The WOFT (Warrant Officer Flight Training) program is still going strong at Fort Rucker. It has changed, however, in the way it is managed. Previously, the Warrant Officer training and the flight training were done simultaneously, while now the candidate must finish Warrant Officer training and then goes through the flight portion as a Warrant Officer.
And I'm sure that the WOFT program is every bit as competitive as it was back in 'my day'.
The idea of a typical high school graduate getting in is rather ludicrous.
I think it must have been the Marine Corps program that was discontinued........I distinctly remember seeing on some news program that the guy they were interviewing was the last warrant officer left.........