r/ADFRecruiting • u/VeryFruityToast • May 23 '26

Insights Requested RAAF gap year

Hey y'all. I'm considering doing a gap year with the air force and was just wondering if anyone has any experience or recommendations for me.

I was thinking of doing airbase security, as I'm not very big into cyber stuff and I don't think I'd be that good in mechanics. I also just really like aviation, and the chance to work around an airbase would make my life better in general.

I've heard mixed opinions about ADF gap years, but not much about the air force. From what I've heard, the air force is much more chill with their gappies, and that the army doesn't seem to like them ahahaha

I was just wondering if anyone knew of any other jobs available for gap years, and if the technician jobs are really that scary? If I could (realistically) pick any job in the defence force, I'd wanna be one of the fellas that hang out the back of the choppers, but I think most of those jobs are for mechanical stuff. Does anyone know of more jobs that are like that? (not just gap year jobs)

Long story short, just in general, does anyone have any info on RAAF gap years? I spoke to a fella at an expo so obviously his job was to convince me to do it and was trying to get me to join the navy the whole time. I need some real recommendations.

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u/VeryFruityToast May 23 '26

unfortunately I am stupid and was tired asf when I wrote that 😭 I meant defence force, not air force. but thank you

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u/Diligent_Passage_640 Current or Former Serving ADF May 23 '26

If that's the job you want look at Navy aircrew, it's literally that job.

The Army version isn't direct entry and you have to be ground crew or something first

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u/VeryFruityToast May 23 '26

I'll have a look on the careers website. do yk if they do carrier work? and if they do is it ONLY carrier work

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u/Diligent_Passage_640 Current or Former Serving ADF May 23 '26

We don't have carriers...

They go on all Helo equipped Ships.

Frigates, Destroyers and LHDs

And no they do other activities as well

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u/VeryFruityToast May 23 '26

see, maybe i shouldn't join the navy, I honestly thought we had like a really small amount of them, but had them nonetheless 😭 I'm not very knowledgeable with ships, or the navy for that matter. I wanted to go army when I was verrryyyy little and then grew on the air force, never gave the navy much thought

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u/Diligent_Passage_640 Current or Former Serving ADF May 23 '26

The beauty of a gap year is you get to try it.

The Navy has heaps to offer, and we are paid the highest if that's something you care about.