Originally Posted by Drum

That's exactly what they did.

I spent 22years 6 months and 7 days on active duty flying fighters in the USAF.

I've been flying jets since 1987.

I never flew civilian planes until I went to OTS and did my flight screening in a T-41 Mescalero prior to starting UPRT. That was my first time ever at the controls of an aerospace vehicle

There. It is. The sum total of my flying experience. I hope this is suitable for those guys sniping above.