Originally Posted by andrewtac

For all those saying there ain't many you'd be surprised. Marine hornet and harrier guys often do just better than 100 hours a year. If they were unfortunate to have only one flying tour they'd be around 600 hours with flight school included. Two tours and they might break 900. I am not suggesting lowering the limit; but there are more than you think. I ended around 1600 hours with 14 years of service; all flying tours.