Careers: Military--Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, Coast Guard/Fighter Pilot requirements

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Expert: Rod Powers - 12/29/2006


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Well, I have been doing some research and hve talked to some recruiters about joining either the navy, marines, or USAF, but I havnt been able to find out what the size requrements are to be a pilot.  I know that the requirements for each aircraft was different, so I was wondering if you knew what these requirements are, especially for fighter jets.

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Fighter jets have ejection seats, and the ejection seats are designed for individuals who fall within a certain size and weight range (if one falls outside of the range, the chances of a sucessful ejection are much smaller).

For details, see: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/officerjo2/a/pilot.htm

The link I provided is for the Navy, but the Marines and Air Force use the same measurement standards.

Hope this helps!

Rod Powers
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.

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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.

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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).

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