Predicting First Year Achievement of Air Force Academy Cadets, Class of 1968

1968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
First Year ◽  
Air Force Academy

scholarly journals Muscular Fitness Improves during the First Year of Academy Studies among Fighter Pilot Cadets

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (24) ◽  
pp. 9168
Author(s):  
Tuomas Honkanen ◽  
Harri Rintala ◽  
Jani P. Vaara ◽  
Heikki Kyröläinen
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Muscle Endurance ◽  
First Year ◽  
Occupational Performance ◽  
Trunk Flexion ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Muscular Fitness ◽  
Leg Extension ◽  
Trunk Extension

Background: An adequate level of muscular fitness is related to occupational performance in military personnel, including pilots flying high performance aircraft. The aim of this study was to describe the baseline level and the change in muscular fitness between the first and the second years of the Air Force Academy among fighter pilot cadets. Methods: The muscular strength and endurance test results of 182 male fighter pilot cadets were analyzed during their first year in the Air Force Academy and one year after. Maximal isometric strength tests included trunk flexion, trunk extension and bilateral leg extension tests, whereas muscle endurance was measured with modified a sit-up test and seated alternative dumbbell press. Results: The maximal isometric bilateral strength of the leg extensor muscles increased from 220 ± 42 to 232 ± 42 kg. The maximal isometric trunk extension strength increased from 117 ± 21 to 120 ± 19 kg and trunk flexion from 82 ± 16 to 86 ± 17 kg. Muscle endurance increased from 68 ± 13 to 75 ± 15 repetitions/min in seated dumbbell press and from 47 ± 12 to 51 ± 13 repetitions/min in sit-up test. Conclusions: Both maximal strength and muscular endurance improved among fighter pilot cadets, which indicates that occupational performance is well maintained or improved from the perspective of physical fitness during the early phase of academy studies. Education in the Air Force Academy, including physical education, seems beneficial in improving muscular fitness among military pilots.

scholarly journals DEPENDENCE BETWEEN THE LEVEL OF PSYCHOMOTOR CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE ACQUISITION OF TECHNICAL MARTIAL ARTS PROPERTIES BY MILITARY STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Mihalache ◽  
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Valeriu Jurat ◽  
Valentin–Sorin Enachescu ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Martial Arts ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
First Year ◽  
Military Students ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Students First ◽  
The Military

Numerous scientific studies report on the importance of improving the methodology of developing motor skills through martial arts, while identifying the links between these indices, which ensures an optimal level of motor training of subjects. In this paper are presented the results of the study on the existence of correlative links between the indices of motor skills development and the level of mastery of the technique of the martial arts elements. For this purpose, a test was carried out in which the military students (first year) of the "Henri Coandă" Air Force Academy from Brasov participated. The test results confirmed the existence of a reciprocal link, highlighting significant interdependencies between the indices obtained. The analysis of the correlation of the parameters of motor skills and the level of mastery of technical elements in martial arts allow us to mention that the intensity of links is significant at high and medium levels in most cases, which reflects the fact that the indices influence each other.

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