It would be great if you could get a Guard or Reserve pilot slot. Understand, though, that the Air Reserve Component (or ARC), meaning Guard and Reserves, are going through a significant drawdown beginning next year over the next 5 years, outlined on page 6 of this document released by Chief of Staff of the Air Force earlier this month:
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/docum...120203-027.pdf
Here are the ARC planes being cut in 2013:
Total Force Aircraft Reductions by Fiscal Year
FY 13 Actions: Divests all C‐27J aircraft, eliminating aircraft based at or planned for Warfield AGS (Martin State), MD (4), Kellogg AGS (Battle Creek), MI (4), Fargo AGS (Hector), ND (4), Mansfield Lahm AGS, OH (4), Great Falls, MT (4), Bradley , CT (4), and Key Field AGS (Meridian), MS (6). Removes A‐10s from Barksdale AFB, LA (retires 21 and transfers three), Selfridge ANGB, MI (21), Ft Smith, AR (20), Ft Wayne, IN (20), and an Active Component overseas location (20). Removes F‐16s from Des Moines, IA (21) and transfers Active Component F‐16 Aggressors from Eielson AFB, AK (19) to Joint Base (JB) Elmendorf‐Richardson, AK (19). Aircraft retirements and transfers result in net reductions of C‐130Hs at JB Elmendorf‐Richardson, AK (4 H2) (eliminating an Active association), Niagara, NY (3 H2) (eliminating a Reserve association), Rosecrans AGS (St Joseph), MO (10 H2.5), Youngstown‐Warren, OH (6 H2), Louisville, KY (1 H2.5), Charleston, WV (1 H3), Cheyenne, WY (1 H2.5), Stratton AGS (Schenectady), NY (4 H2), Dobbins ARB, GA (7 H2), and Pittsburgh, PA (7 H2). The Pittsburgh actions result in the closure of the associated Air Reserve Station at Pittsburgh, PA (closure does not exceed Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) threshold in accordance with 10 U.S.C. § 2687). Retires KC‐135s from Rickenbacker, OH (6), Pittsburgh ANGB, PA (4), Tinker AFB, OK (4), and Altus AFB, OK (three Active Component) as well as three Backup Aircraft Inventory (BAI) aircraft from Sky Harbor (Phoenix), AZ (1), Sioux City AGS, IA (1), and March ARB, CA (1). Reduces KC‐135s at McGhee‐Tyson, TN (2) and Gen Mitchell, WI (2). Begins retirement of the C‐5A fleet at JB San Antonio (Lackland AFB), TX (5) and eliminates an E‐8C damaged beyond economical repair from Robins ARB, GA (1). Retires Active Component Block 30 RQ‐4s from Beale AFB, CA (18).
There are fighter cuts over the next 5 years: Five A-10 squadrons, one F-16 squadron and one F-15 squadron are being eliminated. Fighters can be your goal, but they are becoming much harder to obtain than it used to be, as the AF makes its big transition to UAV's.
You need to ask yourself why you want to fly. Is it to go to airlines? There is definitely an easier route. Is it to fly advanced aircraft for the AF & serve your country? More than fighters do that. Is it to be like Tom Cruise in Top Gun? Well, good luck with that. Once you've defined your goal specifically & why, then all of these great folks here can give you more specific advice.