Most of the Air Forces around the world take in pilots with minimum of 162 cms height. This is due to the anthropometry requirments of a cockpit. Your sitting height , leg lenght and the thigh lenght is critical in cockpit. you should be able to operate all controls and apply required pressures on the rudder pedals etc.

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