But as in mastering any skill you need good material to start with; to get into one of the ten places on each training course you must meet minimum requirements of at least 1,000 hours flying time and experience leading a two-aircraft detachment, and these can only come with five or six years of consistently outstanding service after graduating from the Air Force Academy.
然而，就像練功夫一樣，想入名門，需要有足堪造就的資質、根底；要想擠進每期只有十個名額的假想敵中隊受訓名單，一千小時以上的飛行紀錄，和當上二機領隊，是最起碼的資格，而這些最快也得空軍官校畢業五、六年，在部隊表現優良才累積得出來。