Originally Posted by
F-16GUY
Thats 50000 hours your own pilots are not flying. Stupid! While flying redair support as a training aid for your own squadron buddies does not give you the same good training as they get, its still time in the cockpit gaining experience and getting to know your aircraft. 50000 hours less experience your own pilots are not getting, and you even pay for them not to get it....
Nonsense, that’s 50,000 hours back to use as Blue Air and not to fly as Red Air.