Just don't dime out your friends to look good for the instructors. Get ranked in the end and don't worry about it until then. UPT will be much more fun. Every plane has good/bad. Pick what you want and not what others say you need. I went fighters years ago, but in todays Air Force, other routes might be a lot more enjoyable.

First: Brown nosing gets you no where in class and in life. Your friends will see right through it and will be resentful.

2nd: These will be your friends for life. Just check the message boards and you will see some of these friendships go way back. AF dudes have very long memories (good and bad).

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