The first part of the test was to sit on a table with my bac

The first part of the test was to sit on a table with my back to the wall. The corpsman measured my height. I figured this may be a different version of the height-weight chart so I scrunched my buns together and sat as tall as I could - 39 7/8”. The corpsman laughed and said that i had barely made it. I asked for clarification and he explained that at 40” I would be disqualified as too tall to sit in the cockpit. I had darn near screwed myself.

The only other thing notable about the exam was that after the dilation drops were put into our eyes and before the actual eye exam, we were marched to the mess hall for lunch in the bright August sun. We marched in a line with one hand over our eyes and one hand on the shoulder of the chap in front of us.

I passed the physical and a few days later received a letter from the Air Force noting that I would begin my training the first week of January, 1970. The letter also noted that in order to secure this appointment, I had to enlist in the Air Force Reserve before the end of October, 1969.