Air Force ROTC

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Address

Department of Air Science
Astronomy Building
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400188
530 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4188
(434) 924-6831 Fax: 982-2842
Toll Free: 877-UVA-USAF (877) 882-8723
afrotc@virginia.edu
http://www.virginia.edu/afrotc

The Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (AFROTC) at the University of Virginia affords students the opportunity to receive U.S. Air Force officer training while completing undergraduate studies. AFROTC is the largest of the Air Force’s three commissioning programs.

AFROTC offers commissioning opportunities for students during their undergraduate studies. The full four-year program is designed for students who join during their first year of college. These students take all four years of Air Science classes and attend a four-week summer field training encampment at an Air Force base between their second and third years. Students may also enroll during their second year of college once approved. Approval can be attained by contacting the cadre at the the number or email address noted to the right. Those students will then dual enroll in both the AIRS 1000- and AIRS 2000-level courses during their second year of college and attend the four-week summer field training encampment.

Unless a student earns an AFROTC scholarship, no service obligation is incurred during the first two years of the four-year program. However, all students who enter into the last two years of the AFROTC program, called the Professional Officer Course (POC), enter into a contractual obligation with the Air Force to serve on active duty upon commissioning.

After graduation and commissioning as second lieutenants in the Air Force, many graduates serve in a variety of career fields with a four-year active duty service commitment. Interested and qualified students may compete to become Air Force pilots or navigators. Successful pilot and navigator candidates serve ten and six year active duty service commitments, respectively.

College Scholarship Program

Qualified students may be offered an AFROTC scholarship for full or partial college tuition, incidental fees, textbook allowances (currently $600 per year), and a tax-free monthly subsistence allowance of $300 in their first year, $350 the second year, $450 the third year, and $500 per month in their fourth year.

Air Force ROTC students normally take the following courses in numerical sequence, including AIRS 100, a weekly, two-hour leadership laboratory. Special student status allows any student to take any of the first two years of Air Science classes on an elective basis. However, these students are not considered cadets and do not attend AIRS 100. The 1000 and 2000 series courses are one credit hour each and the 3000 and 4000 courses are three credit hours each.