I'm retiring soon, but if I were in your shoes, I'd punch.

The AF isn't getting better, it's getting worse. There has been no movement on getting rid of additional duties, even though Goldfein said he's working on it.

Through my career, approval levels for things have been going up, not down. (I.e. The Wing Commander needs to approve your bathroom break via eSSS that routes through 24 Chiefs and Colonels).

Deployments still suck. Not going anywhere.

We are undermanned, but somehow still have enough people to cook multi-course meals for every General out there.

One OPR still consumes 462 man-hours of work.

There is literally no compelling reason to stay in in your situation that I can think of. Even the retirement isn't THAT great. Plus, you have your wife's additional income, so that helps greatly.

By the way, I'm also a career C-130 guy with 3800 total. No calls yet from the airlines (but I just applied a few weeks ago..kind of late in the game).