Pakistan Air Force Cadet To Join U.S. Air Force Academy

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Pakistan Air Force Cadet To Join U.S. Air Force Academy

Islamabad - In a ceremony held today at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Michael LeFever, U.S. Defense Representative to Pakistan, presented Pakistan Air Force Cadet Mahhad Nayyer with an appointment letter to the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2014.

"Cadet Nayyer was one of only 19 international cadets worldwide selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy," said Vice Adm LeFever. "This is a truly impressive accomplishment and a testament to the caliber of the type of military officer the Pakistan Air Force produces."

The mission of the U.S. Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the Air Force in service to their nation. Cadet Nayyer will become one of more than 4,000 students who will receive an accredited Bachelor of Science degree after an intensive four-year curriculum of study.

Appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy are one aspect of military training between the U.S. and Pakistan that helps promote understanding and enhances military-to-military relationships while also boosting capability and expertise of both nations. The U.S. has provided training for hundreds of Pakistani military officers in a wide range of leadership and development programs covering topics such as counterterrorism, intelligence, logistics, medical, flight safety, and military law.

 

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U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael LeFever, Chief of the U.S. Office of the Defense Representative to Pakistan (L), presents a U.S. Air Force Academy letter of appointment to Pakistan Air Force Cadet Mahhad Nayyer (R)

 

[behram]

Pakistan Air Force Cadet To Join U.S. Air Force Academy

Islamabad - In a ceremony held today at the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad, U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Michael LeFever, U.S. Defense Representative to Pakistan, presented Pakistan Air Force Cadet Mahhad Nayyer with an appointment letter to the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 2014.

"Cadet Nayyer was one of only 19 international cadets worldwide selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy," said Vice Adm LeFever. "This is a truly impressive accomplishment and a testament to the caliber of the type of military officer the Pakistan Air Force produces."

The mission of the U.S. Air Force Academy, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is to educate, train and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead the Air Force in service to their nation. Cadet Nayyer will become one of more than 4,000 students who will receive an accredited Bachelor of Science degree after an intensive four-year curriculum of study.

Appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy are one aspect of military training between the U.S. and Pakistan that helps promote understanding and enhances military-to-military relationships while also boosting capability and expertise of both nations. The U.S. has provided training for hundreds of Pakistani military officers in a wide range of leadership and development programs covering topics such as counterterrorism, intelligence, logistics, medical, flight safety, and military law.

He will graduate as an officer from USAFA. But he can't go for UPT?

 

[Justin Joseph]

He will graduate as an officer from USAFA. But he can't go for UPT?

Each year they induct dozens of international students this year a Pakistani one of them.

 

[behram]

Each year they induct dozens of international students this year a Pakistani one of them.

He's not the first Pakistani that attended USAFA, they're many who have. My question is do they go for UPT course or not?

 

[fatman17]

U.S. Navy Vice Admiral Michael LeFever, Chief of the U.S. Office of the Defense Representative to Pakistan (L), presents a U.S. Air Force Academy letter of appointment to Pakistan Air Force Cadet Mahhad Nayyer (R)

the cadets wearing glasses! no 20/20 vision required anymore for fighter pilots? or is the cadet a 'engineering' student?

 

[S_O_C_O_M]

the cadets wearing glasses! no 20/20 vision required anymore for fighter pilots? or is the cadet a 'engineering' student?

Air Force
To enter flight training, a candidate must pass a Flight Class I Flying Physical. To become a pilot, that means the candidates vision can be no worse than 20/70 (correctable with glasses to 20/20) in each eye. To enter Navigator Training, the candidate can have vision no worse than 20/200 in each eye (also must be correctable to 20/20).

After flight school, the standards relax a little. Pilots and Navigators who have already graduated flight training, can remain fliers as long as their vision doesn't deteriorate beyond 20/400 in each eye (correctable to 20/20).

Normal depth perception and color vision is required.

Effective May 21, 2007, applicants who have had LASIK eye surgery are no longer automatically disqualified from flight training. See related article.

Vision Requirements to Become a Military Pilot/Navigator

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

I suppose its a positive , move 1 cadet out of population of 180 million people is not really alot but its more of a hypothetical gesture

But time to wave the red and white

 

[behram]

My question is that will this cadet upon graduation from USAFA attending UPT? Or he'll just graduate only as an officer.

 

[Chogy]

My question is that will this cadet upon graduation from USAFA attending UPT? Or he'll just graduate only as an officer.

USAF UPT is an entirely different entity from the Air Force Academy. The Academy is the AF version of West Point. It is a school (a very challenging one with a massive course load) with an emphasis on the sciences, engineering, as well as military matters. They have an extensive aviation curriculum which includes soaring, parachuting, and light aircraft flying, but no jets.

If Pakistan has a program of exchange with the USAF to take students into UPT, as the U.S. does with other nations, then this cadet, if he is physically qualified to fly, would be an excellent candidate for UPT. But no, normally there is no automatic USAFA --> UPT track, unless this is something Pakistan has arranged beforehand.

 

[behram]

USAF UPT is an entirely different entity from the Air Force Academy. The Academy is the AF version of West Point. It is a school (a very challenging one with a massive course load) with an emphasis on the sciences, engineering, as well as military matters. They have an extensive aviation curriculum which includes soaring, parachuting, and light aircraft flying, but no jets.

If Pakistan has a program of exchange with the USAF to take students into UPT, as the U.S. does with other nations, then this cadet, if he is physically qualified to fly, would be an excellent candidate for UPT. But no, normally there is no automatic USAFA --> UPT track, unless this is something Pakistan has arranged beforehand.

Finally a reply. Thanks for the info, now I get it. Check Six and Fly Safe!

 

[blain2]

I suppose its a positive , move 1 cadet out of population of 180 million people is not really alot but its more of a hypothetical gesture

But time to wave the red and white

This may be an exchange program or a unilateral one. Keep in mind that each year, one (1) cadet from the PMA (Army) goes to RMAS (Sandhurst). This is done not because Pakistan needs to send people over, but to further the ties between the countries and their respective armed forces. I see the USAFA opportunity as a similar one.

 

[mahhad.nayyer]

No I wont go to UPT. I have to come back and serve in PAF after graduation!

 

[virkambhatt]

Pakistan Air Force Cadet To Join U.S. Air Force Academy and it is a great for the people of pak because it is a great opportunity to work with a powerful country like U.S. and it place a unique place in the field of technology and power.


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[Ahmad Abdullah Ravian]

the cadets wearing glasses! no 20/20 vision required anymore for fighter pilots? or is the cadet a 'engineering' student?

May be he likes to wear glasses like I do just for Personality