This is probably going to stir the pot but here goes. No offense GZ1, but the fact of the matter is that the majority of that percent of the Air Force that doesn't actually fly was probably never needed in the first place. We performed just fine, probably better than today's corporate AF, when we were still an Air Corps 70 years ago. We were able to blow up Hitler's Europe without force support, OSI, security forces, or any other job you can think of that really has no effect on whether or not the planes get in the air. There were pilots, aircrew, maintainers, and a small handful of paper pushers. That was the "Air Force" back then, and it was a damned fine one. No one wants to admit it, but the rest of these feel-good jobs that we have today are redundant and don't mean jack **** when it comes to getting airplanes off the ground. Besides the cost of flight training, this is one reason why the service commitment to the AF is so high for pilots. At the end of the day, the AF knows they can live with most of those other officers getting out after a few years.
And another thing GZ1, I never said anything about not serving whole-heartedly. Hence, the reason why I stated the other services. Most people on here who don't get a slot will just sit on their *** and be content with whatever non-rated job they get. What that really means is that they obviously didn't want to be a pilot, nav, abm, etc. bad enough and that their heart wasn't in it. When there's a will, there's a way, and most people on here won't have the will to not take no for an answer and actually make it happen.
