Originally Posted by
Meme In Command
At first I didn't think the 25 yr olds hitting 35-40 years here can be. Assuming graduating college at 22 followed by 2 years of mil flight training, they'd be 24. Unless they got hired with super low time, like just barely above commercial license mins. And also I guess they'd be getting hired to first be FE's and I don't know anything about the hiring dynamics of that position.
I flew with one A-10 guy hired in the 90s a shade under 30. I think he was guard. Not sure how military much younger could get hired even with the lower UPT commitment. Probably weird one off situations here and there.