Question about the Air Force?

Question

I am young, only 13, but I want to start preparing myself for the Air Force. I hope to be a pilot. Can someone tell me how I should start training and what I will have to do to reach my goal?

Answer 1

If you want to be a pilot, you need to have 20/20 vision, full color vision, full depth perception, and must be in good health. Many medical problems like asthma, allergies, color-blindness, claustrophobia, high blood pressure, vertigo, etc., can be automatic disqualifiers for becoming a pilot. If you wear glasses, you may still be able to become a pilot if your problem isn't severe (nothing greater than 20/80) and your vision is correctable to 20/20, but you can't be a fighter pilot unless you have 20/20 vision. Also, if you get in trouble with the police for anything other than a speeding or parking ticket or if you get into any kind of financial trouble, the Air Force won't take you.

To become a pilot in the Air Force, you must become an officer. There are three ways you can do this: (1) Get excellent grades in high school, get involved in school activities and civic participation while in high school, and write to your congressperson for an appointment to the Air Force Academy -- it's very competitive, but there's a big push on to get more women into the Academy, so you may have a decent chance if you're at or near the top of your high school class. (2) Do well in high school and get accepted to a college or university that has an Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corp (ROTC) program -- if you're accepted, the Air Force will pay for your college, and in return you have to take ROTC courses, spend your summers drilling with your ROTC unit, and once you graduate you have to be an Air Force officer for at least 4 years. (3) Go to any college or university, get a Bachelors' Degree with a minimum cumulative 3.0 GPA, then apply for Officer Training School -- if you're accepted, you'll spend 18 weeks at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama going through the officer equivalent of basic training.

BOTTOM LINE: The keys for getting in are: (1) Get all A's and B's in school from here on out, (2) Be involved in school sports, National Honor Society, and other school activities, (3) Do volunteer work with your church or in your local community, (4) Stay out of trouble with the law, (5) Stay out of financial trouble, (6) Keep yourself in good physical shape, and (7) Hope and pray that you don't have or develop a medical condition that would disqualify you from pilot duty.

Good luck! Remember, AIM HIGH!!!

Answer 2

Top Grades in High school.. College Prep Courses and AP courses preferably. Be involved in the community.. Scouting, Volunteering. paly a sport..even intramurals is fine, doesn't have to be Varsity.

Start applying to the Academy between your sophormore and Junior year in HS. waiting any longer than that you run the risk of missing out being able to go right after graduating.

Go heavy on the Hard sciences..Math, Chemistry, Computers. These are the ones most in demand right now.

Just remeber that Aviation requires a very stringent Physical requirement, and you may not qualify for a pilots slot upon graduation.

If you do not get into the Academy( and many qualified people won't) then go to a college that has an AFROTC program. again.. Hard science degree.. Engineeering, etc. remain active in the community, take on leadership roles on and off campus. be well rounded.

Answer 3

Welcome to the air stations. For one, from rotc to the actual
stations they are in combat very extreme. When I was your
age I passed at Top Gun. The flights were enough to tell me
even though I am in reserves and sometimes fly, it is a very
sirius place to be. The point I give you is nowadays these are
battleships and even the commercial jets I fly are exhausting.
The problem is that there is very little home support of the fine,
and refined order. I do not discourage you, but the great
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Answer 4

Check into your local schools and see if any of them offer the ROTC program. If you take the course for four years you can enter into the Air Force as an officer.

Answer 5

Look in to an ROTC program in your area. If you can get a 4.0 GPA in high school then you might get to go to the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Answer 6

You will need great grades, be in terrific physical shape and perhaps a huge vested interest in understanding that being in any armed service may someday call for you to put your life at risk without question for people you really don't know. Especailly more these days than any other.

Answer 7

Just keep in shape. Try running. And better hope you have good enough vision. Then, when the time comes, sign up. They will train you how to do the rest. Hope this helps.

Answer 8

Get good grades, focus on math and science. How is your eye sight? You need a 4 year college degree. Just keep your weight in check and regular physical fitness would be good. You'll be flying the plane not fighting it. Best of luck.

Answer 9

I would contact the RAF via their website and tell them about you plans to join the RAF. They should send you some information and you never know, they might invite you to an open day somewhere. Good luck with your ambitions.
WWW.rafcareers.com

Answer 10

This is impossible to answer What is his job? Each job as a different time length to be trained Also the minimum enlistment is 4 years