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A Stealth Fighter Pilot's Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions

The Motivated Mind

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The Effects of Flight on Human Performance

Fighter pilots make thousands of decisions each flight, often with incomplete information and lives on the line. There's a saying in the fighter pilot community that you lose 20 IQ points as soon as you put on your helmet. What looks easy on the ground at 1G gets extremely difficult when you're flying at close to one mile every three seconds. The biggest misconception about air combat is it's like Tom Cruise going out doing his thing or other aviation movies where it's like a one V one cage match.

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