Within the Fighter community the deployment rate and QOL is vastly different. From an A-10 perspective we are gone all the time with BRAC cutting squadrons and still one squadron in one or both theaters constantly. But compare that with an F-15C squadron that does Noble Eagle stateside for their AEF and those guys are screaming to get deployed just to get some action. I think the F-16 guys are somewhere in between. Of note only 49 % of A-10 pilots took the bonus last year compared to ~65% for other fighters if I remember the article correctly.

I'm facing a 6 month non-flying deployment in Dec which happens to be the end of my 8 year commitment. That would be my 4th deployment. WWYD?