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Originally Posted by frog_flyer  B-52 is a rockin' airplane.
Think about it, you get the perks of the heavy world with the perks of the pointy-nose world.
Crew environment, lotso time, long transcon flights, you get to blow #### up, and you get to punch out if #### goes south. |
Ever actually talked to a BUFF guy about it?
I briefly considered the BUFF when I was in UPT, but then I had a chance to talk with some crews...and decided against it.
BTW, realize that any time you are in a crew airplane in the military you are going to get "lotso time" as you say, but you're going to be a copilot for much of that time early on. You are going to be getting turbine time, but not PIC turbine.
In the fighter biz, you're getting PIC multi/turbine right from the first day you pass your MQ checkride.
So, from what I've seen a fighter guy over the course of a typical commitment will have
less overall time but likely
MORE PIC turbine time.