Freddy,
depending on which aircraft you get selected to fly after passing pilots course, you can look forward to years of uninterupted flying. I have done 11 years of flying so far without a desk job - but can honestly say, I am due for a break, and am looking forward to a sojourn before getting stuck back into flying. Hornet guys do only get around the 200 - 220 hours per year mark, but that equates roughly to 4 or 5 flights per week, less holidays. One mission in a Hornet can take up a whole day (or more) from preparation to briefing, flying and debriefing. Some are far more basic and require minimal prep, a few minutes brief, and minimal debrief. Its the harder, more complex, and longer to prepare for missions that make this job the fantastic job that it is. Recently on an exercise up North we flew 20 Hornets (8 sweep plus 12 self-escort strike) plus 5 F111s striking a target versus 12 Hornets simulating FSB MiGs and SUs. These missions begin the day before -take a few hours to prepare and brief, and the they were flown V early in the morning, prior to debriefing. Unbelievably rewarding and HUGE fun having so many jets in a fight.
Sure in civy and theres plenty of S&L hours to burn and log, but having done both types, nothing compares to the excitement of flying fighters.
