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US Air Force Aviation Pilot Careers

October 21, 2008 By admin

Being a pilot in the Air Force involves earning a commission as an officer in the Air Force. There are many different methods to do this, but each involves becoming an Air Force Officer Before becoming a pilot. As an Air Force ROTC Cadet, there are many different requirements to becoming a pilot or navigator. There are several ways to do that, but besides the Air Force Academy, most of the pilots in the Air Force come up through Air Force ROTC cadet training.

What Are The Basic Requirements?

The F-22 was commissioned in early 2005 as a new air superiority fighter, and it was refined into the strike ATF fighter that is now known today. For each, there are stringent requirements that disqualify many people. Here are the basic requirements to becoming an F-22 Air Force pilot or F-22 Navigator: To be an Air Force navigator you again cannot have any allergies, hay fever or asthma after 12 years of age One of the most state of the art airframes in existence, the F-22 Raptor is the newest addition to the fighter squadrons of the United States Military.You must meet the same height requirements as pilots; you must stand between 64 inches (5 foot 4 inches) and 77 inches (6 foot 5 inches) tall, and sitting height of between 33 and 40 inches. The F-22 has its origins in the observations of the Soviet fighter aircraft Flanker and Fulcrum in the 1980?s.

For F-22 Navigator you have to again meet the physical weight and height requirements as for being an F-22 Pilot, and have normal color vision and you have to have distant vision of at least 20/200 but corrected to 20/20, and near vision of 20/40 but corrected to 20/20. Pilots- You may not have any history of asthma, hay fever or allergies after age 12. And you have to have distant vision uncorrected to 20/50 and near vision of 20/20. And you have to be able to pass a Class I Air Force Flight Physical. The geometry of the two aircraft that the Soviet Union brought to production showed interesting advantages in vortex and lift performance. Both of the Soviet Airframes were flawed in serious ways, including being underpowered, but their basic airframes made aviation advances that were later incorporated into the F-22.

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Physical Requirements?

To be a F-22 pilot, you must stand between 64 inches (5 foot 4 inches) and 77 inches (6 foot 5 inches) tall, and your sitting height has to be between 34 inches and 40 inches. You have to meet the existing physical conditioning, weight and height Air Force requirements, and have normal color vision.

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Comments

  1. matt says

    November 6, 2009 at 6:26 pm

    Dear sir or maam

    I would like to know the best possable way to become an f-22 fighter pilot. I would also like to know all the requirements. I would love to serve my country in this way.

  2. Anthony says

    October 4, 2010 at 10:49 am

    Dear sir or madam. i would like to know the needed requirements to serve as an F-22 raptor pilot. It would be an honor to defend america in the skies.

  3. Allan Lambert says

    July 11, 2011 at 12:14 pm

    I am waiting until i finish high school so i can pilot one of these jets.

  4. iqmal says

    February 22, 2012 at 11:37 am

    i want to be pilot of F-22…

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