To fly a fighter-jet under the FAA Regulations you need to have:

1. 1. 1. 1000 logged flight hours
      2. 500 hours as the pilot in command in an airplane
      3. Instruments rating
      4. Complex aircraft and high performance endorsement
      5. High altitude training endorsement
      6. A checkride with the FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE).