• All cadets are paid $600 per month minus expenses for such things as books and a computer
• The cost of an Air Force Academy education is estimated at over $230,000 per graduate
• A guaranteed job following graduation
• Free medical, dental and legal services are available
• Free space-available military flights worldwide
• Competitive pay scales
• Four years after graduation, you'll be earning approximately $45,000 per year
• Eligible for retirement at age 42 (20 years of service)
• Nationally-recognized diploma, a degree from the Air Force Academy is in high demand when you leave the Air Force to seek civilian employment

Aviation
• Over 500 graduates attend pilot training after graduation
• Every cadet is eligible for flight training in a sailplane, leading up to a solo flight
• 75 percent of every class receives parachute training, leading up to five free-fall jumps

Obligations
• Non-flying Careers -- Five years active service after graduation from the Academy
• Pilot -- Ten years active service after 12 months of undergraduate pilot training (UPT)
• Navigator -- Six years active service after nine months of navigator training

Academics
• 135-144 semester hours of study in four years
• 31 Rhodes Scholars in the last 38 years. Nine of the 31 have been varsity letterwinners
• 32 different majors to choose from plus five minors
• Less than 25 to 1 student to teacher ratio
• Your instructor is always available for one-on-one tutoring at your request
• Four percent (approximately 40 cadets) of every graduating class are allowed to go straight to medical school after graduation -- fully paid
• Five percent of every graduating class is eligible to go straight to graduate school for a master's degree -- fully paid
• Every cadet is eligible to compete for a fully paid master's program within their first 10 years of active duty service
• Over 80 career fields, with 970 specialties, are available in the Air Force