Army adds "basically 6 feet" height option to Apache flight physical
FORT RUCKER, Ala. — U.S. Army Aviation Medical Command has elected to include “basically 6 feet” as a height option on the AH-64 Apache flight physical in a move heralded as long overdue within the Apache helicopter community, sources confirmed today.
The move will be instituted in the coming weeks and was met with general approval from the Apache flight community.
“This is a no-brainer,” said 1st Lt. Mike Ryan who is 5 foot 9 and three-quarter inches in these shoes. “People always comment that I seem taller in person anyway.”
Head instructor of the Attack Helicopter Training Program Chief Warrant Officer Doug Mamone agrees.
“Up until now our pilots have been forced to waste valuable time trying to write ‘pretty much like 5’11” but probably more if I really stand up straight’ on forms that ask only for numerical measurements," he said. "That’s time that could be spent flexing while talking to the one girl in their flight school class or taking Tinder profile pictures at a low angle withou…
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