Hello, my name is Lucas and I had a few questions for you guys in the forums.
First off, I'm a junior in highschool and am interested in joining the USAFA. I have an excellent GPA at 4.3 and am currently in the top 1% in my class. I've seen that math is an important part of aviation, and considering I'm currently getting A's in my AP calculus BC class I don't think that should be any problem.

What my real question is—once someone becomes a fighter pilot, in this day and age (more like 5 years in the future when i would ostensibly be a pilot) will there even be any engaging of the enemy? I admit my knowledge of planes isn't that great, but from what I've seen about the new F-22 Raptors and the like, we (the US Airforce) will be destroying targets from miles away without them ever knowing we were even there.
I know our job as a country is to save lives, and I may be egotistic for wanting this, but for me to become a fighter pilot I want that adrenaline rush of being in a dogfight. I'm an adventurous person and love to push myself over the edge, and being in those life and death situations is what I want. I know that may seem odd, but I'm sure there are those out there that feel the same.

So, the long and short of it is—if I became a pilot in 5 years, what would my job entail?

Thanks a lot,
Lucas

I'm not an expert in this but your chances of getting into a dog fight now days is close to none. I've read you get some training on it, but it is never used in real combat situations. Now i'm not a real pilot and only 14 years old, so i'm not 100% sure, but I remember reading that somewhere

Jake

That really depends on how the world looks in 7-8 years (senior year+4 years of college+1 to 2 years of pilot training+on-the-job training).  If it is like now, most pilots will not see aerial combat.  They still train for it though.

lucky your too lucky

You might not get to dogfight, but you'd still get to fly some of the baddest jets around! Hey, if you're looking for an adreneline rush while you're flying, look into a career in airplane racing. I don't know how you break into that field, but a high speed airplane race would sure give you one heck of an adreneline rush!

robonut625:

You might not get to dogfight, but you'd still get to fly some of the baddest jets around! Hey, if you're looking for an adreneline rush while you're flying, look into a career in airplane racing. I don't know how you break into that field, but a high speed airplane race would sure give you one heck of an adreneline rush!

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