Can a person in the Navy switch to the Air Force?

Answer 1

Nope - once you're a part of a service branch, you're stuck until your hitch is up. They spend a lot of money training you, and they're not about to let another branch get the benefit they paid for.

You can always join after you get out, but to be blunt you'd be screwing yourself. The Air Force has a much slower advancement, they break down the jobs that one person in the Navy does into 2 or more people to justify budgets and manpower levels (I used to be stationed at the Pentagon), and the Navy Department has a bigger air force than the Air Force does.

What you CAN do is to change rates to a Naval Aviation rating, as long as your ASVAB scores allow it and the rating is equivalent or higher than your current one, and there is a manpower need for it. Given the current state of force requirements, I'd bet money there is one.

If you really want to be in the Air Force, and I can't imagine why, you're only option is to wait until your hitch is up and enlist with them. You're likely to get inducted a stripe lower though.

Answer 2

It's possible ... but not easy (and very uncommon). Usually you must be discharged from one service and then enlist in the other.

Answer 3

You'd have to get discharged from the airforce first.