Originally Posted by Deuce130

For all "inexperienced" fighter guys out there, stop, take a deep breath, think HARD about the future of your AF flying career. TAMI-21 changes everything. If, at the end of your first fighter assignment, you still fall into the inexperienced category and are looking at some kind of predator tour with a non-flying follow-on, with a T-37 after that if you're lucky, with a staff tour, etc etc you need to think carefully. It seems the AF is looking for fixed wing volunteers for AFSOC. Would you rather spend the rest of your AF career in the cockpit of an MC/AC-130 or CV-22 or spinning your wheels in a futile attempt to get back to a fighter assignment? All the while flying predators? It's very possible to spend an entire AFSOC career in operational flying assignments - I've known lots of guys who've done it and if I hadn't got a school slot and/or Palace Chased, I could've done it as well. Check your ego at the door and make smart choices. Good luck.