Choose Your Own Career Adventure in the Military

Choose Your Own Career Adventure in the Military — page 3
Up Up and Away You are sitting in the cockpit of an F-22 Raptor fighter jet waiting for clearance to take off You are an Air Force pilot assigned to the Air Force Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada Your job is to train the trainers who teach elite pilots to fly one of the most advanced fighter aircraft in the world It goes without saying that you are one of the best pilots the Air Force has to offer The F-22s are known for speed and stealth They can travel at twice the speed of sound and are hard to spot on radar They can be flown night or day in all types of weather at altitudes of up to 65,000 feet 19,812 meters This fighter is armed with heat seeking missiles radar-guided missiles and radar-guided bombs F-22 Rapors can perform both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions In other words you do not want to mess with this jet anytime or anywhere Top Gun Training The only crew aboard this very expensive aircraft is you a well trained pilot Your training began as a cadet at the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs Colorado After graduating as an Air Force officer it was on to flight training assignments in this country and overseas more training and lots of time in the air 6