Originally Posted by
rickair7777
If you are looking for an active-duty military career, pick whichever service has the mission which interests you the most. Keep in mind this will involve more desk jobs than flying.
FWIW, I'm at 20+ and only 2yrs non-flying. Not typical these days.
That said, a desk looms in my future should I stay. Which is why I won't.
The biggest constant in the AF personnel world is change. If more airlines starting to hire again, there are a lot of guys right behind me who will be retirement eligible in the next few years, as well as the lion's share of the 10yr commitment UPT grads.
To the OP - decide what you want (quickly - you're in a time-limited situation) and remember that there are waivers to about anything, depending on what they need and how bad they want it. There is a chance that they're going to want pilots very badly in the near future.
Especially in the Guard/Reserve, where for every Air Force Instruction (And I'm sure this applies to other services), there is an equal and opposite Guard waiver.