"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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"Paul E. Lehmann" wrote

If one learns how to fly single engine and multi engine aircraft in
the airforce at a military flight school, does one automatically get a
single engine, multi engine and commercial license upon graduation?
Is this valid for civilian flying after discharge?

Not automatically, one must present log books at an FAA office
and take the "Military Competency" examination, an FAR test of
about 25 questions. I received my Commercial ASMEL-Instrument
certificate via that route. See FAR 61.73 for more details.

Bob Moore

We didn't need to present any logbooks, and there were 65 of us in my class,
so the FAA came to us and gave us the test on base. I'm guessing the FAA
approved our "logbooks" as a result of the USAF showing them our AF records.
However, we didn't get any single engine tickets since we didn't fly a
single engine aircraft in the USAF UPT I went through. Our pilot/instrument
check was in a T-38 so we took the Commercial AMEL written competency exam
and received a Comm/AMEL -Restricted to Centerline Thrust ticket. Later, I
went back to the local FBO and did some flying in a C-150 and took a Private
ASEL test and flight check for that ticket. Still later, I had to take a
checkride in an Apache to get the center line thrust restriction removed
from the Comm/AMEL ticket. Thank goodness for the GI Bill.

JB