Winging Numbers

[insanebikerboy]

Do they still award numbers when you wing? It was around 29000 when I winged in 08, curious what it’s up to now.

 

[mad dog]

Do they still award numbers when you wing? It was around 29000 when I winged in 08, curious what it’s up to now.

Say what? I thought they quit doing that a long time ago. When we winged in 1988, we were not assigned a specific NA number…but we were assigned a specific helo NA number…

 

[insanebikerboy]

Say what? I thought they quit doing that a long time ago. When we winged in 1988, we were not assigned a specific NA number…but we were assigned a specific helo NA number…

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Good catch, I meant helo numbers, not overall NA number.

 

[kejo]

Yes we still do, and we’re over ~36,200 or so!

Edit: They’re called “R” numbers for those who don’t know.

 

[jointhelocalizer]

Are USCG Aviators included in that count? I know there is a CG Aviator number and they are referred to as Coast Guard Aviators, but they do earn NA wings.

 

[Griz882]

Are USCG Aviators included in that count? I know there is a CG Aviator number and they are referred to as Coast Guard Aviators, but they do earn NA wings.

If they are unrestricted (helo) aviators, yes.

 

[mad dog]

Yes we still do, and we’re over ~36,200 or so!

Edit: They’re called “R” numbers for those who don’t know.

What does “R” mean? Does it mean “range”? I thought I had seen or read somewhere (maybe it was here at AW) that given your year of winging, a range of numbers was applicable as your NA number…which would not be a specific number but a range of numbers.

 

[kejo]

“R” simply means rotary. For whatever reason the rotary community is the only one that continued issuing and tracking the numbers through the years since rotary aviator #1. NHA has a database where you can look up each one.

 

[Brett327]

Say what? I thought they quit doing that a long time ago. When we winged in 1988, we were not assigned a specific NA number…but we were assigned a specific helo NA number…

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I’ll say this… you’re a much better archivist than my own mother is with my school projects from 1976, which is saying a lot.

 

[mad dog]

I’ll say this… you’re a much better archivist than my own mother is with my school projects from 1976, which is saying a lot.

Yeppers…I’m a really, really good archivist…recently, I archived “Old AOCS dude invades the USNA and unsuccessfully attempts to climb the Herndon Monument”…