Welcome to the "Pride of the North"--Detachment 420 of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC).  We are the Aerospace Studies Department of the College of Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota Duluth and offer a minor in Aerospace Studies to students from UMD, The College of St. Scholastica, University of Wisconsin-Superior, and Lake Superior College.  Our mission is to develop educated, informed citizens and train cadets to be leaders in the United States Air Force of the 21st Century.  Our detachment is small enough to give each of our officer candidates individual attention, while ensuring they are very well prepared to take on the challenges presented to each new Lieutenant in today’s Air Force. 

AFROTC offers tremendous opportunities for those who participate.  The Air Force has over 100 career specialties to choose from, including an opportunity to fly that has never been better!  Nationwide, over 40 percent of AFROTC commissionees will go on to Air Force Undergraduate Flight Training.  Upon graduation, you will receive the same commission, rank (Second Lieutenant) and salary as those who attend the US Air Force Academy.  As a lieutenant, you will receive a yearly salary of over $38,000, free medical and dental care, plus 30 days vacation with pay every year.  With merit promotions, you can expect your annual pay to be around $55,000 after four years in the Air Force. 

It is not necessary to be "on scholarship" to be in our program.  I’m an AFROTC graduate who never qualified for a scholarship.  Now, not only are there a large number of scholarship programs, we also have incentive and stipend programs for our fully qualified cadets.  These programs range from traditional full, four-year, all tuition, fees and books scholarships, to shorter scholarships and incentive programs individually tailored for you that can cover all or part of your tuition.  In addition, cadets receiving scholarships and incentive payments receive a monthly stipend ranging from $250 to $400, depending on their class level within the program.

Sound interesting???  Money for school and a job afterwards???  Visit our site at AFROTC.COM, then email us at air@d.umn.edu or give us a call at (218) 726-8159 for the most current and accurate information on AFROTC and the Air Force.  But don’t take my word for it.  Talk to any of our cadets about the program.  If you do, you’re sure to be favorably impressed.  We'd like to see you in Air Force blue at the 420th soon!

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