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  • At ages 13 to 18, you may join the Air Cadets and get a head start on your military lessons.
  • You should go to the official US Air Force website (I don't know what it is sorry, but Google it and you'll find it easily) and look up the jobs available, try to find out what interests you most - read every bit of information on every listed job ; ) Next, you should look at what the physical requirements are (for the Air Force I imagine it would be much lower than for the Army or Navy, but it 'may' still be more than you can currently handle, so it's best to find out early so that you can begin training to get into shape and pass the physical tests.) Then look into what's involved with training - see if they have a page dedicated to what happens during your time as a training recruit, see if there is anything involved that could be a problem. After all that, you should write down any questions you can think of (if you have any) and submit them to the proper help page on the website, or ring up / visit your local recruitment office. Then, wait until you're old enough, but every now and then recheck the jobs and physical requirements in case there's a change, always make sure you are at least equal to, if not above the physical requirements, and make sure you have a clear idea of what areas you want to enter into upon joining the Air Force : ) (There may be a cadet system in place that you can join at your age (Cadets would start off your basic training ahead of time, I did Army Cadets and we learnt things from parade drill to camouflage to first aid & survival skills, etc Eventually in the later years we also began weapons training {16+ here, but it may be different in the US}), I don't have any information about it though sorry, so you should try to look into that on their website too if you're interested : )
  • Study hard, keep your grades up, immerse yourself in sports and keep your fitness up. Do your homework and be prepared for when the time comes and you can enlist.
  • If you school has it, join and finish Junior ROTC and you can enlist as an Airman First Class. Also, not sure if you'd be up for this... but if you get your Eagle Scout in Boy Scouts, the Air Force will also grant you E-3. Air Force is a good choice! I love it! If you have any questions about active duty let me know, I'm stationed here at Beale AFB, CA and work in Emergency Management.
  • Civil Air Patrol is another option to look at. Look hard at what you want to do. If you want to fly, you have to be an officer. That means you need a college degree. Do well in school and have some extracurricular activities. Have FUN!
  • Hey there is also this sweet program out ther called Civil Air Patrol. It's the axuel Air force auxiliary. It's basickelly boyscouts on steroids. YOu learn how to do search and rescue, you can get a pilot's liscence, and in the processes you get to have a lot of fun. each squadron is run diffrentely but on average you have an aerospace educatoin night where you might take the cowing off an Airplane and have a look around, an emergency servisces night were you learn about search and rescue, haw to use a compuse, Hastey search, and all sorts of otherer things. The third meating of the month you might have a cadet program night where Youll learn basic drill and costumes and curtiscies. Finally you have my Favorite meeting night, PT Night, Here you do push-ups, situps and a mile run in a specific amont of time to advance in rank. When you advance to 2nd Lt. You recieve the mitchel awoard. This awoard not only makes you a 2nd Lt. in Civil Air Patrol, but it also will give you an enlistment bonus in the Airforce. I don't remember how that bonus works but I think that instead of going in as an E1 like everone else YOu go in as an E2 and therefore make more money. -- If your intreasted check out this sight http://www.gocivilairpatrol.com/html/index.htm There are some videos there. A little cheasee but when the events you see on those axueally hapen the feeling you get is truly exilirating.
  • Hey I remember being 14 years old and wanting to be a fighter jet pilot. My parents took me in for a physical an I was denied. If passed I was going to army school to be trained to be a pilot with flying lessons starting at 16 back then but it was 1983. You also have to be really good in math! Contact your local army recruitment post for more info, they'll put you on the right path! Best of luck and don't give up!

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