Ghostie 31.
I've been doing this RAF stuff since 1968, and I bet some on here a lot longer than that.
Things to bear in mind are:
You will never be rich - unless you win the lottery
You will often have your weekends/bank hols/ private life etc buggered up.
You will spend much of each year in various sandboxes around the world.
You may well be shot at/mortared/rocketed etc...And thats just by the Yanks let alone your enemy.
You will be messed about by petty beaurocrats at every turn.
If you are married, there is a better than even chance you will be divorced.
If you do well and get promoted, you only get one flying tour as a Wg Cdr, so the flying might be all behind you by the time you are 40ish.
BUT,
You get to do things that you will remember for the rest of your life.
You will be part of things that lesser mortals read about in history books
You will make real friends that will stay with you where ever you end up in the world.
You will laugh a lot.