Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If you do fighters in the guard/reserve, you can also build time as a civilian pilot, won't take anywhere nearly as long as it would on regular active duty.
On active duty, you can also do a tour as an instructor pilot, and rack up a lot of quality time that way.
The problem is the 2.5(?) year time going through training during which you get 250-300 hrs. At a regional that’s 2000 hrs. It depends upon ones resume before joining the ANG if it’s a bump or a drag on ones advance to the majors.