Go Guard!
I'm a T-38 IP at Columbus. The guard and reserve send plenty of pilots our way that they hire off the street. The guard and reserve have a problem on the horizon and they are well aware of the problem: Next year the AF pilot commintment change kicks in. What I mean is, by next year the folks with the 8 year pilot training commitment will have gotten out, signed on for more active duty time, or joined the guard or reserve. The folks with the 10 year pilot training commitment can't get out until around 2010. So for 2 years, there will not be any senior captains or new majors leaving active duty to join the guard and reserve due to the change from the 8 year UPT commintment to the 10 year UPT commitment. So, with no influx of active duty pilots for 2 years, your chances of getting hired by a guard or reserve unit and getting sent to UPT are pretty darn good.