TipTip id partly right about the tanker. We definitely do our share of taking off and landing at the same location, but lately, due to decreasing budgets and increased demand, we have found ourselves doing a lot more. Aeromed Evac missions, Coronets (dragging fighters across the globe on various deployments), and straight cargo missions are all fairly common these days. That said, Air Refuelling is, of course, still our meat and potatoes. The beauty is that you will go on a deployment and generally stay a few weeks, rather than min turning (17 hrs on the ground). And the guard/reserve generally deploy to the "good" locations. Guam, Incirlik (Turkey), and Diego Garcia all come to mind. Additionally, on those cargo/aeromed missions, we don't stage. That means that the jet you take on the road will usually be the jet you come home with. This really cuts down on the bag drags, and opens up many more opportunities when you are shopping for carpets in Turkey! If you really want to fly airlifters though, be like Tip and go the C-5 route. Nice airplane and good destinations. And they don't generally break in the "bad" (read: sandy and hot) locations, so your impromptu vacations will be in places like Spain r Hawaii. Not a bad life either way.