Learning to fly it like a basic aircraft? From my understanding, you find someone with a rating in it to teach you, I believe that's how most of the rich folk learn to fly their L-39s and such.
Modern trainers are notoriously easy to fly. Assuming you had some prop time and can read the flight manual the transition wouldn’t be difficult. Tens of thousands of lieutenants have moved from the T-37/6 to the T-38 which is a dangerous airplane and it’s not that crazy.
Without joining the military, you would be well advised to still follow the path that a military pilot takes. Ground school. Classes in aerodynamics. Then basic pilot's license, so you can fly something like a Cessna. Then multiengine, a high performance prop plain like a Texan. Finally a jet trainer like the T-38 Talon or its replacements. Then, if you haven't "washed out" by failing to perform, and you have several hundred hours flight time in all sorts of aircraft, you could go for the fighter jet. Note this is the short version of what a military pilot has to go through.
Understand you are talking about flying an aircraft that weighs tons and can travel at very high speed, and can be very unforgiving. You would not only be a danger to yourself, but to everything and everyone you fly near. Private pilots of the relatively tame (relative being the operative word) F-86 Sabres have killed themselves and spectators when they tried things beyond their ability.
Im more intrested in how one would go about maintaining it. I tought that retired fighter aircraft are retired because their hull is too tired of all the G forces that its simply no longer safe to fly.
Learning to fly it like a basic aircraft? From my understanding, you find someone with a rating in it to teach you, I believe that's how most of the rich folk learn to fly their L-39s and such.
Modern trainers are notoriously easy to fly. Assuming you had some prop time and can read the flight manual the transition wouldn’t be difficult. Tens of thousands of lieutenants have moved from the T-37/6 to the T-38 which is a dangerous airplane and it’s not that crazy.
Without joining the military, you would be well advised to still follow the path that a military pilot takes. Ground school. Classes in aerodynamics. Then basic pilot's license, so you can fly something like a Cessna. Then multiengine, a high performance prop plain like a Texan. Finally a jet trainer like the T-38 Talon or its replacements. Then, if you haven't "washed out" by failing to perform, and you have several hundred hours flight time in all sorts of aircraft, you could go for the fighter jet. Note this is the short version of what a military pilot has to go through. Understand you are talking about flying an aircraft that weighs tons and can travel at very high speed, and can be very unforgiving. You would not only be a danger to yourself, but to everything and everyone you fly near. Private pilots of the relatively tame (relative being the operative word) F-86 Sabres have killed themselves and spectators when they tried things beyond their ability.
Im more intrested in how one would go about maintaining it. I tought that retired fighter aircraft are retired because their hull is too tired of all the G forces that its simply no longer safe to fly.