AIR FORCE
Air Force officer flight records and flight training records may be located within the service record; however, they are more likely to be found in NPRC’s collection of microfilmed organizational records.
NOTE: Flight training records should NOT be confused with officer flight records, which provide a cumulative total of the officer’s career flying time. Flight training records are usually documented by and within the early years of an officer’s career, and may be included in the flight records.
If the request pertains to records (either type) from 1911 through 1995, request an OR search. Provide OR section with the veteran’s name and service/social security number and the LAST MONTH AND YEAR flown, if known. If only the last year is known, request a search of the month of December. NOTE: The Air Force has not created flight records since 1995.
If requester insists on additional searches (by month/year), advise requester that:
“Additional records will be made
available to you to review on-site at this Center”
Source: NPRC 1865.68 & NPRC 1865.120
ARMY
The Army issues a copy of flight records to the individual and a copy, if available, is placed in the personnel record. Duplicate copies are no longer available from any other facility. (All flight records that were formerly maintained at the U.S. Army Aviation Center, Fort Rucker, AL, were destroyed at that installation).
Flight training records are issued directly to the student on an annual basis, and copies are retained by the facility below for a period of one year only, and then destroyed.
U.S. Army Aviation Center
ATTN: Student Training Management Officer
Fort Rucker, AL 36362
Source: NPRC 1865.68
NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
If Aviation Training Jackets (ATJs) are requested, advise the requestor to contact:
(Before 1977):
National Archives and Records Administration - Southeast Region
1557 St. Joseph Avenue
East Point, GA 30344-2593(1978-Present):
Fort Worth Federal Records Center
501 W. Felix Street
P.O. Box 6216
Fort Worth, TX 76115-0216
The above records are scheduled for destruction when they are 50 years old. The military may transfer this record to the individual aviator upon retirement or release form military service.
Aviators Flight Log Books and NATOPS Flight Personnel Training and Qualifications Jackets are either destroyed or they may be given to the individual aviator upon retirement or release from military service.
Source: SECNAVINST 5212.5D, 22 April 1998
Source: NPRC 1865.68