I'll expand a bit on Wuzzo...if you want to fly for all 10 years, consider AFSOC. We don't do ALFA tours, ALO tours are unheard of, and we rarely send guys to UPT bases to teach. You can almost guarantee you will fly until you are a major and go to IDE in residence, or a Lt Col if you don't go to IDE in residence. If you're a fighter guy, as Wuzzo said, you better hope you stand out early. Fighter cockpits are dwindling as the F-15 and F-16 stands down. It is quite possible you will hit your ALFA tour after your first assignment and then have no cockpit to go back to as you approach your Major's board. Not impossible, of course, but it's no longer guaranteed. Nearly impossible once you pin on Lt Col unless you're going to be a DO/CC type. I think what Wuzzo is saying is that you could end up a one assignment fighter pilot. Something to think about.