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Thinking of becoming a piolit.

2006-10-26 12:28:14 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Military

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Well, agreeing with the first person, you can go into the Academy, but you can't be more than 23 in July of the year you are applying.
However:
Vision Requirements

Qualification for flying duties requires meeting more stringent visual acuity, refractive error, color vision and depth perception standards. Pilot/navigator qualified status is not determined until the year of graduation.

Nearsightedness (myopia) commonly develops in the late teenage years. Therefore, it is possible you could meet the vision requirements for a flying career upon admission but not at graduation, thereby precluding you from ultimately being pilot or navigator qualified.

Disqualifying Procedures

Procedures to change refraction disqualify you for all military programs. This includes radial keratotomy (RK); photorefractive keratectomy (PRK); laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK); similar surgical/nonsurgical alteration to the cornea (e.g. orthokeratology); and any other experimental operations. Waivers may be considered for both PRK and LASIK, however, the waiver applicant must meet very strict preoperative and postoperative criteria. A waiver will not be considered until 12 months following the procedure to ensure full healing. LASIK is permanently disqualifying for any flying or special duty career field. Refractive errors in spherical equivalent of greater than +/-8.00 diopters are disqualifying and greater than +/-10 are not waiverable.

If you wear contact lenses, you must remove hard lenses (including gas-permeable lenses) at least 21 days and soft lenses three days, before the vision examination. An examination conducted without the required removal of contact lenses for the designated time is invalid and will delay your medical examination processing. If you wear prescription eyeglasses, bring them with you at the time of your physical examination. After you enter the Academy, periodic vision care and counseling will be provided at the eye clinic.

Visual Acuity

Qualification for potential flying duties requires uncorrected distant visual acuity of no worse than 20/50 (pilot) and 20/200 (navigator), correctable to 20/20 in each eye. Uncorrected near visual acuity of no worse than 20/20 (pilot) and 20/40 (navigator) must be correctable to 20/20 in each eye.

Refractive Error

The refractive error limits to qualify for potential flying duties are +2.00/-1.00 in any meridian and 0.75 astigmatism (pilot) and +3.00/-2.25 in any meridian and 2.00 astigmatism (navigator).

Color Vision and Depth Perception

Successful completion of the Pseudoisochromatic Plates or Farnsworth Lantern color vision tests and the Vision Test Apparatus – Near and Distant (VTA-ND) or Titmus Stereofly or Randot Stereo or Verhoeff depth perception tests is required. These standards are the same for both pilot and navigator qualification.

Hearing Standards

H-1 Profile. The H-1 profile qualifies applicants for Flying classes 1 and 1A, initial Flying Class II and initial III, Air Force Academy, special operational duty and selected career fields.

Definition: Unaided hearing loss in either ear no greater than:

Hz 500 1000 2000 3000 4000 6000
Db 25 25 25 35 45 45

HEIGHT STANDARDS

Standing Height
64 inches minimum to 77 inches maximum for both pilot and navigator qualification.

Sitting Height
34 inches minimum (pilot) and 33 inches minimum (navigator) to 40 inches maximum (both), measured while sitting erect, the distance from top of head to chair seat.


Standards
Disqualifications
Medical Waivers
Pilot/Navigator

2006-10-26 12:37:20 · answer #1 · answered by astronomychica 3 · 2 0

Try to get into the Air Force Academy. You need to have a four-year degree to become an officer, and you have to be an officer to be a pilot. There are other ways to become an officer than just the academy, but that's the best route.

2006-10-26 12:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

lol. I suspect one of the pre-requisits would be to correctly spell "pilot". You WOULD need a security clearance because of the secrecy behind the stealth technology. It's asier to be accepted to be a bomber pilot than a fighter jock. You'll become a military officer before being a pilot, and must be accepted to and pass basic flight training.

2006-10-26 21:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Keep your grades up, do JROTC, plenty of volunteer paintings for the duration of prime university, and follow the the USAF Academy. Along with going to a junior aviation university it is going to widely support your possibilities.

2016-09-01 03:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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