ScotyUSAFgirl, look on http://www.airforce.com/ for the FAQ's area. You will find what your looking for there, also you can chat with an advisor at certain times.

Hello, this is my first post. I plan on foing to the US Air Force Academy the fall of 2005 but i was wondering id anyone here knew the height/weight qualifications for becomming a fighter pilot? if so can u get back to me please! -scotygirl

Hi there, Apologies for the huge delay, have been working jolly hard and fighting hand to hand with a pants computer! All sorted now, thanks for your comments, as for the hawk shot, it did involve getting cold, wet and windy and the use of a 500 mm lens. Any other Q's concerning photographs or locations, feel free to ask. You will get a quicker

Has anybody considered making a sticky thread on: ''future fighter pilots?'' Seems really common. Anyway, first is some general advice for flying for any service, and possibly any nation: 1)Be an overachieving tool. Always go the extra mile. 2)Don't wait for a recruiter to come to you. In the US, aviators aren't recruited, YOU have to take the ...

To simplify the issue, compare the late model Sparrows, AIM-9M against their ARH counterparts(AIM-120). The AIM-120 offers BOTH a ''semi'' SARH and ARH mode of launch. The AIM-7 is limited completely to SARH. It's easy to think the SARH gives you a ''second chance.'' That's not true. Once the first missile has gone wild, you may as well take ...

The Rhino(as the SH is getting called) is a completely different aircraft from the original Hornet. It has more powerful engines, a better radar, more payload capacity, more bombs per plane than the Tomcat, the latest in countermeasures technology, and a completely revolutionary flight profile ability which you can't tell just by looking. One ...

I sure am happy that I am flying a single engine fighter :o)

I am in late so I hope some are still watching. As a 24000 hr instructor pilot, I am amazed at the misinformation given out. Vmc is not affected by weight as much as one might think.. As weight increases, the CofG moves aft. Vmc is a function of the amount of lift that the fin and rudder can produce to offset the assymetric thrust of the engines. ...

I am an Instruments Bench Technician, and currently I am working on the same problem. If you're still interested, write me at: airman78775@yahoo.ca Michael

Very nice post. Says it all !