That's a sh*tload of flying when you're getting it 1.0 at a time. I have heard of FAIPs who flew their butts off, trip-turning when they could and going on every weekend cross-country that was available, and those guys got about 1,000 hours in a single assignment.

I'd have to wager that your average 2nd or 3rd assignment guy isn't whoring himself out like that, so we're literally talking more than 3 or 4 T-38 flying assignments. These days, that's just not possible. There was a guy in my pervious squadron who had been a T-38 IP 3 times (old graybeard Lt Col type) and only had about 3500 in type. I think he was the highest-time T-38 guy on active duty.