Wow, lots of good, thoughtful posts here. I think the sad truth is that we need more experts than we have. The AF has mismanaged its aircrew force and we are about to pay the price. From the looks of things the priorities will be UAS, RC-12, and U-28/NSA positions. The MAF is overmanned in AFPC's eyes (those of us working our asses off in the flying squadrons know better), so we can expect to hemorage people in the near future. Leadership has been forced to prioritize, and like it or not, these systems represent the future. BTW, "Boyd" should ablolutely, positively be REQUIRED reading for all AF officers. "You can either choose to be somebody, or DO SOMETHING. Which path will you take?"