To link up the Air Force you essential to fulfill definite criteria such as:
- Must be a graduate from a nursing school that is authorized by the Surgeon General.
- Must hold a Bachelor's degree to be thought for effective duty.
- Must be forty-six years old or younger.
- Must fulfill the demands for a Class III flight physical.
- Must meet the measures for A.F. Officer.
- Must finished Commissioned Officers Training.

For a civilian flight nurse there are:
- Must be a Certified Flight Nurse, Certified Critical Care Nurse and/or a Paramedic.
- Must have training in the consecutive areas: basic cardiac life support, advanced cardiac life support and air-medical crew national basic course of study. You must also have finished an altitude physiology course.