[yoda]

If you want a guaranteed flight slot in the AF, join an Air National Guard unit strictly to fly. If you want to fly, for example, F-16s, join a unit that has F-16s so that way you are guaranteed to fly 16s. If you go active duty, you will go thru flight school and be sent to a squadron based on your flight skills. They may send you to fly C-130s(which nothing is wrong with that!!!) but if your intentions were to fly 16s, it would be discouraging. Plus, by joining an Air National Guard unit, you are part-time and only fly with them to keep your hours current. Drawback:if your unit is mobilized or deployed you will be put on active duty, but usually for only a 90 day tour.