and say 5 to 10 years down the road I, for some reason or another wanna try for the firefighting, would I be able to transfer over to the Air Force?

 

[portcullisguy]

I don‘t think there would be a problem, but you would have to do some courses for sure. I don‘t know if you‘d keep your rank or not.

A friend of mine went from reserve army MP to reserve air force technician (of some description), took a few months and he had to do some courses.

Expect a file folder full of paperwork for it though.

 

[Scoobie Newbie]

You would request a LOTP (Land Occupational Transfer Process) for fire fighter (within your first 6 years of service). After that there are VOTP‘s (voluntary occupational transfer) and a few others. So yes you can go in under the Infantry banner and transfer over to another trade. Not the easisest route but still possible.

 

[Spartan]

and transfering between elements can take 6-8 mths--
got that heads up today

 

[Armylife]

ok thx
I had a feeling that if it was possible that it would take some time, but now knowing that it can be done makes me feel at bit better.