Don't get me wrong I'm not in the military. But I do train IFS here at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio Texas and I know for a fact this is the dumbest and most falsified statement. I'm not partial to either. I'd like to know where you get your info from on this? Guys that go to the AF academy have first dibs on flight slots. Basically any spare slots are then filled by other people. If you go to the academy you have very very good odds at ending up flying slot. There are TONS of them here currently training.

As far as being a fighter or tanker I find most get what they want. Very few don't. There are many students I've had that wanted to fly heavies and many that wanted to fly fighters. The hard ones to get appear to be heli's. Or at least here. They have to really fight eachother to get into those things.

Perhaps the real difference is that the Navy air power is to protect the fleet while the AirForce is designed to eliminate the enemy? They could run missions contrary to this statement but that's what's on paper about them.