Can you go from air force active duty to air force reserve?

Answer 1

Yes. Most air guardsmen came from the regular air force; same with the army. During the Vietnam War many of the Air National Guardsmen piloting the F100 Super Sabre had been regular USAF pilots during the Korean War. Several of those Air Guard F100 squadrons were activated and sent to Vietnam. The time spent with the regular Air Force is combined with the Air Guard to make up 20 years of service...however normally (in the 20th century) at least 11 of those years had to be with the Guard. The pension is the same (except it goes by points...one dollar per point as an average), only the Guardsman collects his pension at age 60 instead of immediately (if he served with the regulars).

Answer 2

Yes. With the installation of new programs, the Air Force is able to switch any airman that wishes to crossover to any other service from any other service component. This in a nutshell means that you Amy go from Active Duty(AD) to Guard, Guard to reserve, Reserve to Active Duty, Active Duty to Civil Service, or any combo of the three with little problem. Of course, there are many prerequisites that need to be accomplished prior to the change, but it is possible. The Air Force is implementing a Total Force initiative in order to maintain all its airmen within all of its own branches by streamlining the process to go from component to component without too much hassle. Plus, most contracts end with a two year turnover period in inactive reserve, i.e. you will serve a 4-6 year contract with a two year contract as inactive reserve.

In addition, if you wanted to get really crazy, you may change to any other Service. If you wanted, you could go seamlessly from Air Force to Navy, Army, Marines, or Coast Guard(or any combination of the five). But why would you want to do that? The Air Force is the best.

(ref. Personal Experience)

Answer 3

You can enter the reserves without passing through any active duty. While on reserve, you may be called into duty, and there is no way to avoid this; however, it is only a possibility and a slight one at that, as opposed to a certainty.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Yes, once your active duty contract is expired, and you reenlist for a reserve component.

Answer 6

Yes; once your active duty contract is fulfilled, you may reenlist for a reserve component.

Answer 7

Yes, you can. However you would need to speak to an Air Force recruiter to do this.