I'm 28 also, and I was 27 the day I walked into the Army recruiters' office and I'm now an Army Warrant Officer. The Army recruiter is jacking you around about having to be an E-4, but he is right about OCS, Commissioned guys don't get garuntees about their branch, unless you volunteer for Infantry, Armor, Field Artillery or Air Defense Artillery. I know some LTs that went to OCS are in Flight training here, they'll tell you they got lucky because they already had VALIDflight physicals and AFAST scores the day they showed up at Benning. I know guys that are in their early 30's without a degree that went through WOCS with me. As I understand it you can be a Navy NFO up until 30, but I didn't go that route and there are others here that are the experts not me. If you want to fly go see and Army recruiter tell them you want to do the WOFT (Warrant Officer Flight Training) program, don't let them jack you around, you will have to stay on top of the recruiter. It will take a few months to get you physicals and the paperwork done, then you turn in your packet, go to an interview and wait, if excepted you'll be sent to Fort Benning for Basic training (about 9 weeks plus a week of inprocessing. You do this if you go to OCS too.) then head to Fort Rucker for WOCS (One week, ideally, could be far more of inprocessing and a six week course) then you head onto flight school. If you really want to fly and be an O-1 try the National Guard, they told me they would promise you a platoon leader position, guarantee your aircraft and send you to Basic and OCS.
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