In modern military aviation practice, the pilot’s physical readiness to carry out professional activities is of significant importance. It is caused by excessive physical (along with intellectual, psychological and psychophysiological) exertion affecting the body of a military pilot in the conditions of piloting modern 4th generation aircraft. The multidisciplinary theory of aviation psychology and pedagogy, as well as the achievements of military pedagogy, give reasons to understand physical readiness as a specific physical state of a person, refined in the body’s functional state, which ensures the successful performance of certain activities, characterized by increased requirements for health and physical fitness