Barron's Military Flight Aptitude Tests, 3rd Edition 3rd Edition

Get the GRE review books for math study and math test questions.Same with the reading.This book has a strong (long) mechanical section.I've heard about typos, but I haven't relied on this book much for the math section or reading section. I'll use GRE reviews for that.I'm an engineer so I have a fairly strong hold on the statics/mechanics/physics aspect.I bought the book for the practice tests as well as the information about planes and ships. Complement this book with other books and stuff from airwarriors.com

Great book except the Subtest #5, which they forgot the add the actual fuselage and the description of what is correct with the fuselage silhouette description is mixed up with the next description, which therefore makes the next one incorrect. Then, based on these two examples, you will fail the following test miserably. Had to reference from other books to make sure I wasn't losing my mind! Other than that, good.

I bought this for the Navy's ASTB-E test. I can't vouch for the Air Force or Army tests.This book doesn't really help with the test. It assumes you have zero knowledge of the military and that you need your hand to be held. The introduction starts with military basics: What does the military do? What are the officer and enlisted ranks? How will you be paid? These are all things that the military will teach you in basic training or OCS in the very first week. There is no reason to even know what collar device a lieutenant or commander wears. It won't help you and you'll be taught it promptly after getting off the bus at OCS.Following that, you are given a list of fact cards about military aircraft. Pretty pictures with design specifications and descriptions. Besides not being extensive, and having some errors, this has no representation on the test. The military doesn't expect you to be an aircraft engineer before OCS. Seeing as I was an Air Force dependent, I knew all that stuff beforehand. You likely will know enough about it too. Anyway, the ASTB doesn't ask questions about that at all. Pointless.Then the book takes you on a fantastic journey through high school, teaching you about clouds and meteorology, biology and how cells work, environmental science. Skip. That. Crap. The ASTB doesn't care if you know 10th grade biology. No questions at all.The book describes what the OAR will be like. The math is high school level, the reading is for comprehension, and the mechanics are basic spatial and math questions found in introductory physics. Here's where things go south. The Navy's OAR is an adaptive test, which means that if you get too many questions wrong, it will dumb them down. If you get many correct, it will make the questions very difficult.Math: The book says that the OAR has logarithms and square problems, then leaves them out of the study guide and practice tests. The test sure had them, much to my displeasure. The sample questions weren't supposed to be easy, having some multi-staged algebra, but they were simple compared to the actual questions. Pretty difficult algebra (parentheses and exponents everywhere). Be sure to study PEMDAS. It is a good idea to put down a quick multiplication table for 7s, 8s, and 9s. (In the heat of battle, you can confuse the easy things).Reading: The book has various passages that you read to answer one or two questions. There are multiple right answers, but the correct one is based on what you can glean from the passage. Stuff about history, nature, literature. They were easy. Too easy. On the real test, if you get some wrong, they dumb it down to 4th grade. When you get them right, they become incredibly difficult. Jumbled paragraphs about Department of Navy jargon, made to be repetitive and using legalese. It was a downright pain to read them. Lawyer level passages, to be sure. Be prepared for that.Mechanics: Pretty straightforward and simple. The book gives you a pretty good representation of how the test is. Know basic formulas and be on the lookout for diagrams that try to trick you. Very simple math. You'll end up second-guessing your answers because it seems too easy.The Aeronautical and Nautical Test: The book gives you some background on this. Hit or miss, quite frankly. It tells you aerodynamic theory and nautical bearing, which is very important. Then it takes a nosedive with a huge list of naval jargon and slang. There were no questions about dihedral wings and some of it is laughable. I'm sure glad the book taught me what the guys with blue jerseys do on aircraft carriers. Again, this is not required material for OCS and they will teach it to you as a side note when you get where you're going. The US Navy won't invest half a million dollars just to test you on what "blueberries" do on carriers.All in all, I wouldn't recommend this book. It is more suited for the ASVAB. After being scheduled immediately and ordering the book, I had six days to study. Even with the good scores I had, the real OAR is much more difficult. This book didn't teach me much more than I already knew and it doesn't adequately prepare you for the OAR. In the end, it was my established collegiate knowledge that helped, not the book. Even so, the practice tests are good for getting you into the mindset of the OAR, which may be the deciding factor in passing it. Also, the book gives detailed answers after the tests, which can help you prepare.Again, I have no clue about the Air Force or Army tests. They may have been helpful for those tests. For the Navy, It is only helpful for those with BA degrees. If you have a BS, you likely know much of the work involved.

I took the ASTB and scored really high because of this book and another book. This book explains concepts in great detail and goes over pretty much everything on the test. They have 2 test for the SIFT, ASTB, and the ASVAB. This is a must need book if you're taking any of those tests.

There is no real study guide that will accurately prep you for these tests. Especially the ASTB-E for all you Navy and USMC hopefuls. But you need to use a study book or else you don't have a chance in hell. Also, no book will help out for the flight simulation BS they added. The reading portion will be similar, the math for me was mainly on probability questions, marbles in a bag, decks of cards, dice.. Casino type crap. Know your fractions inside and out! Also, your navy terminology will be useful to know. The book does that well along with theory of flight materials (Camber, flight envelope, pitch, yall, roll). I forgot that an aircraft carrier uses steam for its catapult system. I got that question wrong on the exam! Know how many questions are on each section! I used a outdated Barron's guide for this test that said we had 30 minutes for math with 25 questions. On test day I was caught off guard when they gave me 55 minutes for math and god knows how many questions! Good luck to all!