cheers for the replies and advice.
the reason it was left till so late geardownflaps, is i had a bit of bad advice from my school careers officer and i never really followed up on it, i wasnt to great on my knowledge with the forces, and my own stupid fault for not following up on it, and its only been over the past few years i have seriously looked into it after spending 4 years travelling, but i didnt have the a-levels i needed to enter the RAF as a pilot and i have only recently completed them, and at this point im to old to enter the RAF as a pilot which is why im looking for advice in other areas.