Title: Fighter pilot - Wikipedia
Headings: Fighter pilot
Fighter pilot
Contents
Recruitment
Fitness
Tactics
Offensive
Defensive
Defense against missiles
G-force
Notable fighter pilots
Female fighter pilots
See also
References
Further reading
Non-fiction
Fiction
External links

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Ilmari Juutilainen, a Finnish WWII fighter pilot with Brewster BW-364 "Orange 4" on 26 June 1942 during the Continuation War. A fighter pilot is a military aviator trained to engage in air-to-air combat, air-to-ground combat and sometimes electronic warfare while in the cockpit of a fighter aircraft. Fighter pilots undergo specialized training in aerial warfare and dogfighting (close range aerial combat). A fighter pilot with at least five air-to-air kills becomes known as an ace . Contents
1 Recruitment
2 Fitness
3 Tactics
3.1 Offensive
3.2 Defensive
3.3 Defense against missiles
3.4 G-force
4 Notable fighter pilots
5 Female fighter pilots
6 See also
7 References
8 Further reading
8.1 Non-fiction
8.2 Fiction
9 External links
Recruitment
Fighter pilots are one of the most highly regarded and desirable positions of any air force. Selection processes only accept the elite out of all the potential candidates.