[sarcasm off] I enlisted in the AF somewhere around day 75 of the hostage crisis. Spent a year in Korea as an enlisted weather observer. While there, applied to and was accepted for 1) an enlisted position on typhoon chasers, and 2) a slot to the Air Force Academy prep school. While not the sharpest tool in the shed, I opted for #2, since as long as I could slog out 5 years (bonus year for the prep school), I had a guaranteed pilot training slot.
Struggled through the zoo, went to Vance, was near the bottom of the graduates of my class; 2/3s of our class washed out. Took my KC-135 to Ellsworth followed by a T-38 IP tour in DLF followed by an RC-135 AC/IP tour.[/sarcasm off]