The only thing I wanted to do since I was five years old was fly for the Air force.
As I was graduating high school Vietnam had ended and there were too many pilots so I knew I would never get a UPT slot. The only AF Academy opening I could try to get was given the the son of an Army General. Anyway, I made a plan to enlist, get as many college credits while active duty, then try to get a pilot slot in ROTC.
When I left active duty I got into AFROTC and had a pilot slot. I had orders to Reese AFB, TX for UPT and less than two weeks before my commissioning the AF pulled my pilot slot and sent me back into ICBMs because of the needs of the Air Force.
So, how on earth, did the USAF become 1,500 pilots short, unless Obama was deliberately trying to destroy the country?