Included in the Cooperative Cope Thunder exercises from Japan to Alaska is one of the longest distance flight missions carried out by Japan Air-Self Defense Force F-15 pilots. The magnitude of the flight stress of these pilots is considered to be quite high. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the flight stress induced by the long-distance flights. The subjects were eight pilots who participated on a volunteer basis. Samples of urine were collected approximately 30 minutes before (preflight) and 20 minutes after (postflight) the flights. The ratios (post-:preflight) of noradrenaline levels were 1.20 +/- 0.09 (Japan-Alaska) and 1.32 +/- 0.12 (Alaska-Japan), and those of adrenaline were 4.03 +/- 1.06 and 3.68 +/- 0.98. These results strongly suggest that psychological stress during the long-distance flights is increased in the fighter pilots.
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