Features experience-based test-taking strategies, tips, and techniques that will give you the edge you need to achieve a top score. Includes detailed review sections for all subtests in all three services' exams : language and reading comprehension, math knowledge, technical aviation and nautical information, physical science, mechanical comprehension, and mental skills (hidden figures, spatial apperception, situational judgment, table reading and more. Provides an overview of each exam, including the test's format, the number of subtests and questions per subtest, and time limits. Answers your questions about the requirements for becoming an officer and military aviator and provides descriptions for today's most common American military aircraft.

Includes practice tests for the Air Force Officer Qualifying Test (AFOQT), Army Selection Instrument for Flight Training (SIFT), and Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard Aviation Selection Test Batteries-Enhanced (ASTB-E).

Part 1. Aviation and the all-volunteer American military. Chapter 1. Officers and aviators, professionals all. the role of the American military in today's world ; Roles, duties, and opportunities of military officers ; Military rank, structure, pay, and benefits ; Requirements for becoming an officer and aviator ; U.S. Air Force ; U.S. Army ; U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ; U.S. Coast Guard ; Chapter 2. American military aviation. Overview of fixed-wing aircraft (airplanes) ; Overview of rotary-wing aircraft (helicopters) ; U.S. military aircraft summaries ; Attack aircraft ; Bombers ; Cargo aircraft ; Fighter aircraft ; Special purpose aircraft ; Tanker aircraft ; Attack helicopters ; Cargo helicopters ; Utility helicopters ; Other U.S. military aircraft -- Part 2. Testing formats and review information. Chapter 3. Test information. Test formats ; Air force officer qualifying test (AFOQT) ; Army selection instrument for flight testing (SIFT) ; Navy and Marine Corps / Coast Guard aviation selection ; Test battery (ASTB-E) ; Test scores ; Chapter 4. Test-taking strategies, tips, and techniques. Effective studying ; Studying tips ; Guidelines for multiple-choice tests ; The day of the test ; Chapter 5. Language review information. Synonyms and antonyms ; Verbal analogies ; Paragraph comprehension ; The parts of a word ; A vocabulary worthy of an officer ; Chapter 6. Mathematics review information. Mathematics laws and operations ; Fractions ; Decimals ; Percentages ; Square roots ; Algebra ; Geometry -- Part 7. Technical knowledge and science review. Aviation information ; Fixed-wing aircraft structure ; Newton's laws ; Flight theory and the flight envelope ; Rotary wing aircraft ; Aviation and aerospace historical milestones ; Airport and runway information ; Nautical information ; General science ; Life science ; Earth science ; Mechanical comprehension ; Chapter 8. Mental skills ; Block counting ; Rotated blocks ; Hidden figures ; Spatial apperception -- Part 3. Flight aptitude tests. Chapter 9. Practice Air Force officer qualifying test (AFOQT) #1. Test format ; Practice AFOQT #1 ; Answers and explanations ; Chapter 10. Practice AFOQT #2 ; Answers and explanations ; Chapter 11. Practice selection instrument for flight training (SIFT) test #1. Test format ; Practice SIFT #1 ; Answers and explanations ; Chapter 12. Practice SIFT #2 ; Answers and explanations ; Chapter 13. Practice Navy / Marine Corps / Coast Guard aviation selection test battery (ASTB-E) #2 ; Practice ASTB-E #2 ; Answers and explanations ; Abbreviations and acronyms ; Bibliography ; Glossary ; Index.