Enlisting can be tricky, especially with worried parents, but when it is the only way of achieving your goals then some risks must be taken. After enlisting comes boot camp, which most people know is no picnic. Luckily, air force boot camps are not as physically arduous as some of the other branches' basic training programs, but it is still a six-week period of grueling tests of stamina and willpower -- you have to want to be in the air force to get there (Education and Career). If selected and approved, M.O.S> School comes after boot camp, where the additional graduate and professional level training will be required with military precision, giving one the knowledge and the skills to immediately enter the workforce where needed (Top Aeronautical Schools). Getting to be an aeronautical engineer won't be easy. It requires a great deal of time and of both mental and physical labor. The monetary reward for all of this time is not all that great, either, especially if one goes into military service. But the feeling of watching an aircraft that you designed and helped to build take off...

"Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering." Webindia123. Accessed 31 March 2009. http://www.webindia123.com/career/options/eng/aero/intro.htm
Glenn Research Center. NASA Official Website. Accessed 1 April 2009. http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/aerores.htm

MyFuture. "Occupational Information: Aerospace Engineer." Myfuture.edu. Accessed 1 April 2009. http://www.myfuture.edu.au/services/default.asp?FunctionID=5050&ASCO=212911A

NASA. "What is Aeronautics?" NASA Official Website. Accessed 31 March 2009. http://www.ueet.nasa.gov/StudentSite/aeronautics.html

Soderman, Paul. "Aeronautical Engineering." Allexperts.com. Accessed 31 March 2009. http://en.allexperts.com/q/Aeronautical-Engineering-1809/2008/5/aeronautics-engineering.htm

Top Aeronautical Schools. "Aeronautic Engineering." Topeaeronauticalschools.com. Accessed 31 March 2009. http://www.topaeronauticalschools.com/aeronautic-engineering.html