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Posted on 5/3/19 at 6:58 pm to chinhoyang
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Robin Olds, jet fighter ace:
I've had the great fortune to talk and share adult beverages with him
the gut in the third pic too :bow: :bow:
Posted on 5/3/19 at 6:59 pm to cable
quote:That and maybe an eye test.
I think there is a short test and an interview. So not too bad.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:06 pm to Boo Krewe
Lol..... you think 250 mph is fast?
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:07 pm to 777Tiger
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777Tiger
What’s your favorite plane to fly?
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:07 pm to chinhoyang
Gay pants on second pic from the bottom.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:09 pm to northshorebamaman
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No, I used to do contract work at the Air Command and Staff College so I mostly observed them with their peers. They were obviously sharp, motivated dudes, but if not for the flight suits most of them came off more like IT guys. Again, not knocking them, I just agree with the guy that the popular perception (Maverick and Iceman types) isn't typically the reality. And that's actually a good thing.
They may not be Iceman and Maverick but they aren't IT dweebs by any stretch. Probably on their best behavior because they were at school.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:10 pm to Saint Alfonzo
quote:could be
Probably on their best behavior because they were at school.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:11 pm to 777Tiger
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says the guy who couldn't even try, much less hack it in pilot training, and watched all of us take your girl right in front of you because she'd lost that loving feeling
I jump out of planes. No need to fly.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:12 pm to Saint Alfonzo
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Probably on their best behavior because they were at school.
as I mentioned, playing to the audience
was out on the boat a couple of days ago with a few former aeronautical assassins, you would have thought it was a pirate ship 
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:13 pm to ThatMakesSense
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I jump out of planes.
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No need to
jump out of a perfectly good airplane
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:13 pm to Boo Krewe
I could land on the aircraft carrier in Top Gun on NES. Pretty sure that qualifies me to be a fighter pilot.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:15 pm to Boo Krewe
2020 vision to start
Top 10% of military flight school
There are more pro baseball players than there are fighter pilots in the us
Top 10% of military flight school
There are more pro baseball players than there are fighter pilots in the us
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:15 pm to 777Tiger
quote:I was also fresh out of the grunt world when I took that job so the whole AF (especially the Air University) was more laid back and corporate than what I was used to so that might have played a part in my perception.
as I mentioned, playing to the audience was out on the boat a couple of days ago with a few former aeronautical assassins, you would have thought it was a pirate ship
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:17 pm to 777Tiger
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as I mentioned, playing to the audience was out on the boat a couple of days ago with a few former aeronautical assassins, you would have thought it was a pirate ship
I spent 15 years in carrier aviation. Never met a pilot I considered nerdy. Met some arrogant douchebags, for sure, but no IT guys with wings.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:18 pm to Saint Alfonzo
My cousin went to Annapolis, he’s flying f-35s now, total douche canoe, fighter pilots can get away with it though.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:19 pm to Boo Krewe
Go sign up with the Air Force and let us know what they tell you afterwards.
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:19 pm to northshorebamaman
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I was also fresh out of the grunt world when I took that job so the whole AF (especially the Air University) was more laid back and corporate than what I was used to so that might have played a part in my perception.
I will grant you that there are some extremely technical, anal, wrapped a little too tight around the axle guys, some may tip the scales in the nerd direction, but they are not to be fricked with either, cold blooded killers
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:20 pm to Tunasntigers92
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How rigorous are the tests?
Can't be color blind.
20/20 vision
5'9-6'5
Sitting Height of 34 to 40 inches
No history of hay fever, asthma, or allergies after the age of 12.
Become an Officer.
And then don't forget about the crazy arse hell tests like how well your body can handle g-forces. Failing once and you're lucky if you ever get it. Fail 3 times and you'll never be looked at again
LINK
Posted on 5/3/19 at 7:20 pm to pankReb
Holy cow
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