this movie get it right . a a former usaf aviation cadet and i can tell you this movie have it all . the tedium of the application process . the wait for word . the joy of acceptance . the worry about make it through the course . the sorrow of watch one buddy ( perhaps the best of them ) wash out . the anguish of pay the ultimate price the death of fllow student airman . the glory of graduation . always the flying and the flying and the fly . many be call but few be choose . we do for pay what we would have eagerly pay to do .