As a 21 year old gent in the midst of flying training (though only a WSO if any 'master race' would like to take the mick
), I would thoroughly recommend joining the RAF any day of the week!
Theres no getting away from it being hard work, but the rewards far outweigh the bad times - IOT, anything to do with the blunties etc. ...
There was some comment about the current 'chop' culture earlier in this forum - how about the guy who went FJ, did the Canada thing then went onto the GR4, only to lose his wings when he was chopped? Thats a hell of a slap.
So in summary, if its what you really want to do (think carefully about this), then go for it and you'll never look back!
Frodo_Monkey
"Air defence - hoorah"